Black Cats eye survival

Sam Allardyce has backed Sunderland to complete their latest escape act by beating Everton to guarantee their Premier League survival on Wednesday.

11 May 2016 1:44 AM

‘Fifth of world’s plants under extinction threat’

A fifth of the world’s plant species are at risk of extinction, British researchers warned on Tuesday in an unprecedented global census of the plant kingdom.

11 May 2016 1:25 AM

UK posts biggest deficit since 2008

Britain’s trade deficit wide-ned in the first quarter of 2016 to its biggest since the early days of the financial crisis, adding to signs that global weakness is weighing on the economy.

11 May 2016 12:16 AM

Raghuram Rajan floats ‘traffic signal’ like control on bankers

Proposing ‘traffic signal’ like checks on central bankers, RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday asked them to shun monetary policies that can negatively impact other economies, saying even India can

11 May 2016 12:14 AM

UK police apologise for Muslim phrase in terror exercise

Officers shouted the Arabic phrase ‘Allahu akbar’ during a terror training exercise in a shopping centre.

10 May 2016 7:52 PM

Assange gets kitten as a gift from kids

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Monday tweeted a picture of his new companion, a 10-week-old kitten, presented to him by his children to keep him company in his Ecuadorean embassy where he has bee

10 May 2016 6:52 AM

Britain needs EU to fight ISIS: David Cameron

Britain needs the European Union to help fight Islamic State and rebuff a “newly belligerent” Russia, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday, making a “patriotic case” for membership that was imm

10 May 2016 6:50 AM

Mark Rylance wins top Bafta TV Award

Mark Rylance is celebrating once more after scoring the leading actor prize at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) TV Awards.

10 May 2016 3:03 AM

Prince Harry criticises intrusions into his private life

Prince Harry has said there is a “massive paranoia” inside him when it comes to women and he does not have a girlfriend due to “incessant” intrusions into his private life.

09 May 2016 2:33 AM

Conservatives’ tactics just like Trump: Sadiq Khan

London’s new mayor Sadiq Khan on Sunday accused Prie Minister David Cameron’s ruling Conservative party of using “fear and innuendo” in a bid to turn religious and ethnic groups against each other dur

08 May 2016 11:35 PM

Londoners chose hope over fear: Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan was on Saturday sworn-in as London’s mayor after he won by a record margin to bec-ome the first Muslim to occupy the top post as he hailed his victory as a triumph of “hope over fear and un

08 May 2016 4:18 AM

Giving birth an orgasmic experience

Most mothers will not describe giving birth as an “orgasmic” experience, but apparently, it can be. Now, a recent study suggests that an increasing number of women are having “birthgasms.”

08 May 2016 3:06 AM

Premier League: Cats out of relegation zone

Manchester United’s Juan Mata (left) vies for the ball with Gary O’Neil of Norwich City in their English Premier League match at Carrow Road in Norwich on Saturday. United won 1-0. (Photo: AFP )

08 May 2016 2:29 AM

Labour Party's Sadiq Khan elected 1st Muslim London mayor

07 May 2016 6:21 AM

Premier League: For Leicester, party’s about to begin again

Striker Jamie Vardy will return for Saturday’s game. (Photo: AFP)

07 May 2016 6:14 AM

London gets its first Muslim mayor

Sadiq Khan, the son of a bus driver, became London’s first Muslim mayor on Friday, seeing off a Conservative challenger who attempted to link him to extremism and securing a much-needed victory for hi

07 May 2016 6:10 AM

Study claims to find what it takes to be a real man

Males who evolve in male-dominated populations become far better at securing females than those who grow up in monogamous populations, according to new study.

07 May 2016 6:06 AM

SNP wins Scotland, but loses majority

British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses councillors and supporters following the local elections outside Peterborough Conservative Club in Peterborough, central England. (Photo: AFP)

07 May 2016 4:28 AM

Donald Trump says Britain would be better off outside EU

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump shakes the hand of a supporter during a rally in Charleston, West Virginia. (Photo: AP)

07 May 2016 4:20 AM

‘UK mosques ask women to shun Facebook and trousers’

Many mosques in the UK propagate extremely strict rules of conduct for women, asking them to delete their Facebook accounts, not to leave their houses without their husbands’ permission, and to avoid

07 May 2016 4:11 AM