Footballers at increased risk of developing dementia, study finds
Footballers are one and a half times more likely to develop dementia than the general population, a new study suggests.Researchers...
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Chinese ChatGPT rival disappoints – but does have a cute name
The battle of the AI chatbots has stepped up a notch after Chinese search giant Baidu unveiled its much-anticipated rival...
Leo Varadkar apologises over Clinton intern comments in Washington
Ireland's Prime Minister has apologised for a comment apparently referencing Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky during a speech in...
French protests: Police in Paris pepper spray demonstrators as two motions of no confidence tabled against Macron
Police in Paris pepper sprayed young protesters near the Sorbonne University as two motions of no confidence were tabled against...
Chaos erupts in French parliament as Macron bypasses vote and forces through controversial pensions bill
There have been rare chaotic scenes in the French parliament as President Emmanuel Macron used special powers to push through...
‘Russian troops guarantee our safety’: How public opinion in breakaway Transnistria region in Moldova favours the east
On the edge of Europe is a pocket of pro-Russian support which has been under close watch since the outbreak...
Video shows moment Russian fighter jet intercepts US Reaper drone over Black Sea
The US Air Force has released video said to show a Russian jet intercepting an American drone and dumping fuel...
France: Suspect killed and six police officers injured in house explosion during arrest – reports
At least six police officers have been injured, including three seriously, in a house explosion in France, according to media...
110 people arrested over mystery gas incidents at girls’ schools in Iran
Iranian authorities have arrested more than 100 people in connection with a recent wave of suspected poisonings of schoolgirls across...
Ukrainian soldiers in desperate need of Western weapons as they defend Bakhmut
There's an eerie sense of foreboding in the villages, towns, and cities of eastern Ukraine - especially those within firing...
Russian aircraft intercepted by RAF and German air force in first of its kind NATO mission
A Russian aircraft has been intercepted by British RAF and German fighter jets after it was identified near NATO airspace....
US drone crash: What do we know about collision with Russian jet?
The US and Russia have different accounts of what caused an American drone to crash into the Black Sea on...
Russian jets dumped fuel in front of US drone before crash which could lead to ‘unintended escalation’
A Russian aircraft has collided with a US unmanned aircraft in international airspace over the Black Sea, causing the latter...
China accuses UK, US and Australia of ‘going further down dangerous road’ with submarine pact
China has hit out at the US, UK and Australia over their pact to create new nuclear-powered submarines, saying they...
Russian invasion of Ukraine and China’s aggression over Taiwan threaten to create a world ‘defined by danger’, PM warns
Russia's war in Ukraine and China's aggression over Taiwan threaten to create a world "defined by danger, disorder and division",...
Rishi Sunak seeks to maintain dialogue with China but will have to be clear about the threat
There's a run on a bank, meltdown at the BBC about its proximity to government and Rishi Sunak needs to...
China’s military must become ‘Great Wall of Steel’, President Xi Jinping says
China must modernise its military to make it a "Great Wall of Steel", President Xi Jinping has said.Speaking for the...
Pro-Western former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili ‘close to death’ after alleged prison poisoning
The former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili has told Sky News he is approaching death in the hospital he has...
Ukraine war: Ukrainian ‘boy on the bridge’ turned army cook dreams of becoming professional chef
We'd been worrying about Serhiy Petrushenko, a 21-year-old boy we met guarding a bridge in central Kyiv completely on his...
Ukraine must embrace West’s ‘manoeuvre warfare’ instead of being dragged into traditional Russian-style combat
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been brutal and attritional, and has shocked most of the "civilised" world.Russia's evident disregard for...
