But for residents and businesses of the town, which is ranked as England's most deprived, the expected spending cuts and tax increases could have wide-ranging consequences. "My basic supply of eggs, bacon, sausages that I give my customers, I have ...

The 1948 self-portrait "Nosepicker 1: Why Pick on Me" went for $491,400 including fees, while "Living Room," also from 1948, sold for $315,000 at a sale organized by New York's Phillips. The prices were far removed from the stratospheric amounts pa...

These "Little Falconers" have gathered in a tent ahead of the football World Cup in the gas-rich Gulf emirate, in a bid to introduce visitors to a practice inherited from their forefathers. "This is my first participation in the competition," says ...

"Joyland", which has won prizes around the globe including the Jury Prize at Cannes, is also Pakistan's entry for next year's Oscars. But it may not be seen at home unless a review by the censors, ordered by a committee following the prime minister...

Australia went into the World Cup as defending champions but failed to go beyond the group phase, in contrast to Jos Buttler's men who powered to the title with a gripping win against Pakistan on Sunday. "Yeah, I think you always have a point to pr...

Property market has long served as a motor for growth in China, on the backs of rising standards of living and high demand in a country where home ownership is seen as a prerequisite for marriage. But uncertainties linked to Covid-19, which have co...

For those waiting for another lockdown to curl up with his magnum opus, here are five fun facts you can drop into a conversation that will make you sound like an expert. Unwanted masterpiece In 1909 Proust launched himself into what would become his...

Musk will testify in the same Delaware court where he faced a lawsuit by Twitter to make sure he went through with his buyout of the social platform. The $44 billion purchase of Twitter has put Musk under a deluge of scrutiny after he conducted mas...

The issue has split the ruling coalition of President Emmanuel Macron and the biggest opposition party, the far-right National Rally, which is led by animal-lover Marine Le Pen. Despite having widespread public support, most observers expect the bi...

The sale at the Phillips auction house was part of the fall auction season, which sees major industry players sell hundreds of works of art for several billion dollars in a few days in the upscale neighborhoods of Manhattan. On Tuesday, Phillips s...

The Brave Blossoms head to Toulouse after last weekend's heavy loss to England to meet Les Bleus who scored an impressive win over Rugby World Cup winners South Africa and are unbeaten in 12 games. "France are definitely a top team now. It's a good...

McCollum made 11-of-23 shots from the floor, 7-of-13 from 3-point range, and passed off nine assists as the Pelicans improved to 8-6, just behind Memphis (9-6) in the Western Conference. "I just tried to be aggressive, take advantage of the opportu...

The bar, which tailors its regular opening hours to the football schedule, will not even open its doors until an hour after the match is completed. "We do not agree that the World Cup should take place in a country where the purpose is obviously sp...

The Guatemalan fir, known locally as the pinabete, is listed as "endangered" on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), due to its decreasing numbers. It is also listed by the CITES endangered species convention,...

Dubbed the Chinese-language Oscars, this Saturday's Golden Horse awards are now in the fourth straight year without any mainstream Chinese films due to political tensions between Beijing and Taipei. Most Chinese and Hong Kong A-listers who used to ...