As world leaders met at Cop29, UN-appointed experts said countries must ramp up climate finance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Countries have made “minimal progress” in increasing action to curb global warming in the past three years, analysis shows. An assessment by the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) initiative says that ...

A federal investigation into Chinese government efforts to hack into US telecommunications networks has revealed a “broad and significant” cyberespionage campaign aimed at stealing information from ...

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has collaborated with US music star T-Pain on a rendition of Get Low by rap group Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz. Zuckerberg said he recorded the track, under the band ...

Sydney Sweeney has debunked the entertainment industry’s message about female empowerment. It comes after a female producer in Hollywood is said to have disparaged the Anyone But You star’s physical ...

The papers on Thursday are led by a shake-up to the pension scheme. The Financial Times reports Chancellor Rachel Reeves is to announce pension “megafunds” are set to be created to help unlock ...

The government’s support schemes to protect people and businesses from soaring energy prices were “undoubtedly successful”, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has said. The previous government introduced ...

At least one explosion outside Brazil’s Supreme Court has killed one person and forced the justices and staff to evacuate the building in the capital of Brasilia, police and firefighters said. A ...

Pop and folk singer Myles Smith has been announced as the winner of the 2024 BBC Introducing artist of the year award. The prize is given to “an artist who has with the support of BBC Introducing”, a ...

Thirty National Lottery winners from the last three decades enjoyed an “incredible experience” in a shoot by a celebrity British photographer to celebrate the lottery’s 30th birthday. The 30 ...

A focus on final-year exams at Oxbridge could be disadvantaging female students who are “less likely to take risks” and suffer from premenstrual syndrome (PMS), a report suggests. A paper published by ...

Collective action could begin in January if there is not an ‘adequate response’ from Government, the National Pharmacy Association said.