Ms Merkel moved to consolidate her grip on Germany’s centre-right after the Union narrowly lost a national election in 2002. She pushed Mr Merz aside as leader of its parliamentary group, taking the ...

Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis presented a Screen Actors Guild award (SAG) to Irish actor Colin Farrell, jokingly saying he “gave” her Covid. Farrell, 48, won the outstanding performance by a male ...

The former Everton and Juventus forward appeared to pass out following an earlier blow to his head during his team’s match against Hellas Verona.

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres says human rights are being “suffocated” around the world, lashing out at voices of division and anger who see them as a barrier to their quest for power and ...

Since then, Just Eat bought US food-ordering platform Grubhub in an ill-fated deal, paying 7.3 billion US dollars (£5.8 billion) at the height of the takeaway boom in 2021, only to offload the ...

The Conservative leader has written to the public broadcaster calling for a probe into the commissioning of Gaza: How to Survive A Warzone.

A report has called on the Department for Education to discourage ‘the punitive withdrawal of playtime’ in schools.

The FTSE 100-listed energy infrastructure group is selling off parts of its portfolio to help fund investment plans.

Axel Rudakubana murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, Bebe King and Elsie Dot Stancombe at a Taylor Swift-themed class in Southport last year.

Rupert Grint, known for starring in all the Harry Potter films, said he was "starstruck" when he met Tottenham Hotspur's James Maddison.

He has ruled out a coalition with the far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which is now the country’s second-largest party after its best showing ever. Mr Merz’s conserv ...

Tennis legend Venus Williams will not play at the BNP Paribas Open, the tournament revealed. The development comes days after it announced she would compete after accepting a wildcard entry.