Projections released by Think Tank suggest that consumers are likely to maintain a cautious approach to spending in the initial months of 2024.

As Hamas report at least 240 deaths in 24 hours, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned that the Palestinian control of the West Bank could collapse at any time.

The Duchess of York joined the royals for the annual Christmas service at St Mary Magdalene's Church.

Preliminary shopping data indicated that US holiday sales increased 3.1 percent compared with the year-ago period, a solid but unspectacular increase reflecting mixed sentiment on the economy.

Homelessness in rural England has risen by 40 percent in five years with many sleeping in the open air, tents or makeshift shelters, a British rural charity said on Tuesday.

"She has a lot of empathy and compassion. I think she doesn't take her life for granted," Pauline Byrne said of the Princess of Wales.

The authorities have asked people to be cautious and avoid travel if it is unnecessary.

There has been a tug-of-war going on between Musk and the Biden administration for quite a while now.

Sadness over the war in Gaza subdued the holiday cheer in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, when the biblical town would usually be decked out in festive finery.

King Charles III has evoked environmentalism and the need for peace around the world in the second Christmas Day message of his reign -- and his first since being formally crowned monarch in May.

The same museum also houses her preserved body, death mask, and other preserved cloned sheep, Morag and Megan.

Temperatures in Heathrow, west London, and Cippenham in Slough hit 15.3C on Sunday.

"It shows that they've got that fun, practical side to them," Grant Harrold said.

British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe has agreed a deal to buy a 25 percent stake in Manchester United for about $1.3 billion, vowing to return the Premier League club to the "top of world football".

Gaza's deadliest ever war cast a pall of gloom over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve Sunday, as the death toll spiralled and Israel shifted its efforts against Hamas to the besieged territory's south.

Ukrainian Orthodox Christians attended services on Sunday as the country for the first time celebrated Christmas on December 25, after the government changed the date from January 7, when most Orthodox believers celebrate, as a snub to Russia.

Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for peace as he kicked off Christmas celebrations with a mass at Saint Peter's Basilica as the Israel-Hamas war raged in the Gaza Strip.

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US airlines are gearing up for record traffic this holiday season, having beefed up staffing in the hopes of avoiding a repeat of last Christmas's operational meltdown.

French unions on Thursday announced the end of a wildcat strike that paralysed train travel through the Channel tunnel between France and Britain, saying the route would reopen shortly.

In the damp December cold, a blue bus stops near Weymouth town centre in southwest England.

Britain's ruling Conservatives face another potentially bruising by-election early next year after voters in a central English constituency ousted its Tory lawmaker following his suspension from parliament over misconduct allegations.

OpenAI is trying to figure out how current AI systems can be used to monitor the outputs of newer, more advanced AI systems.

Declining demand, increased oil production from key oil-producing nations, and geopolitical factors contributed to the downward trend in UK petrol prices.

Sunak's strategy to cut this figure is centred around sending migrants to Rwanda – but this plan was blocked by the Supreme Court last month.

The Prince and Princess of Wales have been accused of doing a bad Photoshop job on their Christmas family portrait.

All of Britain's representatives in the Europa League have won their respective groups and will avoid facing a Champions League team next in the playoff round.

The first flight of this route took off on Wednesday from Liverpool.

His Majesty thanked the magistrates for their hard work during a tour around the Royal Courts of Justice.

Etsy, alongside Mattel and Hasbro, are experiencing decreased sales even during the Christmas season due to inflation.