The number of new COVID-19 cases across the world has seen its biggest fall in more than two months, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

Parked vehicles have created a steel barrier which stretches for miles along the US border with Mexico in the latest measure to deter migrants from crossing into Texas.

A GP is facing jail after he defrauded a healthcare group out of an "astonishing" amount of money.

Australian riot police fired rubber bullets to dispel a crowd of people demonstrating against Melbourne's coronavirus lockdown.

Microplastics, tiny fragments of plastic less than 5mm in size, are a hidden form of pollution known to be contaminating waterways and the world's oceans - and now, scientists say, the human digestive system.

The family of Roald Dahl, the author of some of the most famous children's books ever-written, is toasting a windfall of more than £500m after agreeing to sell his works to Netflix, the US-based streaming giant.

Two more energy suppliers together serving more than 800,000 customers have fallen victim to the crisis engulfing the sector.

Virtually any child between the ages of 12 and 15 would get COVID-19 at some point without vaccination, England's chief medical officer has said.

Ronald Koeman took no questions in a brief news conference and instead read a statement saying Barcelona trusted him to lead the team through a period of transition.

A gallery in Essex which transformed to help distribute food to the vulnerable and gave out free school meals has been awarded the title of Museum of the Year.