Up to 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will hold a one-day stoppage on Thursday

British nurses will go on strike this week, hitting already stretched hospitals and cranking up pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to quell the biggest wave of industrial action to hit the country in decades.

One hundred years ago on Tuesday, Ireland gained statehood in the midst of a bitter civil war.

Top European Union officials are aiming to be more vocal at a trade meeting with their U.S.

It is hoped a new global biodiversity framework will be agreed at the Montreal talks, which run from December 7 to 19.

Numerous other public and private sector staff, from lawyers to airport ground personnel, have also held strikes this year

Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, it said on Monday, the latest crypto casualty after the firm was hurt by exposure to the spectacular collapse of the FTX exchange earlier this month.

A British start-up founded by two ex-students from France and Spain, crafting biodegradable packaging from marine plants, is aiming to seal royal approval this week when Prince William unveils his latest Earthshot prizes.

Chukwudubem Ifeajuna, a nurse in the south of England, loves his job, but next month will walk out for two days as part of British nurses' biggest ever strike action, which he says is necessary for staff and patient welfare alike.

Numerous other public and private sector staff, from lawyers to airport ground personnel, have also held strikes this year.

Since 2019, issues around pay and working conditions have now surpassed pensions and become the main driver for the strikes.

Eton College, which boasts many British royals among its alumni, has been forced to issue an apology.

A new vaccine called DCVax has been shown to more than double the five-year survival rate of people with aggressive brain tumors.

Watch Steve Burns return to his iconic "Blue's Clues" role in the film "Blue's Big City Adventure" which drops on Paramount+ on Nov. 18.

A woman from Wareham, Dorset, sold her car and took money out of her inheritance just to save her beloved dog's life.

A teenage footballer from India's southern city of Chennai passed away after alleged negligence by the hospital while treating an ACL injury.

The exact nature of the strike is yet to be determined, but is likely to disrupt operations and appointments even as patients are already facing record waiting lists.

Persistent Covid infection -- which is different to long Covid or repeated bouts of the disease -- occurs in a small number of patients with already weakened immune systems.

Jemma Mitchell, who decapitated her friend after murdering her, has been described as a "snake" by one of her former best friends.

With his ascent to prime minister, Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy will become the richest ever occupants of Number 10 Downing Street just as the country struggles with an economic crisis and the government mulls painful spending cuts.

Rishi Sunak is set to become Britain's first prime minister of colour on Tuesday, an achievement that many, particularly in the Asian community, held up as a cultural milestone standing out above the economic chaos and political tumult.

Fabulously rich from his pre-politics career in finance, he has been mocked as out of touch with Britons struggling with decades-high inflation.

Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent told investors on Thursday that the big increases in interest rates they had priced in on the back of Prime Minister Liz Truss's fiscal plans would deliver a "pretty material" hit to the economy.

Paige Spiranac is the most followed golfer on social media platform Instagram ahead of Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.

British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng refused to say on Thursday if he would stick with his plan not to raise business taxes as media reported Prime Minister Liz Truss was rethinking an economic programme that plunged markets into turmoil.

A 38-year-old woman has been accused of murdering and decapitating her friend before dumping her body in woods in Devon, UK.

A new study by researchers at King's College London has found that severe Covid infection can damage nerve cells in the brain.

Prominent Egyptian archaeologists have renewed a call for the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum to Egypt, 200 years after the deciphering of the slab unlocked the secrets of hieroglyphic script and marked the birth of Egyptology.

Control of the U.S. Senate is at stake in the Nov.

Charles's will be CIIIR for Charles III Rex (king in Latin), with the C intertwined with the R, the III within the R, and the crown above both letters.