The statement reiterated China’s stance that is open to talks, but also that Beijing is determined to fight if it must.

A 56-YEAR-old man has died following an incident on a farm. The incident happened at a site in Betws yn Rhos, near Abergele, shortly before 10am yesterday.  Wales Air Ambulance were called to the ...

Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter behind I Kissed A Girl, has died in a house fire aged 66. Her death in Woodbury, Minnesota, was confirmed by her publicist, David Elkin. It was not ...

Three people have been arrested after a group of pro-Palestinian activists breached an airport perimeter in Co Clare. The group Palestine Action Eire said three of its activists “entered the airport ...

David Beckham’s 50th birthday has been celebrated by his wife Victoria, who said she loves him and their family “endlessly”. The former footballer, the only Englishman to score at three different ...

Shell has revealed a dip in profits for the latest quarter as it pushed ahead with investment plans and shareholder returns despite a recent drop in oil prices. The oil major told shareholders that ...

Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope have accelerated with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to Pope Francis. Vatican ...

Reform has won its first-ever regional mayor in England while Labour managed to hold on to a hat-trick of mayors across the country, in the first results from this year’s local elections. Only one ...

In one of the closest parliamentary votes ever, new MP Sarah Pochin took the seat which Labour won with a majority of almost 14,700 last year.

Two UK women aiming to be the first team to row the Pacific Ocean unsupported were rescued in the first week of their challenge following a broken rudder. Miriam Payne, 25, from East Yorkshire, and ...

Reform’s victory at Runcorn & Helsby by just six votes has set a new record for the smallest majority at a parliamentary by-election since the end of the Second World War. Sarah Pochin took the seat ...

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has secured victory by six votes over Labour in Runcorn and Helsby as Sir Keir Starmer failed his first by-election test as Prime Minister. The narrow victory for new MP Sarah ...