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Up to 60 people were infected with Covid-19 at a corporate Christmas party in Norway attended by a recent arrival from South Africa. Medical...

The world of rugby has been mourning Scottish women’s international Siobhan Cattigan after her death at the age of 26. ...

A British cabinet minister has suggested people should avoid “snogging under the mistletoe” this Christmas, as the government and the NHS battle to keep...

The UK’s advertisement regulator has concluded that a depiction of Santa Claus showing his vaccination status in Tesco’s Christmas ad does not break rules...

A meeting between US and Ukrainian diplomats was thrown into darkness as the US secretary of state began to speak. A similar incident took...

A large crowd has taken to the streets of Kiev demanding the resignation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the same day that he...

The European Union said on Thursday it has fined four major banks a combined €344 million ($390 million) for colluding in a foreign exchange...

Despite the Soviet Union having collapsed around three decades ago, the hammer and sickle could soon be flying back over Ukraine, America's top military...

A picture of Russian Empress Catherine II, painted by Dmitry Levitzky, has sold at auction in London for £951,000 ($1.26 million), alongside a letter...

The Omicron coronavirus variant is expected to overtake the currently-dominant Delta strain and cause over half of all Covid-19 cases in the bloc within...

The new Covid variant has sparked panic since it was first detected in South Africa. Countries reimposed travel restrictions in an attempt to limit...

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, believes the elderly should be barred from political office, suggesting an age limit be introduced. ...

A court in Austria has slapped a surgeon with a fine of €2,700 ($3,060) after she amputated the wrong leg on an elderly patient. ...

Iconic Swedish furniture brand Ikea has begun renting small duplex apartments in the overpopulated Japanese capital Tokyo for less than a dollar per month. ...