All news for 2025-01-28

The apocalyptic clock was first used in 1947 and has been used ever since to examine the likelihood of a man-made catastrophe - and it says humanity is still at great risk.

King Charles stepped in to overturn the £1.5billion submarine’s original name, which had been given the green light by Queen Elizabeth in 2018, and rename it HMS Achilles.

A supersonic passenger jet dubbed the ‘New Concorde’ travelled faster than the speed of sound for the first time during a test flight today.

A nurse who ‘completely paralysed’ a total stranger with a deadly drug has been found guilty of attempted murder.

After the founder and owner of Freedom Holding Corp., Timur Turlov, relocated to Kazakhstan, he became a person close to the country’s top leadership and the main financier of local elites.

A former sports coach at a £57,000-a-year public school murdered his wife at their family home to cash in on her life insurance after he began seeing another woman, a court heard today.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is being investigated over her country’s surprise release of a Libyan police officer wanted by the International Criminal Court.

An airplane carrying 176 people was engulfed in flames in South Korea, almost a month to the day that a Jeju Air jet crashed, killing 179 people on board.

Trillions of dollars could be on hold, according to an Office of Management and Budget memo.

Detonating a grenade under the chin rather than being captured. Using a fellow soldier to lure out attack drones. Removing body armor plates and helmets to enable faster attacks on foot.

Six German endurance track cyclists have been seriously injured after an 89-year-old drove a car head-on into the group.

Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic announced his resignation on Tuesday following months of mass demonstrations triggered by the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November, which critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.

The officials were fired after Acting Attorney General James McHenry, a Trump appointee, concluded they "could not be trusted to faithfully implement the President’s agenda because of their significant role in prosecuting the President...

The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney on Thursday...

China appears to be building a large laser-ignited fusion research centre in the southwestern city of Mianyang, experts at two analytical organisations say, a development that could aid nuclear weapons design and work exploring power generation.

British engineering firm Smiths Group (SMIN.L), is managing a cybersecurity incident that involved unauthorised access to its systems, the company said on Tuesday...

Lawyers for the European Union on Tuesday told an arbitration tribunal that Britain’s ban of fishing for sandeels in its North Sea waters breached an agreement on fishing rights both sides struck after Brexit.

The prime minister and chancellor are set to change the rules around how pension funds invest, allowing them to use surplus funds to invest into the economy in their latest bid for growth.

This is the moment Mexican cartel gangsters opened fire on US Border Patrol along the southern border.

Donald Trump has notched up yet another victory as now even Google has caved into his demands.

German and Hungarian authorities crack down on traffickers preying on women with false promises, uncovering a dark network of exploitation.

Sanctions targeting Russia’s economy are renewed by the EU, with Hungary backing down from a veto that delayed the decision.

A driver has been arrested for the second time after two girls were killed after a Land Rover crashed into a school in Wimbledon.