At least 33 pupils and teacher killed after school roof collapses in Pakistan

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The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced more than $1.2 billion in penalties against Bank of America for years of failures to report suspicious transactions and address…

Election officers in Louisiana and Oklahoma receive a powdery substance, prompting evacuations. The FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service are investigating letters sent to…

A search and rescue operation is under way in the Black Sea after the latest attack in the area

The culture secretary says the deal could affect free expression in the media and the variety of Britain's news landscape

Yemen's information minister says the prime minister and other ministers were unhurt when ballistic missiles hit al-Maashiq Palace

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled the Trump administration must continue to grant CNN, MS NOW and Politico access to the White House grounds while the lawsuit filed by the three…

The roof of a private school collapsed in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 28 children and a female teacher and injuring more than 50 other people

Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza. The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay,…

The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition…

Widespread voter disillusionment and pocketbook anxieties set a volatile stage for the GOP weeks before election night

On Wednesday, Elon Musk’s Starlink was pulled into the center of a controversy after Ukraine’s military faced restricted access to Starshield, the military version of the…

Two people were airlifted to hospital but no-one's life appeared to be in danger, officials said

The body was recovered from a large blue plastic storage container - locally called a drum

Rewritten indictment accuses ex-Venezuela president and wife Cilia Flores of leading campaign of torture. Nicolás Maduro insisted on Thursday during an appearance in a New York…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a sit-down interview with NPR as Russia's full-scale invasion nears the 5-year mark. And, Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung…

Two Americans have won the Nobel Prize in economics for their work on how to smooth boom-and-bust cycles to limit unemployment and inflation

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) faced off against Democratic candidate Troy Jackson on Thursday in the final Senate debate before Maine voters head to the polls. The two traded jabs…

The sun illuminated the exhaust plume of a SpaceX rocket launch on 13 October, creating a glowing jellyfish-like cloud in the sky, according to Nasa. Continue reading

Streaming company faces ⁠tough competition for viewers and engagement ⁠from legacy rivals ​and YouTube. Netflix is laying off 6% of its workforce, ⁠or roughly 1,000 employees, in…

Congress approves constitutional amendment that bans six-day workweeks, which could affect up to 30 million. Brazil’s congress has approved a constitutional amendment to shorten…

Senior banking executives have told the BBC they expect to be "on the menu" in the chancellor's Budget tax later this month

Three people have died and several are reported missing after torrential rain triggered severe flooding across Istanbul

Archaeologists say the wreck is up to 4,700 years old, dating to the Early Bronze Age

This blog is now closed. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Private health insurance changes ‘recalibrating precious taxpayer dollars’, says Wells. The…

The emissions might occur elsewhere, but they generate global harm that scientists can now quantify. Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air…

The controversial legislation may end up placing large sections of its suburban support – critical to the party’s lead in the polls – on the bonfire. Get our breaking news email ,…

Insurers are taking on more risk than they should. If – or when – a major disaster hits, the catastrophe will have far-reaching consequences. I work for a major insurer, assessing…

As climate breakdown pushes families to starvation, many feel forced to ‘sacrifice’ daughters to save siblings. Photographer Elise Blanchard travelled the country speaking to…

Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner, but his mea culpa left the audience not much the wiser. Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to…

Some of Britain’s wealthiest financiers, including Sir Paul Marshall, have given a platform to critical coverage or are linked to its leading opponent. “This is virtue…

Four Republican senators have signed on to a letter to the Defense Department’s inspector general expressing “grave concern” over Ukraine’s sudden loss of access to…

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While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success. Shortly…

The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it.…