Footfall was up by 31 across all UK retail destinations up until noon on Tuesday compared with Christmas Eve last year – although that was ...

Shyam Benegal, a renowned Indian filmmaker known for pioneering a cinema movement that tackled social issues in the 1970s, has died after chronic kidney disease aged 90. His contribution to cinema was ...

The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost have been unveiled to the public by researchers in Russia’s Siberia region, who call it the best-preserved mammoth body ...

A crocheted “elf on the shelf” has been spreading festive joy and raising money for charity by being captured in several ...

A major storm pounded California’s central coast on Monday, bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally ...

French President Emmanuel Macron’s office has announced a new government, after the previous Cabinet collapsed in a historic ...

Former president Bill Clinton has been discharged from a Washington hospital, and will be home for Christmas after he was admitted the day before with a fever. Mr Clinton is being treated for the flu, ...

An explosion at an ammunition factory in north-west Turkey left 11 dead and five injured on Tuesday morning. The blast occurred in Balikesir province, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. The ...

Among those who braved the elements on the Christmas Eve swim in Helen’s Bay were a couple who first met at the event last year.

The Federal Aviation Administration’s website acknowledged the airline’s request for a ‘nationwide groundstop’.

A day later on Christmas Eve, residents received another email from Urang apologising “for the distress” caused and suggesting “to maintain the Christmas cheer” people with light displays should ...