Georgian opposition figures have warned that the country is at risk of becoming a pro-Kremlin dictatorship like Belarus as an ultra-nationalist politician was inaugurated as president.
A surge in young travellers has turned the country into a hot spot for foreign working tourists, with numbers surpassing 200,000 for the first time.
The leader of the Christian Democratic Union denounced Musk’s endorsement of the AfD as the worst case of interference by a ‘friendly’ country in the history of democracy.
Donald Trump sided with Elon Musk in a fight that foreshadows battles to come in the fragile alliance between tech bosses and Trump’s core voters, who view immigration as the top issue.
After initial friendly overtures and talk of democracy, Vladimir Putin’s rule quickly spiralled into stand-offs with the West and increasing political terrors at home.
An attempted emergency landing of Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 may have come after the flight was hit by a bird strike, aviation experts suggest.
As the world tunes in to watch the planet’s most spectacular New Year’s Eve fireworks display, Dean Jakubowski will be perched atop the main sail of the Sydney Opera House surrounded by about 600kg of explosives.
Binyamin Netanyahu will scheduled for surgery on Sunday to have his prostate removed following a urinary tract infection.
Elon Musk has endorsed the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a newspaper opinion piece, prompting its opinion editor to resign in protest.
Without travel documents Asma al-Assad will be unable to come back to her native London following reports that she is critically ill with leukaemia.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Nigel Farage of faking a surge in Reform membership after the party claimed to have surpassed the Conservatives for the first time.
A real estate company is offering prospective homeowners a feature that, for many, really matters: a breakdown of how their future neighbours voted.
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When a train driver jumped to his death while travelling at 186kph near Paris, the system’s automatic controls averted disaster.
Video from before and after the Azerbaijan Airlines crash indicate shrapnel penetrated the rear of the aircraft, disabling the hydraulic systems as the plane was inexplicably diverted.
The global economy is on track to double in size in nominal terms over the next 15 years, with growth fuelled by poorer nations catching up with richer ones, according to forecasters.
Many firms have supported tree-planting projects as a way of burnishing green credentials, usually through third-party scheme developers. The UK’s Atom Bank is taking a direct approach.
Observers say entire migrant communities will be affected by the President elect’s crackdown – but will its sheer ambition be its undoing?
Islamic State is re-arming and will seek to exploit the vacuum in Syria with a new wave of attacks over the holiday period, according to the leader of the country’s western-backed troops.
In his last weeks in office, Joe Biden is planning sanctions against Russia’s energy sector, targeting the ships carrying Russian oil around the world and bolstering Vladimir Putin’s war chest.
Asma Assad is in isolation in Moscow and being cared for by her ‘heartbroken’ father after her leukaemia aggressively returned.
We process information very slowly – but our senses are much faster, researchers say.
Science suggests the love, joy and nostalgia of singing at evensong can leave those who attend carol services less stressed and ‘significantly more tranquil’ than when they entered.
Drinking three to four cups of coffee a day is associated with the biggest decrease in risk, according to a study.
Future James Bond films are believed to have been put on hold while cultural differences are resolved between franchise owner Barbara Broccoli and rights owner Amazon.
Arabic and Turkish media claimed Asma al-Assad was dissatisfied with her quality of life in Moscow and had demanded a divorce from the deposed Syrian dictator.
The Starmer government says an elections bill, which would include lowering the voting age, could be introduced during the next parliamentary session.
An Italian author says the woman who followed Christ to the end is in a Sistine Chapel fresco.
Amanda Thirsk left the duke’s employ after his disastrous BBC interview – which she helped to arrange, but within months she had set up an offshore company with a Chinese businesswoman.
Pressure is mounting on German authorities over their lack of action on the alleged Magdeburg Christmas market attacker despite his long history of violence and threats.
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