Stephen Sondheim - the composer and lyricist behind some of the world's best-known musicals - has died aged 91.Just some of his best-known works from a 60-year career include the lyrics for West Side...
So the new variant has a name, but we've no idea about its reputation.On paper at least the Omicron variant looks terrifying. It has more mutations than any previously observed strain of COVID.
And the...
Four days after the Ethiopian prime minister said on social media that he would personally direct the country's military at the front, a regional broadcaster has released pictures of Abiy Ahmed walking through the...
The first victim of Wednesday's tragedy in the Channel has been named as Mariam Nouri Hamadameen, a 24-year-old Kurdish woman from northern Iraq.She had travelled to Germany and on to France, hoping to join...
Australia's Tim Paine is to take a leave of absence from all forms of cricket for "the foreseeable future" after a scandal over sexually explicit text messages.Paine stood down as captain last week -...
French ports - including Calais - have been blocked off by angry fishermen as the row over fishing rights escalates.The Jersey-based vessel Normandy Trader was prevented from docking at the port of St Malo...
An Iraqi family fear one of their relatives could be among the twenty seven people who died crossing the English Channel.A man called Shalaw told Sky News his brother was on a boat mid-way...
At least 52 people have died after an explosion in a Siberian coal mine.The blast was caused by a methane gas leak about 250m (820ft) underground.
Flames and toxic fumes filled the Listvyazhnaya mine in...
