(CNN) At least two people are reported to have died as Britain was battered by severe weather with winds reaching speeds of over 90 mph (144 km/h) in some areas. The Met Office said Northumberland in northern England, was hit by overnight gusts of wind of 9...
(CNN) — The romance of rail travel has seduced many travelers over the years. But there are too many bad days of complaints, overcrowding, cancellations, delays and soaring prices -- particularly in the north of England. Who would have thought that announci...
In an email statement on Saturday, the WTA says CEO Steve Simon has attempted to reach out to Peng "via various communication channels," including two emails "to which it was clear her responses were influenced by others." Simon has therefore "decided not t...
(CNN) Three charred bodies have been found in a burned out building in the Chinatown district of the Solomon Islands' capital, Honiara -- the first reported fatalities after three days of violent protests that saw more than 100 people arrested. Police are i...
Mexico City At least 19 people were killed and 20 more injured on Friday when a passenger bus traveling on a highway in central Mexico crashed into a house, authorities said. The brakes on the bus, which was heading to a local religious shrine in the state...
(CNN) The government of Malawi has defended its decision to invite the former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson to become the country's official cannabis ambassador following a backlash over his conviction for rape in the 1990s. Malawi legalized the gro...
Khogyani is a United Airlines pilot and a photographer who has spent much of his life snapping scenes that look like postcards from the Garden of Eden. It's something he stumbled upon while volunteering last summer during a nine-hour flight to the US, on a...
London (CNN) Priti Patel, Britain's hardline home secretary, is under renewed scrutiny following the deaths of dozens of people in the English Channel -- one of the worst tragedies affecting migrants bound for Britain in recent memory. Tough words but misse...
A murder suspect who fled to China hours after allegedly gunning down a man in Taiwan on Monday is now "trapped" in hotel quarantine upon arrival in the coastal city of Xiamen -- setting himself up for an easy capture by authorities. Since the pandemic, Chi...
Honiara, The Solomon Islands (CNN) The Solomon Islands government has advised all public servants to stay at home as violent protests continued for a third day on Friday, with crowds gathering at the Prime Minister's residence. Honiara, the Solomon Islands...
(CNN) Long-time International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Dick Pound has said that he is "puzzled" by the reaction to a video call between three-time Olympian Peng Shuai and IOC president Thomas Bach. Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai held a video call with...
(CNN) A male with a long gun who was targeting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Vanderhoof, British Columbia, on Thursday has been taken into custody, authorities said. Police instructed people to shelter in place, lock their doors and refrain from leav...
(CNN) French fishermen have said they will block access to the Eurotunnel and English Channel ports in northern France on Friday in protest over post-Brexit fishing rights. A post on Thursday from a fishermen's group on Facebook said they would block ferrie...
London (CNN Business) Shops in the United Kingdom could run short of wine and liquor ahead of Christmas because there aren't enough drivers to make deliveries. LVMH LVMHF and Laurent-Perrier. The warning was made in a letter sent by the UK Wine and Spirit T...
(CNN) Global police agency Interpol has elected UAE Inspector General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi, who has been accused of overseeing torture, as its new president. Raisi, who has been part of the UAE's police force since 1980 and serves as inspector general at th...
(CNN) — Michelin -star restaurant in northern England housed in a 14th century building has suffered significant damage after its thatched roof caught fire. The Star Inn at Harome caught fire at 10.13 p.m. local time (5.13 p.m. ET) on Wednesday, according t...
London (CNN Business) Almost 2 million workers in Europe's biggest economy are set for a big pay rise. following lengthy coalition negotiations. Three German political parties agreed to form a new government on Wednesday, with left-leaning Social Democrat O...
(CNN) British and French leaders have ramped up a war of words over dangerous crossings of the English Channel after at least 27 people died making the sea journey Wednesday, bringing to a head simmering tensions in the migration crisis. Ministers from both...
(CNN) At least eight civilians were killed and 17 others injured, including 13 school children, after a suicide car bomb exploded in Somalia's capital Mogadishu Thursday morning, according to state media. The blast occurred in Mogadishu's Hodan district, ne...
(CNN) At least 11 people died in an accident at a coal mine in Russia's Siberia on Thursday, local authorities said, as emergency workers tried to rescue dozens more miners who were still trapped deep underground. Coal dust caught fire in a ventilation shaf...