TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements
In a move that reshapes the landscape of digital privacy enforcement in America, TikTok has committed to remitting $400 million (approximately £293 million)
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Russian double-tap drone strike kills 16 in Ukrainian mall, officials say
A shopping centre in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih, located in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, was hit by two successive Russian drone…
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More students planning to live at home for university over ‘insane’ living costs
For the first time in nearly a decade, more than one in three UK 18-year-olds accepted into higher education have told admissions…
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Prince Harry and six others face privacy case legal bill of up to £34.5m
The Duke of Sussex and six fellow litigants now face a potential legal bill approaching £34.5 million following a High Court judge's…
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Girl, 6, dies after family killed in sea off Shoreham
A British family visiting the Sussex coast from London lost four lives in a single afternoon when they became trapped in rough…
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‘King puts William first’ and Harry security could cost public ‘£5m a year’
After six years in California, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, are preparing to fly back to Britain — and the…
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How much could Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ hurt Iran?
What began as a promise of rapid military dominance over Tehran has, nearly half a year later, calcified into a grinding stalemate.…
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‘I’ve caught one fish all season’ – how a polluted river could end 300 years of coracle fishing
For three centuries, the Elias family has taken to the waters of the River Tywi in Carmarthenshire, Wales, each generation passing down…
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Brandon Flowers: Is fame worth it? I’m not sure anymore
For a quarter century, the voice atop "Mr Brightside" and "When You Were Young" has belonged to Brandon Flowers, the frontman who…
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What happened to Harry and Meghan’s American dream?
When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped away from their royal duties in early 2020 and relocated to the sun-drenched hills of…
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