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The chimney plays a key role in communicating the voting results to the world

The chimney plays a key role in communicating the voting results to the world

Some hieroglyphics may give different messages depending on direction they are read in

Trump was smitten by France’s military parade in Paris on Bastille Day that he saw in 2017

The Senate Democratic leader is increasingly finding himself out of step with both his party’s voting base and his colleagues in Congress, writes John Bowden

That’s up to Trump, the vice president declared in an interview with Brett Baier

Chief executive Wael Sawan said Shell ‘delivered another solid set of results in the first quarter of 2025’.

The local election results are being declared as councils tally up votes.

Firefighter planes from Greece, Cyprus, Croatia and Italy were sent to Israel

A 15-year-old autistic Nigerian has set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest art canvas in a bid to raise awareness for autism

Nigel Farage never won a by-election afresh with Ukip, but has now done so for the first time with Reform UK

An employee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent an email Wednesday that mistakenly included plans to terminate more than 150 research grants related to child and family well-being

A federal judge has agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from taking any more steps to dismantle an agency that funds and promotes libraries across the nation

Asian markets are higher after China's Commerce Ministry said Beijing is evaluating overtures from the U.S. regarding President Donald Trump’s tariffs

Farage’s Reform overturns Labour majority of nearly 15,000 votes in Runcorn and Helsby as Dame Andrea Jenkyns wins Greater Lincolnshire mayoralty

The Independent looks at what Reform UK will do in power, and whether it is likely to work

The end of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands was exactly 80 years ago on May 5

As Europe marks Victory Day over Nazi Germany, Londoner John Goldsmith still remembers the rationing, the blackouts and the bombs that devastated his neighborhood in east London

Consumers could be waiting for fireworks until 2026

About 2,500 workers at submarine builder Electric Boat shipyard in Connecticut plan to strike on May 18 if a tentative contract agreement is not reached with the submarine builder

‘This is a religious ceremony but that's part of the religion, because if your taxes go up 68 percent you might give up your religion,’ the president told the crowd

Activists say Trump’s removal of Andry Jose Hernandez Romero to brutal jail is ‘a death sentence’

The Runcorn and Helsby by-election was the first major electoral test for the prime minister

The Defense Department says it has designated a second stretch on the U.S. border with Mexico as a military zone to enforce immigration laws

A debate over whether to create harsher penalties for soliciting and buying sex from older teenagers exploded in the California Legislature this week