Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70. The legendary Austrian, one of the best-known figures in motor racing, took the title for Ferrari in 1975 and 1977 and McLaren in 1984. For many, he will be remembere...
F-16 jet plane crashes in California warehouse...
Congratulations have poured in from around the world following the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's son. The newborn was delivered at 05:26 BST on Monday, with Prince Harry saying the baby boy was "absolutely to-die-for". ...
A gunman opened fire at a synagogue in California on Saturday, killing one woman and wounding three other people, police said. A 19-year-old man named as John Earnest was arrested after the attack, in Poway, north of the city of San Diego. ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russia's President Vladimir Putin are set for a summit meeting. They are due to meet on Russky island near the city of Vladivostok in Russia's far east on Thursday morning. Russia says they will discuss t...
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The party of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lost control of the capital, Ankara, in local elections in what is being seen as a setback to his 16 years in power. But both his AKP and the opposition claimed to have won the mayoral...
A lucky Powerball winner in Wisconsin just claimed more than three-quarters of a billion dollars. The jackpot, which crept up to $768.4 million on Wednesday, was won by a ticket sold in New Berlin, about 20 minutes west of Milwaukee. The ...
The singer Barbra Streisand has apologised after she was criticised for sympathising with Michael Jackson over child abuse accusations against him. Streisand told The Times newspaper that she believed the allegations against the late superst...
Osaka's metro network has shut down its foreign language sites after users noticed some odd translations. Among the errors on its English page was the literal translation of Sakaisuji line as "Sakai muscle". Many Japanese business...
Think bacteria are bad? Think again. Bacteria and other microbes (including fungi and viruses) are often thought of as sources of disease, but in fact many play an essential role in keeping you healthy. Your body contains trillions of microbes, most ...
Facebook has said that a "server configuration change" was to blame for the worst outage in its history. It said it had "triggered a cascading series of issues" for its platforms, including WhatsApp and Instagram. The di...
The United States is offering a reward of up to $1m (£750,000) for information about one of the sons of the late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Hamza Bin Laden is emerging as a leader of the Islamist militant group, officials say. H...
K-pop star J-Hope from BTS has had Scottish red squirrels adopted in his name by fans for his 25th birthday. The South Korean singer's British fans raised over £600 for the endangered species, while fans from around the world raised mo...
Mastering 'active rest' is far harder than it looks, but there are good reasons why we should keep working at it. ...
Predicting the result of the Oscars can be a tricky business. Especially as the Academy's membership, which votes for the awards, is changing year by year. Efforts to make it less old and less white have resulted in a significant influx of y...
CES shows off new technology for your car...
A weather forecasting system that can provide hourly updates for any location on the planet has been announced by technology giant IBM. Currently in many African, Asian and South American countries, weather reports may be available only ever...
The National Park Service plans to use money collected from entrance and usage fees in previous years to help pay for trash cleanup, restroom maintenance and increase law enforcement in the parks. Even though the Interior Department is ...