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The blackout comes just days after Spain and Portugal were brought to a standstill

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

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The company owned by travel giant TUI blames Marian Reinelt for wearing ‘inappropriately high-heeled shoes’

“Conclave,” the film may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a whole genre of historical trivia

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 ship issued an SOS distress call after being hit 17 nautical miles east of Malta

A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to slash research related to child safety net programs

Simon Patterson tells trial the lack of inquiries ‘intrigued’ him

Three Uyghur men who had spent over a decade in Thai detention were safely resettled in Canada in April, Thai lawmakers and activists confirmed, after 40 other Uyghurs were sent to China in February, drawing international condemnation

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to Pope Francis

Painting full of ‘wildly inventive’ details to be publicly exhibited for first time since 1960

A South African woman has been convicted of kidnapping and selling her 6-year-old daughter in a case that horrified the country

Black dandyism is finally taking center stage at the Met Gala, with cultural powerhouses leading this subversive, sharply tailored style into the global fashion spotlight

The German domestic intelligence service says it has classified the Alternative for Germany party as a “right-wing extremist effort.”

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years

‘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

Weight-loss jabs could be offered at an NHS prescription price of £9.90

Mr O’Neill was left with a bleed on the brain and died in hospital almost a fortnight lat

Experts say hackers are becoming bolder

Tourist and son, 11, join forces with local men to help marine predator back into ocean

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

Jeff Knight has also stood down from his role with a local music venue ‘out of respect for the victims’

President Trump also closed a major shipping loophole that allowed Americans to purchase cheap goods from China without paying tariffs