Walkouts will start in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle, after union said it was making little progress with chain’s owners over pay and conditions

Chinese president calls for city to ‘focus on cultivating new industries’ as he attends inauguration of new leader

A journalists association says two reporters working for Kurdish media outlets have been killed in clashes between Syrian Kurdish militia and Turkish-backed fighters in northern Syria

Nuna Baby Essentials issued the recall for a luxury RAVA car seat manufactured between 2016 and 2023

Angry residents say French president has abandoned the island in the wake of cyclone Chido

"Ask Elon Musk," Elizabeth Warren declared when asked whether there would be a government shutdown. It came after Democrats in the House of Representatives killed a spending deal approved by President-elect Donald Trump with the hel ...

Texas Republican senator says spending fight in House ‘is so dysfunctional and so distracting from the things we should be doing’

Lawmakers have until Friday by midnight to pass a bill or risk shutting down the government before they embark on a 16-day break

‘Long chim’ translates loosely as ‘come and try’, and you literally could try everything here on a single visit

Korean hellfest Squid Game arrived in 2021, and swiftly became Netflix’s biggest ever show. Now comes season two, darker and funnier than before. Its creator and star talk dental disasters – and what it’s like to be a Jedi

Dr Dewi Evans’s evidence has been criticised, even ridiculed, but he maintains his work stands up to scrutiny

Mass rape case in France has stirred up strong emotions and advanced a new feminist discourse, observers say

Pilot of screening and treatment unit at Everton diagnosed almost one third of fans tested with hypertension

Human rights groups say endorsements by members of the House of Lords hosting events and acting as election observers risk legitimising regime

Airports, train operators and motoring bodies forecast traveller numbers unseen since before pandemic

 

President-elect makes clear he would want a shutdown to happen while Joe Biden is still in office as Congress scrambles to find last-minute deal

 

Findings point to lack of clarity on how diverse ecosystems were before they were lost to time, researchers say