More Thomas Cook misery as customers face refund payment delay
The holiday firm collapsed in September, leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded abroad and around 9,000 staff without a job.…
Muscular ‘mighty mice’ and sensitive robot delivered to International Space Station
SpaceX has delivered the unusual supplies, as well as Christmas gifts, to the International Space Station for scientific research.…
Liam Payne: One Direction reunion will happen ‘for sure’
The singer, who has just released his first solo album, says there is no "bad blood" between the former One Direction bandmates.…
Tesco weighing sale of Malaysian, Thai supermarkets
Tesco is five years into a recovery plan launched after an accounting scandal capped a dramatic downturn in trading.
LONDON (REUTERS) - Britain’s biggest supermarket chain…
Virgin Trains waves goodbye with final service after 22 years
Launched in 1997, Virgin Trains was Britain's longest-running rail franchise, but its routes have now been taken over.…
Next 10 years crucial as oceans lose oxygen with potentially dire effects, says new study
A study says there are 700 ocean dead zones - where there is not enough oxygen to support marine life - up from 45 prior to 1960.…
Refined cooking of quality ingredients at Art
Art, the Italian restaurant in Market Street which closed about half a year ago, is back.One day at the end of October, the sign outside Aura at the National Gallery…
After an ‘existential’ 2019, get ready for a ‘blue’ 2020
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Uighur woman in the Netherlands says she leaked Chinese govt documents on Xinjiang detention camps
In a photo taken on Aug 4, 2019, an internment camp is seen near Harmony New Village, a farming settlement in the Xinjiang region of China.
LONDON (NYTIMES) - A Uighur…
Europe’s ‘carbon border tax’ could hurt climate negotiations, according to China adviser
The European Union's proposed "carbon border tax" on imports could introduce uncertain and harmful factors to otherwise friendly cooperation in climate talks, an adviser to China's…
‘A rapist in your path’: This Chilean feminist anthem is spreading around the world
Women perform "A Rapist In Your Path," in a demonstration against gender-based violence in Santiago, Chile
- Copyright AP Photo/Esteban Felix - Esteban Felix "And…
General election: Leaked Treasury document ‘wrong’ on Brexit checks, Boris Johnson claims
The PM tells Sophy Ridge on Sunday that he would pledge to bring down immigration if he wins a majority next week.…
US World Cup hero Rapinoe wins women’s Ballon d’Or 2019
The US women's team, led by Rapinoe, celebrates winning the 2019 World Cup
- Copyright Reuters Megan Rapinoe won the women's Ballon d'Or on Monday, after her heroics…
Terror arrests: Pair held in Dover on suspicion of offences linked to Syria
The suspects were detained by counter-terror detectives and are being questioned at a police station in the West Midlands.…
Banana taped to wall which sold for $120k eaten in front of crowd
"It's very delicious," performance artist David Datuna wrote on Instagram after eating one edition of the now famous banana art.…
House impeachment report looks at abuse, bribery, corruption
It argues the Constitution created the process as a “safety valve” so Americans would not have to wait for the next election to remove a president.House Judiciary criticizes Trump…
General election: Corbyn’s greatest failure is not providing a left-wing alternative to Brexit
Jeremy Corbyn has no convincing Labour version of diagnosing the malaise Brexit has wrought in its stead, Lewis Goodall writes.…
Our son was so badly abused by his birth parents that he had to have his legs amputated
In the last 12 months NSPCC officers have recorded 20,000 cases of adults neglecting, mistreating or assaulting children.…
Pompeii unveils erotic Leda and the Swan fresco to the public for first time
Part of the ancient Roman city which has never before been seen by the public is to be opened to tourists.…