China’s factory activity contracted in May although the decline slowed from April as the country reached a deal with the U.S. to slash President Donald Trump’s sky-high tariffs
The Garbage singer has overcome ageism, surgery and band isolation to return with a fire-breathing new album. She talks to Kate Hutchinson about the crisis in Gaza, her concern over ‘the erosion of our democracy’, and having a ‘coven’ of supportive women in rock. And no, she is not retiring
Not everything can be ‘The Big Lebowski’ or ‘Clueless’, as proven by the absolute trainwrecks that passed through cinemas in the Nineties billing themselves as comedies. Ed Power surveys the worst of them, from the Culkin-less ‘Home Alone 3’ to the Bill Cosby ghost film no one (thankfully) remembers
People everywhere, it seems, are nostalgic for the Nineties. Well, they looked and sounded good, says Adam White, but not everything was rosy – and every decade since has been ruined by the internet
The adventurer and presenter speaks to Amelia Neath about swapping the heat for the cold, city breaks for rural adventures and the beauty of Scandinavia
Cynthia Nixon’s red-haired go-getter was always the best thing about the original ‘Sex and the City’. In the latest series of its questionable sequel, her forays into the world of lesbian sexcapades are the show’s only redeeming feature, argues Helen Coffey
The third week of Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering trial featured testimony from the second of three women expected to testify that the hip-hop mogul sexually abused them
The 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans jail more than two weeks ago by cutting out a hole behind a toilet received help from at least 14 people, many of them friends and family who provided food, cash, transport and shelter according to court documents
The explosive growth of the data centers needed to power America’s fast-rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing has spurred states to dangle incentives in hopes of landing an economic bonanza
Trump’s executive order regarding the firings ‘far exceeds the President’s supervisory powers under the Constitution,’ ruled the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Police in Idaho say the driver of a pickup truck that crashed into a tour van near Yellowstone National Park this month had a blood alcohol level of more than twice the legal limit for driving
The popular Mexican regional music band Grupo Firme has announced that it's cancelling a performance in a music festival in California over the weekend after the Trump administration decided to suspend the musicians’ visas
Federal officials are set to start reviewing the social media accounts of visa applicants who plan to attend, work at or visit Harvard University for any signs of antisemitism
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific that they will not be left alone to face increasing military and economic pressures from China
One day before the kickoff concert for World Pride 2025 in the nation’s capital, headlining performer Shakira has abruptly cancelled due to equipment difficulties
Manitoba's premier says the Canadian prairie city of Flin Flon hasbeen virtually deserted and more evacuees were expected as wildfires raged in the province
More than four decades after Guatemalan soldiers and paramilitaries raped Indigenous women amid their efforts to crush an insurgency during the country’s 36-year civil war, a court has convicted three men of crimes against humanity for their actions and sentenced them to 40 years in prison
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