Barcelona and Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas wins the Ballon d'Or Feminin for a record-equalling third time.

Harry Kane becomes the first English player to win the Ballon d'Or since Michael Owen in 2001 after being crowned the world's best player at a ceremony in London.

Beijing has room to borrow, but heavily indebted local governments are cutting back, raising the stakes for growth and for how China manages its local debt.

Many people have narcissistic traits to some degree, for example, confidence in one's own superiority, a sense of entitlement and a desire to be the center of attention. However, some people have notably higher levels of narcissistic traits than others, and the neural basis of so-called "grandiose…

Israeli settlers burn Palestinian's car near Nablus, local sources say Israeli settlers burned a Palestinian man's car near the town of Awarta south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, local sources said. The attack came as Israeli forces raided other towns in the Occupied Territories, including…

The England captain ends his country's 25-year wait for the prestigious award after scoring 73 goals for club and country last season, beating competition from Lamine Yamal and Kylian Mbappe.

The country is braced for the third storm in as many days as communities continue to clean up after the weekend.

Generating hydrogen without releasing carbon dioxide sounds simple: pass electricity through water, split water molecules and generate green hydrogen. The hard part is the electrocatalyst. The best ones rely on platinum, ruthenium and iridium, which are scarce and expensive. We wanted to know…

Lancashire will look into organising a farewell for bowler James Anderson amid fan unrest over his departure from the club.

In November 1857, during a séance in Jersey City, the medium Leah Brown claimed her body produced luminous particles. So intense was the luminosity emanating from her, she recalled in her memoir, that it almost burned her hands. She rinsed her hands under a tap and then pushed them into the damp…

Tens of thousands of Israelis are returning home to vote in a tight election.

A yellow warning for strong winds came in effect at 18:00 on Monday across the west coast of England, Wales and Scotland and eastern parts of Northern Ireland.

The chancellor will axe tariffs on some staples as part of plans to give households "breathing space".

Exercise, avoiding alcohol or even getting enough sleep aren't the factors most connected to college students' well-being. Spending face-to-face time with friends and other people is the strongest predictor of their mental health, according to a 2026 study of nearly 80,000 students that I conducted…

Comey for years has been targeted by President Donald Trump, who fired him as FBI director in 2017.

Jordanian armed forces carried out strikes on "militant hideouts" in Syria that it said were linked to a deadly church attack on the kingdom last week. Syria gave a different account.