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Sir Tony Brenton, former UK ambassador to Russia, said Zelensky was 'playing a very sophisticated game' in calling for Ukrainian-controlled territories to come under the Nato umbrella.

Rescue operation under way, Zelenskyy says, after more than a dozen also wounded in Dnipropetrovsk region. What we know on day 1,012 See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage A Russian missile strike on... a town in Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region on Saturday killed at least four people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. More than a dozen others were wounded, including a child, while a residential building and shop were damaged, according to officials. Zelenskyy said a rescue operation was under way. Tsarychanka is about 50km (30 miles) north of Dnipro, the region's capital. Former UK ambassador to Russia Sir Tony Brenton has said Zelenskyy is "playing a very sophisticated game" in calling for Ukrainian-controlled territories to come under the "Nato umbrella". But he added that the...

President-elect Donald J. Trump turned to a firebrand loyalist to become director of the bureau, which he sees as part of a 'deep state' conspiracy against him.

Police in Boulder, Colorado, believe in 2025 they may solve the infamous murder of six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey, who was found dead in her home in December 1996.

An interagency group set up in the wake of the Ukraine invasion has been reporting back to Beijing with lessons it can use in case of war and Western penalties.

They will be entitled to official employment contracts, health insurance and sick days.

The Toronto Blue Jays missed the postseason in 2024, but they have clearly established they are willing to make big moves to change that in 2025.

The package, the largest since April, comes amid deep concerns in Ukraine that the Trump administration may cut off aid. The president-elect has vowed to end the war quickly, but has not said how.

Nearly 200 countries spent a week locked in negotiations in Busan, South Korea , from November 25 with the goal of agreeing the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution.

Militias crossed into the war-torn country from neighbouring Iraq, following a lightning offensive against the Syrian army by rebel forces from the hardline Islamist group HTS.

President Biden granted blanket clemency to stop his son from being prosecuted by the Trump administration for his foreign business. Experts reached for historical parallels.

Richard Horne (inset), head of GCHQ 's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will warn today of the threat posed by Russian and Chinese hackers.

The judge said the pay package would have been the largest ever for the boss of a listed company.

Jaguar has unveiled its "Type 00" concept car after a controversial rebranding campaign some critics called "woke." It's moving to an all EV lineup.

Police said 86cm stainless steel blade - mounted on a wooden plaque and sold in the hundreds - contravened Japan's firearms and sword control law Full-size replica swords sold as souvenirs at a... popular Harry Potter exhibition in Tokyo have fallen foul of Japan's strict weapons control law and been recalled. The 86cm stainless steel blade, which comes mounted on a wooden plaque, is described on the Warner Bros website that promotes the event as an "authentic recreation of Godric Gryffindor's sword".

An eight-year-old girl has died in a fatal assault at a domestic residence in New Ross, County Wexford in Ireland.

Victim Jamie Gibley, 20, was killed and his body parts were dumped at a park in London, his accused killer Dajour Jones denies murder.

Stephens is the chairman, president and CEO of Little Rock, Arkansas-based financial services firm Stephens Inc., having taken over the firm from his father.

If the Red Sox come through on this selling point, it may sway Soto in their direction.

The Gotham Awards red carpet at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City has opened. Already spotted are Pamela Anderson, Guy Pearce, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Demi Moore, Colman Domingo, Justice Smith,... Sebastian Stan and more. "Anora" leads the Monday night ceremony -- considered the unofficial launch of the months-long awards march to the Oscars -- with […]

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package was struck down once again. In a ruling on Monday, Delaware Chancery Court Judge Kathaleen St. J. McCormick... upheld her decision to block the compensation plan over concerns about conflicts of interest following its approval in 2018. After warning shareholders in June that Musk could leave the company if his pay package isn't approved, Tesla held a vote in hopes of reversing the judge's decision. Shareholders voted to approve the hefty compensation, but this still wasn't enough to convince the judge to reinstate it. The decision states that Musk has "no procedural ground for flipping the outcome of an adverse posttrial decision based on evidence they created after trial." It also calls claims...

Daniel Craig didn't mince words while recalling his least favorite James Bond film, and why a writers strike made the spy thriller so difficult to shoot.

An Enron parody backed by a t-shirt company seemingly announced the disgraced energy company's return to business on Monday.

At least 44 people are in hospital as protests rage in the Georgian capital Tibilisi against the government's decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union until 2028.

Decision marks reversal for US president, who had said he would not use executive authority to pardon son's charges Joe Biden has issued "a full and unconditional" pardon to son Hunter Biden covering... his son's convictions on federal gun and tax charges, the US president explained in a statement released by the White House on Sunday. The decision marks a reversal for Biden, who has repeatedly said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son or commute his sentence.