Two train companies are planning to launch these direct routes.

The UK government said on Wednesday it had dropped its plan to start selling in imperial measures after a consultation revealed 99 percent support for keeping the metric system.

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

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.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday hailed a deal with the European Union to delay post-Brexit tariffs on electric vehicle sales that were due to kick in from January.

The European Union on Wednesday added three pornographic websites to its list of online platforms that are large enough to come under tougher safety regulation.

The EU on Wednesday agreed to an overhaul of its asylum system that includes more border detention centres and speedier deportations, prompting migrant charities to slam the changes as "dangerous".

The Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust, responsible for managing the Cheltenham A&E, has announced the closure until 8 am on Saturday, 23 December.

Asylum seekers are speaking out against the Bibby Stockholm Barge after a series of suicides, revealing that "the boat is like a prison".

The Indian government has often been accused of suppressing all forms of dissent in the country.

Meta's independent oversight board on Tuesday criticized the social media titan of removing posts that showed human suffering in the Middle East conflict.

While the government's wage increase was accepted earlier this year, NHS employees have planned to intensify the strike actions across the UK.

As media outlets are dominated by the Israel-Hamas war, the US has threatened to refuse Ukraine military aid and Ukraine advances in its ground offensive.

The new rules in the EU have already been postponed several times.

The Vatican on Monday approved blessings for same-sex couples, a hugely contested issue in the Catholic Church, as long as they are not in contexts related to civil unions or weddings.

The European Commission, responsible for enforcing the DSA on major platforms like X, announced the initiation of the investigation, citing potential breaches related to risk management, content moderation, dark patterns, advertising transparency, and data access for researchers.

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.

Facebook owner Meta's text-based app Threads arrived in the European Union on Thursday, months after its global launch in July, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged "victory" in Ukraine on Thursday as he staged an upbeat press conference a week after announcing plans to stay in the Kremlin until at least 2030.

While acknowledging AI's potential, PM Modi raised concerns about the technology's dual nature, which has been misused by malicious entities.

The Netherlands is one of the most visited countries among UK travellers.

Liverpool are at the top of the Premier League table with 37 points.

The legal sector is the latest to take an interest in regulating the use of AI after the Bank of England carried out a full risk assessment of the technology.

Surprisingly, the European Union has allowed companies to audit themselves while the AI Act could have been stricter in its requirement.

The European Union is currently trying to finalise the world's first "AI Law", that will aim to regulate systems based on the level of risk they pose.

The historic deal signifies the world's inaugural comprehensive set of rules governing AI, laying the groundwork for legal oversight on technologies utilised in widely-used generative AI services such as ChatGPT.

The French parliament on Monday voted down a flagship immigration bill of President Emmanuel Macron's government, prompting his high-profile interior minister to offer to resign over the "failure".

UK leader Rishi Sunak faces the riskiest week of his premiership, with lawmakers gathering Monday to decide whether to back his flagship policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.

The UK rule change, which comes into effect next month, has raised concerns among workers and labour advocates, prompting reconsideration of the decision.

With inflation dropping faster than expected and the economic outlook darkening, markets will be looking for clues about when eurozone borrowing costs might start to come down as rate-setters meet this week.