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A major fire that engulfed a restaurant and hotel in eastern India on Thursday killed at least six people and injured 20, a local fire officer said. The fire began when a cooking gas cylinder exploded while diners were eating…

The sails of the landmark red windmill atop the Moulin Rouge, the most celebrated cabaret club in Paris, fell to the ground overnight in the early hours of Thursday, much to the sorrow of tourists. “The Moulin Rouge, in 135…

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill has become law after weeks of UK parliamentary deadlock, paving the way for deportation flights to get off the ground. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill became an Act of Parliament after being granted…

Secretary of state Antony Blinken raised what the US describes as unfair Chinese trade practices during his first full day of meetings in China with local government officials in the financial hub of Shanghai. Mr Blinken met with the city’s…

More than 100 long-finned pilot whales that beached on the western Australian coast have returned to sea – while 31 died on the shore, a whale researcher said. Researcher Ian Wiese joined hundreds of volunteers who helped rescue the whales…

Skies over the Paris region will be closed for six hours as part of the massive security operation for the July 26 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the Paris airports operator said on Wednesday. Augustin de Romanet, chairman of…

Johnny Cash songs have been rediscovered and put on a new album by his son John Carter Cash. The record titled Songwriter was originally recorded by country singer Cash in 1993, a decade before his death aged 71, at LSI…

Ukrainian officials have expressed thanks for a fresh batch of US military aid that threw Kyiv’s armed forces a lifeline in their war with Russia – although the supplies are not expected to have an immediate impact on the battlefield.…

Angela Rayner labelled Rishi Sunak a “pint-sized loser” after urging the Conservatives to stop “obsessing” about her living arrangements. Labour’s deputy leader also accused Oliver Dowden of having “stabbed” the Tories’ “biggest election winner” Boris Johnson in the back in…

The defence lawyer representing a former Los Angeles gang leader accused of killing hip-hop music star Tupac Shakur in 1996 in Las Vegas has said his client’s accounts of the killing are fiction and prosecutors lack key evidence to obtain…