All news by author Elizabeth Baker

At least six people have died as dams fail to hold back floodwaters in eastern Europe.

The warning has come as hundreds of thousands of pensioners across the country could be at risk of receiving a bill from the government tax department next year

A river otter dragged a child on a dock underwater and viciously attacked the mother who intervened in the near-drowning.

The Ropazi District Council in Latvia plans to convert a luxury mansion confiscated in 2018 from the ex-chief of Interpol’s Uzbek chapter into a kindergarten.

Court rules against West Cumbria Mining’s fossil fuel development in Whitehaven

Scientific research on pigeon missiles and dead trout also win at awards for amusing studies with serious implications

SpaceX is set to conduct the world’s first-ever privately-funded spacewalk today, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman.

An independent public inquiry has been ordered into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane in 1989.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump met for the first time in a fiery, energetic debate at the National Constitution Center with less than two months until the November election.

Facing understaffing and retention issues stemming from chronic underinvestment, the U.K.’s elite crime fighting agency is left hobbled, finds a new report by the non-government organization, Spotlight on Corruption.

A Swedish court overturned her previous acquittal, sentencing former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen to 15 months in prison for making misleading statements about the bank’s inadequate anti-money laundering measures.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro authorized a service on Monday to detect Pegasus spyware on civilian phones. This follows his announcement last week that the National Police had used the Israeli spyware for illegal interceptions during the 2021 social uprising.

Russian oligarchs are laundering money through the fintech company Dzing, which is linked to Putin’s “wallet” Arkadiy Rotenberg and has been caught in fraud.

Prisoners released early under a government overcrowding scheme voiced concerns about housing support and strict tagging conditions

Footage showed one man being escorted off the aircraft after several passengers started having a fight on board a flight to the Spanish island of Ibiza after it left Manchester

Peter Kyle, who applied to university three times, said Tory government’s ‘war’ on higher education was over

MPs will vote on Tuesday on whether to approve the government’s controversial plan to remove the winter fuel allowance from some pensioners.

The billionaire Virgin tycoon also officiated the wedding and gave a speech where he touched on Sir Alan’s long campaign for justice on behalf of hundreds of subpostmasters.

Two souped up cars worth nearly £100,000 have been hit with fines after performing donuts near Buckingham Palace.

Political veterans say Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves installing trusted allies in Whitehall roles par for the course