The US has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, Texas, by Friday – a move described as “political provocation” by Beijing. The US State Department said the deci... Read more
The US justice department has accused China of sponsoring hackers who are targeting labs developing Covid-19 vaccines. Officials have charged two Chinese men who allegedly spied on US compan... Read more
The UK government is accused of having “actively avoided” looking for Russian interference during the EU referendum. The Intelligence and Security Committee’s long-awa... Read more
EU leaders have struck a deal on a huge post-coronavirus recovery package following a fourth night of talks. It will see the 27-nation bloc offering €750bn (£677bn; $859bn) in grants and loa... Read more
Actor Johnny Depp “threatened to kill” ex-wife Amber Heard “many times”, the US actress has claimed. She described a “three-day hostage situation” during... Read more
The son of a US federal judge has been shot dead and her husband injured in an attack at their family home in New Jersey. Investigators said the judge, Esther Salas, was unharmed. According... Read more
EU talks aimed at reaching an agreement on a huge post-coronavirus recovery fund have stretched into a fourth day. The main division is between countries hit hardest by the virus – suc... Read more
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is expected to suspend the UK’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong later amid rising tensions between London and Beijing. It follows the controversial nat... Read more
Kanye West has officially launched his campaign for the 2020 US presidential election, with an unorthodox rally in Charleston, South Carolina. West, 43, is running as a candidate for his sel... Read more
On Wednesday we reported on positive signs about the viability of a coronavirus vaccine, produced by US pharmaceutical company Moderna. Following that news, the country’s leading... Read more
Facing a tough re-election battle, US President Donald Trump has replaced his campaign manager. Mr Trump said Bill Stepien, a field director for his 2016 campaign, would take the place of Br... Read more
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe B... Read more
Tesla’s claims about its Autopilot driver-assist feature are misleading, a German court has ruled. The use of the word “autopilot”, along with other marketing material, sug... Read more
A woman has died and two more have been injured after a series of late night stabbings in Norway. First reports of the attacks came in just before midnight in the city of Sarpsborg, south of... Read more
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