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Stock markets in the US ended the week sharply down following tough comments by the head of the country’s central bank, the Federal Reserve. The bank’s chairman, Jerome Powell, said the bank

It’s become undeniable that black people – once missing from American whiskey bars and in the telling of whiskey’s story – have long played a role in creating the beloved spirit. C

Japan is one of the world’s biggest plastic waste producers, thanks to its love of packaging – but a week of going plastic-free in Tokyo reveals surprising solutions. Every Tuesday morning when

Foreign ministers from the G7 group of nations say Russia must immediately hand back control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukraine. They accused Moscow’s forces of putting the entire region

US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $49.3m (£41m) in damages after falsely claiming a 2012 school shooting was a hoax. A jury in Texas ruled the radio host

Twitter spent $33m (£27m) on Elon Musk’s proposed deal to buy the firm between April and June 2022. It also said its number of monthly daily users had risen to 237m –

Conservative leadership hopefuls have been setting out competing plans to cut taxes, as the race to replace Boris Johnson heats up. Many of the declared candidates have already promised to cut taxes

President Rashad al-Alimi has toured the Gulf looking for more funds for the country’s war-damaged economy. A truce between Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the Houthi rebels has helped bring a semblance

In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC’s Today programme, Bill Gates says conspiracy theories about him are “crazy” and that being shouted at in public is “awful”. He also told the BBC’s