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An appeals court has thrown out a $500m (£372m) penalty that President Donald Trump was ordered to pay in a New York civil fraud trial last year. Judge Arthur Engoron had ordered Trump to pay the fee for massively...

Ambitious plans for a bilateral summit between Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin appear to be stalling, only days after Donald Trump expressed confidence that such a meeting could take place within weeks.Locations from Geneva and Vienna to...

The UK is among 27 countries backing a statement calling for Israel to allow immediate independent foreign media access to Gaza.France, Germany, Australia, and Japan have also signed the text released by the Media Freedom Coalition - an intergovernmental...

Palantir Technologies has created one of the most dramatic stories on Wall Street this year, defying conventional investment narratives. In 2025, it became the top-performing stock in the S&P 500, surging over 106% and at points climbing 144% from the...

Getty ImagesMcDonald's has had similar problems with other campaigns in the past, including a collaboration with the "Chiikawa" manga series that was also targeted by online resales.After the Pokémon debacle, McDonald's Japan issued a public apology and pledged to...

A New York appeals court has thrown out the half billion-dollar civil fraud judgment handed down last year against President Donald Trump, his family and his company.The Appellate Division's First Department upheld last year's ruling finding Trump, his eldest...

Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondentMichael BrownIt lives in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, separated from the Northern giraffe by Lake Victoria and the Nile River.Although its pattern makes it seem like it could be a marker of being a separate...

A baby gorilla, rescued last year from a plane's shipping container at Istanbul airport, may soon be returned to his native Nigeria. The infant - named Zeytin in a public competition - was cared for at Turkey's Polonezkoy Zoo...

Berlin — A Ukrainian suspect has been arrested in Italy over the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Europe, German prosecutors said Thursday. The suspect, partially named as Serhii K., is...

LONDON -- The presidents of Ukraine and Russia "have not been exactly best friends," U.S. President Donald Trump said earlier this week, as he pushed for an in-person meeting that he says he hopes will lay the groundwork for...