Los Angeles — Questions are mounting regarding why hundreds of Los Angeles Fire Department personnel were initially held back from racing to the scene of the Palisades Fire when it first broke ...

Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, fielded questions for more than six hours on Wednesday, and some moments got heated when Democratic senators challenged whether her loyalty to ...

Comedian Bill Burr said Tuesday that he’d bought a helicopter to escape Los Angeles with his family ― but when the time came, his plan went awry. (Watch the video ...

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Wales open their Six Nations campaign against France in Paris on Friday, 31 January before travelling to face Italy in Rome eight days later. Cardiff head coach Matt Sherratt says he is unsure ...

PARIS - A Frenchwoman who revealed on TV how she had lost her life savings to scammers posing as Brad Pitt has faced a wave of online harassment and mockery, leading the interview to be withdrawn ...

Weidel represents the modernised, polished face of the AfD, seeking to broaden its appeal beyond its far-right base. Openly lesbian and in a same-sex partnership with a Swiss woman of Sri Lankan ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK’s competition watchdog has opened an investigation into Google to determine if its position in ...

Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump faced “sufficient” evidence to have been convicted at trial for seeking to overturn the result of the ...

He also received a main draw wildcard for his Grand Slam debut at the 2025 Australian Open, where he now faces off against Novak Djokovic. Basavareddy could hardly have asked for a more exciting start ...

On the heels of TikTok’s looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another Chinese app is catching some attention.

Jeff Bezos' 61st birthday on January 12 was set to be a marquee one for the tech giant, as came on the eve of a new milestone with his space technology company, Blue Origin. Blue Origin's new ...