A Beijing guard of honour and a child eyes Trump: photos of the day – Wednesday

Why would Tory leader bother to look into national or global politics? That time would be better spent picking fightsBeing assertive and sounding confident i...

What would Trump think of Gilgamesh? And why are 19th-century classics so popular among young people? Writers on why we need the novel more than everDespite...

It smells like sunshine, blue skies and love and laughter, apparently. And it’s all in aid of her and Harry’s eight years togetherName: Anniversary candle.Ap...

Organised crime groups are targeting some of the only people looking for victims of the country’s cartel wars – their relativesBeneath the cooling towers of...

Xi Jinping welcomed Vladimir Putin to Beijing with pomp and pageantry, just days after hosting Donald Trump. But as Russia’s war in Ukraine makes Moscow incr...

Ian Cheshire says media regulator must address perception it has been complacent and slow on online safetyOfcom’s incoming chair has vowed to take on the “te...

Births of the mammals extremely rare in captivity, say keepers, with ‘Womble’ only the second calf born at ChesterInside a heated incubator at Chester zoo, a...

PM’s former chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, among aides who were briefed on investigation into journalists writing about Labour TogetherKeir Starmer’s most...

Case hailed as human rights victory as Tromsø court says Tommy Olsen’s actions are lawful and protected under international treatiesThe decision of a Norwegi...

The legislation, which had been stalled amid Republican divisions, passed overwhelmingly, signaling an eagerness in both parties to address affordability in...

Raúl Castro is 94 and no longer holds any official title, but he still wields enormous power, experts say, particularly over the military.

The indictment was an extraordinary escalation of the Trump administration’s multifaceted pressure campaign against Cuba’s Communist government.