Gains in Big Tech stocks contributed to a “Santa rally” for Tuesday’s shortened holiday session. The S&P 500 gained 1.1%, ...

Idil Abdullahi Goley’s journey seeking a better life in Europe started in Somalia with a $6,500 payment to smugglers ...

Communities and firefighters across Australia’s second-most populous state are bracing for potentially devastating wild fires ...

Strictly Come Dancing has crowned the winners of its Christmas special. The show’s first drag artist, Tayce, has been crowned ...

Seven people were injured, including a child, when a taxi crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk near Herald Square in New ...

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown ...

Gavin & Stacey fans have said they have “goosebumps” after watching the long-awaited final ever episode this evening (25 ...

On Wednesday (December 25) Beyoncé performed the halftime show at the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans game at NRG ...

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The Mega Millions jackpot is now around $1.15 billion ($516.1 million in cash), the highest-ever amount offered in December.

Pop star’s performance was reportedly part of a three-project deal she signed with the streaming giant back in 2019 ...

Troels Lund Poulsen, the Danish defense minister, told the paper Jyllands-Posten Tuesday that the country plans to spend a ...