All news by author Elizabeth Baker

If you’ve been walking along UK high streets recently, you probably have noticed a wave of shop closures and empty units.

A Reform UK campaign office has been vandalized after the party lost what would have been a historic by-election victory.

The Solomon Islands state water company terminated its contract with an Indian firm that was years behind schedule to build a clean water treatment plant.

Hurricane Melissa intensified into a powerful category 4 hurricane on Sunday, threatening days of catastrophic winds and rain in the northern Caribbean, while Jamaica’s government ordered mandatory evacuations for vulnerable areas across the country including in the capital, Kingston.

Jimmy Carr has called disgraced writer Graham Linehan ’brave’ while on tour in the US.

A young French boy who was left with life-threatening injuries after being thrown from the 10th floor of London’s Tate Modern has made a remarkable recovery — and is now able to run, jump, and swim again.

Britain must support China’s ownership of Taiwan or risk a breach in diplomatic relations, China’s ambassador to the UK has suggested.

MPs may consider discussing Prince Andrew’s behaviour, his 30-room mansion, and the possibility of revoking his dukedom.

After enduring years of scandals related to his friendship with billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew has relinquished his royal titles following "crisis talks" with Prince William and King Charles.

Kamala Harris mentioned in her first British interview since losing to Donald Trump that she might run for the White House again.

The Pakistan Navy’s seizure of narcotics in two major operations in the Arabian Sea this week is one of the largest in history and a crucial step in curbing drug trafficking routes across the region, an expert told OCCRP on Friday.

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an aircraft carrier strike group currently stationed in Europe to the Caribbean region amid a massive buildup of US military forces in the region.

Amid increasing scrutiny from Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and investigative journalists, Oleg Tsyura has recently intensified efforts to whitewash his public image and erase traces of his activities online.

Russian national Semen Kuksov was sentenced last year in the U.K. for his role in an international ring that laundered funds for criminals.

Doctors in England will go on strike for five days in November in an ongoing dispute over jobs and pay.

Reform’s leader in Wales until 2021, Mr. Gill admitted eight counts of bribery after making statements in favor of Russia.

While the notoriously infamous businessman continues to win cases in German courts, new, astonishing facts about his criminal past are emerging.

North Korea carried out its first ballistic missile tests in five months on Wednesday, just days before U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders are expected to meet in South Korea.

Former prime minister Boris Johnson was left in a "thoroughly homicidal mood" by his own Conservative government’s handling of school exams during the Covid pandemic.

Vice President JD Vance’s arrival in Israel on Tuesday comes as some Trump administration officials are concerned that the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could fall apart, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

A judge has sentenced a Rhode Island man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid arrest to at least five years in prison for rape.

Almost 6,500 Met Police staff, including 999 call handlers, counter-terror, and forensics teams, are set to strike on Bonfire Night due to a pay dispute.

The UK’s housing market is showing signs of slowing down amid speculation that Rachel Reeves could announce tax increases on property in next month’s budget.