We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The US President is said to have told his advisers he is thinking about running for another term in the White House in four years time despite his efforts to contest the […]

A french bulldog has beaten off stiff competition from a beagle, a golden retriever, a donkey, a cat and a rooster to become a US town's mayor in the "most important election of 2020". The vote, which unlike the US Presidential election is not being contested, took place in the town of Rabbit Hash, Boone […]

A man born without his right hand has become the first recipient of a bionic arm inspired by hit video game Metal Gear Solid. Daniel Melville, 29, from Reading, has turned into a "real-life Venom Snake" after being fitted with the red and black prosthetic arm that is based on the main character. Made by […]

As the pandemic swept up the Nile this spring, doctors lacked protective equipment, often making do with a single mask for a 24-hour shift. Testing kits were in short supply. Egypt had one of the highest fatality rates in the Arab world. Six years earlier, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt had vowed to put […]

Austrian police raid 60 addresses in raids aimed at ‘cutting off the roots of political Islam’ following last week’s terror attack  Austrian police raided over 60 addresses allegedly linked to radical Islamists Came a week after a convicted Islamic State group supporter killed four people  Police action was aimed at ‘cutting off the roots of […]

GEORGE W. Bush has told Donald Trump that he must admit his loss because the 2020 presidential election "was fundamentally fair." The former president released a statement on Sunday to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris despite their "political differences." ⚠️ Read our US election live blog for the latest news & […]

A woman allegedly attacked by five men as she walked through a London park during the early hours of the morning fought off of her attackers, the Metropolitan Police have said. Detectives investigating the attempted rape of a woman are appealing to the public for information after a woman was attacked in Burgess Park. The […]

Many COVID-19 survivors are likely to be at greater risk of developing mental illness, psychiatrists said on Monday, after a large study found 20% of those infected with the coronavirus are diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder within 90 days. Anxiety, depression and insomnia were most common among recovered COVID-19 patients in the study who developed […]

People who have tested positive for Covid-19 and are now immune should be given a three-month ‘freedom pass’ allowing them to go wherever they want, expert says Oxford Prof Sir John Bell, who’s on the Government’s vaccine taskforce, said the pass would allow people to ‘do anything you want for three months, it’s fine’ He […]

‘Nothing’s going to stop’ handover of power in the US, says Biden President-elect Joe Biden said on Tuesday that nothing would stop the transfer of power in the US government, even as President Donald Trump says without evidence the election was marred by fraud and some of his Republican allies back probes. Senate Republican Majority […]