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China’s LineShine overtakes US-based El Capitan as most powerful supercomputer, according to the TOP500 list.

Church marks 300 years with exhibition and online archive telling of UK’s first Black voters, and history of compassion and protest From a family of chimney sweeps including one of Britain’s two earliest documented Black voters, to the mystery of a 19-year-old youth believed enslaved, St...

Matriarchal groups in east and west exhibit distinct click patterns, used to form social structures From “Howdy” to “G’day”, English – like other languages – is rich in dialects. Now researchers have found sperm whales on different sides of the Mediterranean show similar variations in their...

Autobiographical work Free Me aims to encourage victims to speak out in country where violence against women is rising There are audible gasps in the auditorium in Nairobi as a husband launches a volley of blows and slaps on his wife and pushes her to the floor. “I wish I could spare you this,” the...

US President Donald Trump claimed the United States has recovered its costs 28 times over through oil extraction.

Jane Allan’s winning Darling portrait prize painting has raised eyebrows after her Doyles art award piece was compared to artist Nicholas Harding An Australian painter was “clearly influenced” by New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in a major prize-winning work, according to the National Portrait...

Rachel Reeves would be offered a more junior cabinet role, the BBC understands.

Party colleagues concerned opposition leader was missing an opportunity to differentiate Coalition from One Nation Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Angus Taylor has attempted to clarify comments on multiculturalism...

NASA astronauts plan to return to the moon in 2028 wearing spacesuits made with more safety features and mobility.

Dettol has apologised after an advert in China intended to challenge sexism was accused of reinforcing it.

Oman said on Tuesday it had coordinated with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to provide a temporary maritime corridor for vessels seeking to transit the Strait of Hormuz, the state news agency reported. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.

North Korea has commissioned a 5,000-ton destroyer, state media reported on Wednesday, as Kim Jong Un touted the warship as evidence of advancing naval nuclear capabilities and Pyongyang’s expanding ability to project military power at sea.

Residents in Damascus rejected US President Donald Trump's suggestion that Syria should confront Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Ghana correspondent Thomas Naadi reports from Black Star Square in Accra.

Leah Stewart, 34, had one of her arms amputated after she was bitten while swimming at Coogee Beach.

Croatia are third in Group L, with England and Ghana on four points each, heading into the final round of matches.

US Senate votes to pause Iran war in rare rebuke to Trump

China’s LineShine debuts at number one in Top500 – a list sometimes viewed as a national measure of global tech prowess A supercomputer in China now outranks its US counterparts as the world’s most powerful. It is the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed...

Social media footage shows Djed Spence appearing to decline a handshake with Partey during pre-match introductions.

England manager Thomas Tuchel defends Jude Bellingham after the midfielder is involved in a heated row with Ghana boss Carlos Queiroz.