President Joe Biden will jet up to Philadelphia on Monday to announce a $22.4 million grant for city firefighters

The Independent is proud to support Zarach, a charity giving beds to children forced to sleep on the floor or share

Heavy fighting has raged in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis as Israel pressed ahead with its offensive after the US blocked the latest international efforts to halt fighting and sent more munitions to its ally. Israel has faced rising internati ...

Exclusive: Fuel poverty campaigners demand action before another child dies – as 3.4m families live in ‘Victorian’ and ‘incredibly dangerous’ conditions

The initiative is part of the Mayor's goal to plant two million trees

Fossil originally discovered in the Alberta Badlands more than a decade ago

President Joe Biden’s scandal-plagued son is accused of skipping out on $1.4m tax payment – instead using the money to fund an extravagant lifestyle of drugs, escorts and fast cars. Rachel Sharp reports

It is hoped the new stop will kick start development in Barnet

Fleeting spectacle should be visible to millions as Leona asteroid to travel in front of Betelgeuse star early next week

Hundreds of students in Australia walked out of classrooms to protest in support of Palestine. Students in Melbourne went on strike and filled the central business district to show their support on Thursday 7 December. “We are all Palestinians, in ...

Report claims posts promoting smoking alternatives have been viewed more than 3.4bn times across social media

Campaigner Justin Gutmann alleges EE, Vodafone, Three and O2 have ‘systematically exploited millions of loyal customers’

The former PM hit out at the ‘dramatic representations’ of what went on in No 10 — as he tied himself in knots and backtracked on his own witness statement

Some of those arrests have been made under the controversial Public Order Act 2023

Donald Trump predicts he will receive 150 million votes from the public in the 2024 US presidential election. Mr Trump made the bold claim during an hour-long show with Fox News in Davenport, Iowa on Tuesday (5 December). The former US president said ...

Sir Keir Starmer mocked Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda treaty during Wednesday’s PMQs (6 December). “I would say that this treaty’s got more holes in it than Swiss cheese, but I don’t want to wind up the prime minister by talking about a European cou ...

 

About 2.7m will have to choose between buying food or presents as cost of living crisis bites

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is recommending Florida eliminate more than 1,000 state jobs in a spending proposal that cuts the current budget by more $4.6 billion