Calmer winds enabled firefighters to start gaining some control of the biggest blazes in metropolitan LA on Friday.

Altnaharra, which is in the most northern region of the Highlands, recorded minus 18.7C on Friday night, the Met Office said.

Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave, who were known for such definitive hits of the era as Soul Man and Hold On, I’m Comin’, has died aged 89. Publicist Jeremy ...

UK woman Shamima Begum was disallowed to challenge the removal of her British citizenship at the Supreme Court in August last year.

The inauguration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro left his opponents to grapple with conflicting feelings of hope and disappointment on Saturday, pondering why the self-described socialist ...

Firefighters for the first time have made progress containing the Eaton Fire north of Pasadena, officials said on Friday. It ...

A solar-powered car, an air purifying cat tower and a phone charger designed to provide a day’s power in two seconds have ...

The outgoing Democratic administration billed the new sanctions as the most significant to date against Moscow’s oil and ...

The mercury fell again overnight with a hamlet in northern Scotland shivering through a temperature of minus 18C. The Met Office said Altnaharra, which is in the most northern region of the Highlands, ...

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A four-bedroom farmhouse near Bolam is available for rent as its owner participates in a round-the-world boat race.