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Facebook users are spending a lot less time on the world’s most famous social network. The company is not overly concerned though, having recently recorded growth in quarterly profits. In its latest earnings report Facebook said...

Conservationists have heralded the landmark decision, which they hope will bring relief to elephants. Under the new law, Hong Kong plans to phase out ivory stocks by 2021. Lawmakers in Hong Kong voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday...

Israel must clarify its position on peace talks with Palestinians or risk “perpetual occupation and conflict,” German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Wednesday at a security conference in Tel Aviv. “As a friend and close ally,...

Three Catalan independence leaders jailed over their role in the Spanish region’s independence vote are appealing to the United Nations. They argue their imprisonment is unlawful. Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Cuixart have lodged their...

The Mostar Association of War Victims, an NGO gathering Bosniak victims of the 1992-5 war in Bosnia, has condemned the initiative of group of Bosnian Croats, calling for the formation of a third entity in...

Twenty-eight Russian athletes have had their Olympic doping bans overturned, plunging the International Olympic Committee’s policy on Russian doping into chaos a week before the 2018 Winter Games begin in Pyeongchang. In a dramatic development on...

Campaigners for the rights of EU citizens in the UK have predicted “utter chaos” in Britain after Theresa May vowed to stop freedom of movement for all Europeans coming to the country next March. Activists in Europe campaigning...

On the Grammys red carpet on Sunday, celebrities spelt out messages in black and white. While the Golden Globes earlier this month saw black dominate as a protest in line with the Times Up campaign, music’s biggest award ceremony switched...

Ibegan the 1990s doing something very specific at a disco on a highly anticipated end of primary school camp in Cornwall. Wearing leggings and an oversized, DayGlo T-shirt, I was singing Colour Me Badd. “Ooooooooh …...

People from Moscow, via Sydney, to Washington DC will be given a rare celestial treat on Wednesday as three lunar phenomena coincide. Weather permitting, of course. A blue moon (a second full moon in a calendar...