Getty ImagesPresident Biden announces prisoner swap with RussiaLast month, President Joe Biden said that he had “no higher priority” than gaining the release of Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan from Russian prison.On Thursday, after months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, arm-twisting and...
Organisers say the men's and women's Olympic triathlons only have a 60% chance of going ahead on Wednesday after the men's event was postponed on Tuesday. Tests of the River Seine in the early hours of Tuesday morning revealed the...
Footage shows injured people and a scene of destruction at the schoolIsrael's military has struck a school near Deir al-Balah, a city in central Gaza, killing at least 30 Palestinians and injuring more than 100, according to the Hamas-run ministry...
ReutersTyphoon Gaemi has made landfall on Taiwan’s east coast, bringing gusts of around 240kmh (150mph).Gaemi, which has landed near the city of Hualien, is expected to be the most powerful storm to hit the island in eight years.One woman died...
Meet the Stampfli Express - a 24-seater rowing boat which will be a part of the Paris 2024 Olympic torch relay on Sunday.Just days before the start of the Olympic Games, the impressive shell will take 23 rowers and an...
Footage has been released of the moment a driver escaped being crushed by a collapsed crane which killed one person and injured three others. On 4 April, crews in the US city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, were in the process...
Ursula von der Leyen has been re-elected as the President of the European Commission following a secret ballot among MEPs.She secured the backing of 401 Members of the European Parliament at a vote in Strasbourg on Thursday - 41 more...
Seven people have died, including three young children and a teenager, in a fire that broke out in the early hours of Thursday in the southern French city of Nice.The local prosecutor said officials were investigating the blaze as a...
