Vladimir Putin timed the latest bombardment on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv for Sir Keir Starmer’s visit. The British prime minister arrived in the city for a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky this ...

Queen Elizabeth II wasn't told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn't want to add to her worries, newly declassified documents reveal ...

The Queen was left in the dark for almost a decade over the full scale of the treachery of one of her most senior courtiers, according to newly-released files. In 1964, Sir Anthony Blunt ...

The slow-motion surrender of some Democrats to President-elect Donald Trump on the Laken Riley Act was already looking pretty grim last week, when 48 House Democrats joined Republicans in ...

Nevertheless, opening gambit offers seen this week are sharply higher, partly reflecting the boom in lean trimmings prices into the US (see separate story tomorrow). In Queensland, competitive ...

The creator of Saw has revealed the way in which he would come up with ideas for the sadistic traps he featured in the film. Leigh Whannell wrote and created the first Saw film alongside James Wan ...

The Madwoman of Chess, or Autonomous was a Woman, a sculpture by Donna Dodson that honors the strength of the chess queen and powerful women. "Chess sets have long served as canvases for artists to ...

Happy new year and welcome to our first issue of #techAsia in 2025. I’m sending this newsletter from Las Vegas where my colleagues and I are covering the first tech extravaganza of the year as ...

Biosecurity NZ says more than 100 extra fruit fly traps have been set up since a fly was found in South Auckland. Strict biosecurity conditions are in place after an oriental fruit fly was found in a ...

But the manner in which he won the title raised several eyebrows across the chess world, with the five-time world champion sharing the title with Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi after a viral ...