British troops join cold weather exercise with Swedish and Finnish armed forces
British troops have taken part in Exercise Vigilant Knife, an exercise with Swedish and Finnish armed forces.The Ministry of Defence...
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Teen vaping has become a ‘route into nicotine addiction, rather than out of it’, expert warns
Vaping, for teenagers, has become "a route into nicotine addiction, rather than out of it", an expert has warned.The caution...
Mystery cluster of pneumonia cases in Argentina being monitored by World Health Organisation
The World Health Organisation is monitoring a cluster of pneumonia cases from an unknown cause in Argentina, in an outbreak...
Men trek miles from Pakistani town cut off by floods to get food for stranded families
The journey north up the Swat Valley in Pakistan is a lesson in just how overwhelming the power of a...
Athens named best city break on a budget
Athens has been named as the best place to take a budget city break on the continent, with prices dropping...
Mikhail Gorbachev laid to rest in low-key ceremony snubbed by Putin
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, revered in the West for his role in ending the Cold War, is being laid...
Ousted president returns to Sri Lanka seven weeks after he fled
Sri Lanka's ousted president is back in the country just seven weeks after he fled.Gotabaya Rajapaksa left in July after...
Andy Murray knocked out of US Open third round by Italy’s Matteo Berrettini
Andy Murray has been knocked out in the third round of the US Open by Italy's Matteo Berrettini.The Scot was...
‘No one came here to help’: Pakistan’s massive floods reveal the cost of global apathy
It's easy to lose sight of the scale of loss in Pakistan. Even as we travel by boat through the...
The ‘seven pillars’ used to assess the safety of Ukraine nuclear plant as war rages on
UN nuclear experts have given their assessment of the safety situation at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant - and say...
Swimming cap for afro hair approved after it was banned at Tokyo Olympics
A ban on swimming caps which are designed to protect natural black hair has been lifted by the International Swimming...
‘Empty folders marked with classified banners’ found in raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home
FBI agents found empty folders marked with classified banners when they searched Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home last month, according to...
Storm Danielle strengthens into first hurricane of unusually quiet season
After an unusually quiet storm season, the first one has strengthened into a hurricane. Tropical storm Danielle reached hurricane strength...
Western officials ‘expect’ Ukraine to push back Russian forces in south
Western officials have said they "hope and expect" Ukrainian forces to achieve success in a landmark offensive started this week...
Police find cocaine worth £1.2m hidden in wheelchair
Almost £1.2m worth of cocaine was found in a motorised wheelchair in Italy. A sniffer dog helped police at a...
‘Russia thinks the West is soft’
Russia believes it can blackmail the West by attacking the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, according to one Ukrainian military volunteer.The...
Young people in Ireland face ‘terrifying’ rent crisis due to chronic housing shortage
Some 61,000 Irish school-leavers received their Leaving Certificate (equivalent to A-levels) results today - but the country's chronic shortage of...
Why are companies, and even Joe Biden, posting one-word tweets?
If you've been scrolling through Twitter today you might have been baffled to see several companies posting apparently cryptic one-word...
Gorbachev ‘shocked and bewildered’ by Putin’s war in Ukraine, translator claims
Mikhail Gorbachev was "shocked and bewildered" by Russia's war with Ukraine in the months before he died, his translator has...
Taiwanese businessman offers $1bn to train up ‘civilian warriors’ and ‘common folk’ marksmen
One of Taiwan's richest men has promised to put forward one billion Taiwanese dollars to train up a defence force,...
