All news for 2025-02-17

Project Waterworth, which involves a cable longer than the Earth’s circumference, will also reach South Africa and Brazil.

Tour de France victor and two-time Olympic champion Geraint Thomas is set to retire from cycling this year.

A Scottish company plans to launch its rockets into space starting in 2026, following an attempt at a suborbital launch later this year.

President Trump’s administration has urged the Romanian government to remove travel restrictions on Andrew Tate, according to reports.

The Princess of Wales has unveiled portraits created by her three children during the half-term break as part of an initiative to inspire families to engage in creative activities together.

A Russian court has fined Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O), Google 3.8 million roubles ($41,530) for hosting content on YouTube that included videos instructing Russian soldiers how to surrender, Russia’s TASS news agency reported on Monday.

An acclaimed Italian chemist dubbed the ’Father of Nutella’ for his work on the world-famous Ferrero spread died on Valentine’s Day aged 97, his family have shared.

A boy of eight leans against a wall and takes furtive drags from a vape as he chats to an older mate.

Gmail users have been given a red alert warning over an alarming new scam that tries to steal your data.

When police in western France searched surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec’s home after he raped his 6-year-old neighbour in 2017, they found a cache of sex dolls, wigs and child pornography.

A Libyan company linked to the powerful faction that controls eastern Libya has exported oil worth at least $600 million since May, marking an end to the National Oil Corporation’s monopoly on exports, according to shipping records and U.N. experts.

British healthcare property developer Assura (AGRP.L), has rejected a 1.56 billion pound ($2 billion) acquisition bid from KKR (KKR.N), and pension fund Universities Superannuation Scheme, the U.S.-based private equity group said on Monday.

The UK government has imposed sanctions on Pavel Fradkov, Russia’s Deputy Minister of Defense, Vladimir Selin, the head of the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control, and businessman Artem Chaika.

U.S. citizen Kalob Byers, who was detained in Russia on drug smuggling charges after cannabis-infused gummies were discovered in his luggage, has been released from custody.

Harrison Reynolds, 13, passed away after being one of the six occupants of a Vauxhall Corsa that veered off a road in Rishworth, West Yorkshire - five teenagers have been apprehended.

Congolese authorities accused of abandoning Bukavu after government confirms its fall to a militia group.

One suspect, Mehdi Nemmouche, is serving a life sentence for a 2014 attack on a Jewish museum in Brussels.

Viktor Budarin controls about 40 enterprises in Kuban that actively receive loans from the bank "Kuban Credit." Budarin owns 84.5% of the bank’s shares, effectively allocating loans in his own favor and looping financial flows onto himself.

Keir Starmer arrived for a crisis summit in Paris today as he warned Vladimir Putin could ’come again’ if too many concessions are made in a Ukraine peace deal.

Gut-wrenching footage has emerged of the moment multiple gunshots were fired, ultimately killing a mum of two on Valentine’s Day.

There is usually a grace period of at least five minutes to pay for parking, but in parking lots that use camera technology, you will not automatically be charged, as long as you pay before you exit.

An unnamed Australian in their mid-40s was jailed last month at Perth’s District Court of Western Australia for neglecting their only child after the child was admitted to the hospital severely malnourished.

A teacher is suing a summer camp firm after being knocked over when up to 100 children playing British Bulldog charged at her.