The jury is still out on vapes – on whether they help people to quit cigarettes and whether taxing them makes people smoke tobacco again. Parliament’s portfolio committee on health has called for more ...

Russian forces staged their largest ever drone attack on Ukraine overnight, cutting power to much of the western region of Ternopil and damaging residential buildings in Kyiv region, Ukraine's ...

Israel looks set to approve a U.S. plan for a ceasefire with Lebanon's Hezbollah on Tuesday, a senior Israeli official said, clearing the way for an end to the conflict that has killed thousands of ...

A Los Angeles County judge on Monday postponed a hearing over the possible release of Lyle and Erik Menendez after 35 years in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents, saying he wanted to hear ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s centre-left government wants to pass the bill, which represents some of the toughest controls on children’s social media use imposed by any country, into law by the ...

President-elect Donald Trump vowed additional tariffs on China as well as US neighbors Canada and Mexico, roiling markets with his first specific threat to curb global trade flows since his election ...

The dollar rallied sharply on Tuesday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump pledged tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, and additional tariffs on China. Stocks declined, giving back some ...

Global tech giants including Meta, TikTok and Google have heavily criticized Australian legislation to ban children under 16 from accessing social media platforms, setting the stage for a policy fight ...

Five European countries will step up their support to strengthen Ukraine’s defence industry, Germany’s defence minister said.

Despite his personal tribulations, during his entire Senate career he had maintained a family life for his sons, commuting daily from Wilmington to Washington by train. Later, he found a second love, ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has so far avoided legal liability for his part in the Phala Phala case. This week, the Constitutional Court will hear the EFF and ATM’s bid challenging the National Assembly ...

The United Nations has become a political machine which appears to have lost its moral compass, while citizens who value democracy, who fight for human rights and who are the subject of repression ...