An Israeli strike in the Lebanese capital Beirut killed seven health and rescue workers, an Islamic health organisation said, as governments around the world scrambled to evacuate their citizens from ...

Tesco has said consumers are in “reasonably good shape” as a surge in demand for premium products and food price cuts helped lift its sales. The UK’s biggest supermarket said shoppers were buying more ...

Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the situation in Lebanon was volatile and urged Britons to take the first available flight out.

Created in 1980, the annual Right Livelihood Award honours efforts that the Swedish-German prize founder felt were being ignored by the Nobel Prizes.

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has said interest rate cuts could become “more aggressive”, sparking falls in the value of the pound. He said that, if inflation remains in check, the Bank might ...

Alec Stewart’s new role as high-performance cricket adviser at Surrey will significantly reduce his workload as he focuses on caring for his wife during her ongoing battle with cancer. The former ...

Former transport minister S Iswaran was the first minister to be charged and imprisoned for nearly half a century.

At least six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Beirut overnight, Lebanon’s health ministry said, as governments around the world scrambled to evacuate their ...

A fire at a hospital in southern Taiwan killed at least nine people on Thursday as the island was being battered by a typhoon. The fire occurred in Pingtung county, which has been hit hard by Typhoon ...

The UK’s largest supermarket said it is forecasting its full-year profit to be slightly higher than previous guidance.

The number of complaints escalated to the Consumer Council for Water by households rose by almost a third in 2023-24.

Four Russian journalists have gone on trial in Moscow accused of working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late ...