Russia’s culture minister has proposed charging Russians more to watch Hollywood films as a way to support the nation’s struggling film industry. Vladimir Medinsky told MPs...
Turkey has opened a vast centre dedicated to housing and educating orphans from war-torn Syria. The complex, in the south-eastern border town of Reyhanli, will house...
According to US campaigners, the Yulin dog-eating festival in China, notorious for its animal cruelty, will this year be banned from selling dog meat. Yet doubts...
Facebook has been fined 110m euros by the EU for providing “incorrect or misleading” information during its purchase of messaging service WhatsApp in 2014. The European...
Chris Cornell has died at the age of 52, his representatives have confirmed. He was best known as the lead singer in Soundgarden and Audioslave, and...
A former FBI boss has been named special counsel to oversee an inquiry into Russia’s alleged meddling in the election and any Trump campaign ties. In...
An Indian teenager has built what is thought could be the world’s lightest satellite, which will be put into orbit at a Nasa facility in the...
A healthy teenager in the US state of South Carolina died from drinking several highly-caffeinated drinks too quickly, a coroner has ruled. Davis Allen Cripe collapsed...
