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<p>Police apprehend a person following a stabbing attack at vocational college in Yixing, Wuxi city, Jiangsu</p>
China

Ex-student kills eight in stabbing rampage at Chinese college

Nation reels from second mass killing in a week amid rising violence

<p>People run past burning vehicles of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA during a protest to condemn the alleged killing of women and children in Imphal</p>
India

Curfew and internet shut down in Manipur as fresh violence erupts

<p>Representational: A fire in the neonatal unit of a hospital in Uttar Pradesh killed 10 infants </p>
India

10 newborns killed in massive fire at hospital in India

<p>A resident standing next to a blown off kiosk along a street in Panganiban town, Catanduanes province</p>
News

Over 400,000 evacuated as Super Typhoon Man-yi batters Philippines

<p>Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba in Peru</p>
China

Xi and Ishiba meet amid tensions as China urges Japan to ‘properly handle’ history

<p>Sri Lanka’s president and National People’s Power (NPP) party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake gestures as he leaves after casting his vote</p>
South Asia

Sri Lanka president’s party wins landslide victory in snap elections

<p>Kim Jong-un inspects tests of drones designed to crash into targets, at an undisclosed location in North Korea</p>
East Asia

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un orders mass production of suicide drones

<p>File: South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, 10 Jan 2024</p>
East Asia

South Korea’s opposition leader convicted of violating election law

Australasia

Couple returns from work to discover koala in their bedroom

<p>Shinto priests walk in procession on the grounds of Meiji Shrine in Tokyo</p>
Travel

American tourist arrested for ‘defacing Tokyo’s iconic shrine’

<p>Roy's Peak Lake Wanaka New Zealand</p>
Australasia

New Zealand may start charging visitors to iconic tourist sites

<p>A resident reinforces the roof of his house in Santa Ana in Cagayan province of northern Philippines as they Usagi approaches on 14 November 2024</p>
News

Usagi weakens over Philippines but Taiwan braces for severe weather

US election

LiveUS politics

Trump names chief of staff as he closes in on sweep of swing states

<p>Donald Trump points to supporters with former first lady Melania Trump during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. </p>

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<p>Medical students dissect a cadaver – stock image </p>
India

Why the world’s most populous country is running low on bodies

<p>An Afghan man and a burqa-clad woman ride a motorcycle along a street on the outskirts of Kandahar</p>
South Asia

All the ways the Taliban are restricting lives of women in Afghanistan

<p>China’s President Xi Jinping (L) and US President Donald Trump review Chinese honour guards during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2017</p>
China

What Trump’s election victory means for Taiwan and China

South Asia

<p>Commuters ride along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore</p>
South Asia

Anger in Pakistan after politician leaves country amid air emergency

South Asia

Anger in Pakistan after politician leaves country amid air emergency

<p>Commuters ride along a street engulfed in smog in Lahore</p>
<p>Sri Lankan president Anura Kumara Dissanayake leaves a polling station after casting his vote in the parliamentary election in Colombo on 14 November 2024</p>
South Asia

Why Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election today matters for its future

<p>Activists of the anti-discrimination student movement hold national flags and protest against the Awami League party in Bangladesh</p>
South Asia

Bangladesh recovers thousands of guns looted during revolution

<p>File. A bridge is swept away by a lake outburst at Hassanabad village of Gilgit-Baltistan region, Pakistan </p>
South Asia

Newlywed couple among 14 dead as bus plunges into Indus river

<p>File Chittagong Port in Bangladesh</p>
South Asia

First-ever cargo vessel from Pakistan docks at Bangladesh port

<p>File Chittagong Port in Bangladesh</p>
South Asia

First-ever cargo vessel from Pakistan docks at Bangladesh port

<p>Chanu Nimesha campaigns in Warakapola, Sri Lanka, on 8 November 2024</p>
South Asia

Who is Sri Lanka’s first transgender parliamentary candidate?

South Asia

Pakistan Scrabble team says denied visas to compete in India

East Asia

<p>A photo of the Meiji shrine (left) and a close-up of the markings etched onto one of its wooden pillars </p>
US Crime News

American tourist arrested in Japan for defacing a religious shrine

<p>Taiwanese defence minister Wellington Koo, left, inspects troops during a drill in Pingtung county in August 2024 </p>
East Asia

Taiwan does not rule out US taking island’s old missiles for Ukraine

<p>American YouTuber Johnny Somali has been slapped with a travel ban in South Korea</p>
East Asia

South Korea slaps travel ban on US streamer for ‘causing commotion’

<p>North Korea Russia</p>
East Asia

North Korea ratifies mutual defence treaty with Russia

<p>A North Korean guard post on the North side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), seen from the border city of Paju</p>
East Asia

Flights disrupted as North Korea jams GPS signal, South Korea says

<p>File: South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol, speaks during a joint press conference at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, 24 October 2024</p>
East Asia

South Korea president apologises for controversies surrounding wife

<p>Amid the 2024 US election results, people are looking into the South Korean “4B” movement</p>
Lifestyle

Why are women discussing the ‘4B movement’ after Trump’s election win?

<p>Rescued crew members of a fishing boat wait for transfer to a hospital at a port on Jeju Island, South Korea, on 8 November 2024</p>
East Asia

Two dead and 12 missing after fishing boat sinks off South Korea

Southeast Asia

<p>Typhoon Man-yi will hit land over the weekend </p>
News

Tens of thousands evacuated as Philippines braces for Man-yi

News

Tens of thousands evacuated as Philippines braces for Man-yi

<p>Typhoon Man-yi will hit land over the weekend </p>
<p>File. Monkeys feast on fruits and sweet snacks during the Lopburi Monkey Festival on 27 November 2022</p>
Southeast Asia

Town sterilises hundreds of monkeys after years of menacing behaviour

<p>Passengers look at an electronic board displaying cancelled flights after the nearby Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano catapulted an ash tower </p>
News & Advice

Flights resume to Bali after cancellation due to huge volcanic ash

<p>A resident wades through a flooded street caused by heavy rains from typhoon Toraji in Ilagan City, Isabela province, northern Philippines on Tuesday, 12 November 2024</p>
News

Hong Kong closes schools as Typhoon Toraji triggers warning

News & Advice

Bali flights cancelled after volcanic eruption near holiday spot

News & Advice

Bali flights cancelled after volcanic eruption near holiday spot

Southeast Asia

Thai drama accused of animal cruelty after sedating cat for scene

<p>Police stand on a street next to Vietnamese and Russian national flags in Hanoi</p>
Southeast Asia

Vietnam arrests pro-democracy activist for ‘anti-state’ activity

Australia and New Zealand

<p>File: Australian husband sentenced to four and a half years in jail for leaving her wife stranded in Sudan without a passport</p>
Australasia

Man convicted for abandoning wife in Sudan for ‘exit trafficking’

Australasia

Man convicted for abandoning wife in Sudan for ‘exit trafficking’

<p>File: Australian husband sentenced to four and a half years in jail for leaving her wife stranded in Sudan without a passport</p>
<p>A male emperor penguin dubbed Gus, stands on a beach near Denmark, Australia, on Nov. 1, 2024 </p>
Australasia

Lost emperor penguin found waddling up Australian beach

<p>Flowers and gifts are laid at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre</p>
Australasia

It took Bondi attacker three minutes to stab 16 people, inquest hears

<p>New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon, centre, stands in silence ahead of making a ‘formal and unreserved’ apology</p>
Australasia

New Zealand delivers historic apology to victims abused in state care

<p>File. India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar </p>
Australasia

Canada denies claims of banning Australian diaspora outlet

<p>File. India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar </p>
Australasia

Canada denies claims of banning Australian diaspora outlet

<p>Koala on tree </p>
Australasia

‘Roadkill hotspot’ sees 150 endangered koalas die every year

<p>Worker killed after being crushed by fan blade at wind farm construction site. Screengrab</p>
Australasia

Man crushed to death by falling fan blade at Australian wind farm

Americas

<p>Monica Semenatelli and Robert Baker were charged with Fabio Sementilli’s murder in June, 2017 </p>
US Crime News

Wife accused of murdering husband with adult film star lover

<p>Donald Trump shakes hands with Joe Rogan at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump picks oil fracking CEO as his energy secretary - updates

<p>Road signage is posted just outside of Emerson, Manitoba</p>
US Crime News

A family froze to death crossing the Canada-US border

Mpox
Americas

First US case of severe mpox strain reported in California

<p>Donald Trump and Elon Musk enter UFC arena with Dana White to rapturous applause.</p>
Sport

Trump fist pumps UFC crowd as president-elect joined by Elon Musk

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Americas

Jon Jones sends Stipe Miocic into retirement with decisive UFC heavyweight win in front of Trump

Mpox
Americas

First US case of severe mpox strain reported in California

<p>Donald Trump and Elon Musk enter UFC arena with Dana White to rapturous applause.</p>
Sport

Trump fist pumps UFC crowd as president-elect joined by Elon Musk

APTOPIX UFC 309 Mixed Martial Arts
Americas

Jon Jones sends Stipe Miocic into retirement with decisive UFC heavyweight win in front of Trump

<p>Alec Baldwin appears as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on ‘Saturday Night Alive’ alongside James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump and Dana Carvey as Joe Biden</p>
US politics

SNL skewers Donald Trump’s ‘crazy’ cabinet picks in brutal Cold Open

<p>Donald Trump shakes hands with Joe Rogan at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night</p>
LiveUS politics

Trump picks oil fracking CEO as his energy secretary - updates

<p>Lamora Williams has been sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury convicted her of killing her two children by placing them inside an oven </p>
US Crime News

Georgia mother sentenced to life after killing young sons

Trump
Americas

Trump names fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary

<p>Some Democratic lawmakers are encouraging former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, 84, to step out of the spotlight after she blamed President Joe Biden for the party’s loss on Election Day</p>
US politics

Pelosi press tour is upsetting Dems who want her to take a back seat

<p>Elon Musk shakes Donald Trump’s hand. Trump joked he ‘can’t get rid of’ the billionaire on Wednesday</p>
US politics

Elon Musk wants to hire ‘super high IQ’ X users for DOGE

US politics

Trump’s Cabinet tracker: Here’s the White House appointments so far

<p>Barron Trump pictured with his parents Melania and Donald Trump during an election night party </p>
US politics

‘Like the sleeper’: Lara Trump on Barron’s influence over his father

UK and Europe

<p>Tractors are driven along the Promenade to the venue of the Welsh Labour Party conference in Llandudno</p>
UK Politics

Iconic tractor producer backs farmer protesters in tax uproar

UK Politics

Iconic tractor producer backs farmer protesters in tax uproar

<p>Tractors are driven along the Promenade to the venue of the Welsh Labour Party conference in Llandudno</p>
<p>Tractors were driven along the promenade to the venue of the Welsh Labour Party conference in Llandudno as part of a protest </p>
UK Politics

Minister says food shortage plan in place amid farmers’ strike threat

<p>Chloe Holland, 23, from Portsmouth, took her own life after being coercively controlled by her abuser</p>
Crime

The hidden death toll of domestic abuse: more suicides than killings

<p>Probation units issued 770 notifications over alleged serious further offences in the year to 31 March – a record high </p>
Crime

Record number of ex-offenders charged with crimes while on probation

<p>The £36m Victorian seven-bedroom Notting Hill home in west London </p>
Home News

Georgian heiress sues for £36m over ‘moth-infested’ London mansion

<p>The £36m Victorian seven-bedroom Notting Hill home in west London </p>
Home News

Georgian heiress sues for £36m over ‘moth-infested’ London mansion

<p>Labour are now talking to third countries about the small boats crisis </p>
UK Politics

Minister insists migrant third country deals ‘not the same as Rwanda’

<p>Jogger runs through snow in Knaresborough, in North Yorkshire, earlier this year </p>
Weather

Cold health alert issued as Met Office forecasts up to 20cm of snow

<p>Firefighters work at the site of residential area hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine</p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow launches ‘largest attack’ in months

<p>Russia attacks Ukrainian military airfield.</p>
News

Video: Moment Russia launches attack on Ukraine military airfield

COP29 Climate Summit
Europe

As talks in Baku cross the halfway point, nations are no closer to a goal on cash for climate action

Norway Obit Thon
Europe

Olav Thon: Norwegian billionaire famed for bright red cap dead at 101

<p>A couple comfort each other while looking at the fire in a residential building after an attack by Russian drones on Kyiv, Ukraine</p>
Europe

Russia is secretly developing a petrifying new weapon

Europe

Zelensky says war will ‘end sooner’ with Trump as president

<p>Ukrainian soldiers fire a 2S1 self-propelled 122mm howitzer towards Russian positions near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine </p>
Europe

Putin’s forces intensify assaults across Ukraine: ‘They keep coming’

<p>Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference at the European Political Community Summit in Budapest, Hungary, on 7 November 2024</p>
News

Zelensky issues Putin warning after German chancellor’s phone call

Voices

<p>This week, columnist Rosamund Hall selects her favourite autumnal wines </p>
Voices

These seasonal wines are perfect for those crisp autumn months

Voices

These seasonal wines are perfect for those crisp autumn months

<p>This week, columnist Rosamund Hall selects her favourite autumnal wines </p>
<p>‘Criminologists like me will tell you that it is the surety of being held to account that best prevents crime – and not simply the severity of the sentences we impose’ </p>
Voices

Domestic abuse claims far more women’s lives in UK than we realise

<p>The DIY retail chain could be heading for a partial collapse, putting thousands of jobs at risk </p>
Voices

Not even Bob the Builder could fix Gen Z’s lack of DIY skills

<p>‘Coleen Rooney may surprise herself – and us – by what she gets up to on I’m a Celeb’ </p>
Voices

Who needs villains on I’m a Celebrity when we’ve got Wagatha Christie?

<p>Activists participate in a demonstration against fossil fuels at the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan</p>
Voices

The COP climate talks have failed – but there is a way to save them

<p>Activists participate in a demonstration against fossil fuels at the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan</p>
Voices

The COP climate talks have failed – but there is a way to save them

<p>Volodymyr Zelensky knows the only conversation that matters now is between Trump and Putin </p>
The Independent View

The war in Ukraine will have to end in a deal at some point

<p>‘Rachel Reeves is inviting bankers to place their bets’ </p>
Letters

Reeves is reopening Casino UK, where the workers cover the losses

Sport

LiveFootball

England host Ireland with Nations League promotion on the line - live

LiveFootball

England host Ireland with Nations League promotion on the line - live

Football

England vs Ireland predicted line-ups: Latest Nations League team news

<p>A barrier was formed around the former Hungary striker </p>
Football

Hungary coach Szalai ‘stable’ after frightening collapse during game

Football

Chelsea’s Buchanan latest WSL star to suffer serious ACL injury

Michael O’Neill’s Northern Ireland side will finish their Nations League campaign away to Luxembourg (Liam McBurney/PA)
Football

5 talking points as Northern Ireland end Nations League campaign in Luxembourg

Michael O’Neill’s Northern Ireland side will finish their Nations League campaign away to Luxembourg (Liam McBurney/PA)
Football

5 talking points as Northern Ireland end Nations League campaign in Luxembourg

Karl Darlow kept a clean sheet against Turkey on a night when lighters were thrown into his six-yard box (Nick Potts/PA)
Football

Karl Darlow proud of how Wales dealt with hostile Turkish atmosphere

Football

What do England need to get promoted in the Nations League?

<p>Rory McIlroy poses with the DP World Tour Championship trophy (left) and the Race to Dubai trophy on the 18th green following victory at Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai</p>
Golf

McIlroy ends tough year with Tour Championship and Race to Dubai wins

<p>Wales face Australia in Cardiff </p>
LiveRugby Union

Wales seek first win of the year against Australia - live updates

Jamie George believes it is the players who should be held accountable for England’s defeats (Mike Egerton/PA)
Rugby Union

England players should be held accountable for run of defeats – Jamie George

<p>Paul beat Tyson via decision after the eight-round fight</p>
Boxing

Netflix reveals Paul v Tyson viewing figures with record gate expected

Tennis

Rafael Nadal casts doubt over singles action farewell at Davis Cup

England came off second best in a fierce contest against South Africa (Mike Egerton/PA)
Rugby Union

Five things we learned in England’s loss to South Africa

Boxing

Billam-Smith loses unification fight by unanimous decision to Ramirez

Freddy Douglas made his Scotland debut aged 19 on Saturday (Jane Barlow/PA)
Rugby Union

Emotional Freddy Douglas savours ‘amazing’ debut with Scotland

Lifestyle

<p>Eva Longoria on June 20, 2024 in New York City. </p>
Lifestyle

Eva Longoria clarifies reason why she moved out of the United States

Lifestyle

EastEnders star says she ‘couldn’t afford food’ after cancer diagnosis

<p>In an era that experts say is being defined by ‘digital spirituality’, angel numbers have never been so ubiquitous</p>
Lifestyle

The people who believe angels speak to them through their receipts

<p>Colourful language: The notoriously potty-mouthed Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) in ‘The Thick of It’ </p>
Lifestyle

How much swearing is too much at work?

<p>Hunkering down isn’t the answer – it’s time to get out and experience the changing weather </p>
Fitness and wellbeing

Cold, dark... and not remotely miserable: How to live well in winter

Health & Families

Boomers grieving not becoming grandparents amid falling birth rates

<p>Colourful language: The notoriously potty-mouthed Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) in ‘The Thick of It’ </p>
Lifestyle

How much swearing is too much at work?

<p>Hunkering down isn’t the answer – it’s time to get out and experience the changing weather </p>
Fitness and wellbeing

Cold, dark... and not remotely miserable: How to live well in winter

Health & Families

Boomers grieving not becoming grandparents amid falling birth rates

Climate

<p>Donald Trump is unveiling his new cabinet and they have a lot of similarities </p>
Climate

Here are what Trump’s cabinet picks have said about climate change

Climate

Here are what Trump’s cabinet picks have said about climate change

<p>Donald Trump is unveiling his new cabinet and they have a lot of similarities </p>
<p>Governments are currently trying to iron out a new global finance climate agreement at Cop29 </p>
News

UN climate talks no longer fit for purpose, say experts

<p>A second term for Trump may spell trouble for climate progress </p>
Voices

Can climate diplomacy survive Trump 2.0?

<p> The list includes changemaking activists, scientists, academics, philanthropists, political leaders, business and tech leaders, and fashion entrepreneurs</p>
Climate 100

The Independent Climate 100 List 2024

<p>The world’s largest coral discovered off Solomon Islands </p>
News

Sea creature so big it is ‘visible from space’ discovered in Pacific

<p>The world’s largest coral discovered off Solomon Islands </p>
News

Sea creature so big it is ‘visible from space’ discovered in Pacific

<p>A motorcyclist drives through a thick layer of smog in Delhi, India, on 15 November 2024</p>
News

Delhi shuts all primary schools as hazardous smog worsens

<p>Attendees arrive for the day at Cop29</p>
News

Argentina’s Milei withdraws delegation from UN climate talks in Baku

Culture

<p>Robbie Williams and Nigel Martin-Smith in BBC boybands documentary</p>
News

Robbie Williams shuts down drug claims made by ex-Take That manager

<p>Fans have slammed the new Glastonbury ticket queue system after tickets sold out in 37 minutes </p>
News

Fans slam ‘outrageous’ new Glastonbury ticket queue system

News

Annabel Croft ‘traumatised’ by nurse’s ‘cruel’ treatment of husband

<p>Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, pictured with his Utah native model wife, has brought his vision of the West to US screens and culture - while living the life and myth himself on his newly-purchased, legendary ranch in Texas </p>
Features

How ‘Yellowstone’ mastermind Taylor Sheridan built an empire

News

What is Whoopi Goldberg’s net worth?

News

I’m a Celebrity contestant’s soap star ex ‘sets record straight’

<p>Chris Wallace</p>
News

The real reason Chris Wallace is leaving CNN reportedly revealed

<p>The I’m a Celeb cast of 2024 </p>
LiveNews

I’m a Celeb: Filming underway as Mabuse, Rooney and others arrive

Premium

<p>Joan Armatrading: ‘I still get the same thrill, writing a song from beginning to end. It’s quite a thing, you know?’</p>
Features

Joan Armatrading: ‘I love gossip – but my private life is off limits’

Features

Joan Armatrading: ‘I love gossip – but my private life is off limits’

<p>Joan Armatrading: ‘I still get the same thrill, writing a song from beginning to end. It’s quite a thing, you know?’</p>
<p>Catch a falling star: the Leonid meteor shower is expected to peak in the early hours of Monday morning (18 November) </p>
Errors & Omissions

Mea Culpa: a masterpiece from much longer ago

<p>‘Johanna was my closest friend, but she was also like a younger sister. Some sort of unspoken authority was vested in me, some sort of wild freedom in her’ </p>
Features

Sigrid Rausing: ‘We – the living – are the ghosts haunting the dead’

<p>A reportedly AI-generated fake image showing Donald Trump on the campaign trail with young Black voters</p>
Voices

Gen Z caused the US election shock – and could do the same here

<p>Georges Perec was a French novelist, essayist and filmmaker. ‘Life A User’s Manual’ was published when he was 42. He died three years later </p>
Books

Book of a lifetime: Life A User’s Manual by Georges Perec

<p>Georges Perec was a French novelist, essayist and filmmaker. ‘Life A User’s Manual’ was published when he was 42. He died three years later </p>
Books

Book of a lifetime: Life A User’s Manual by Georges Perec

<p>Residents try to open sewers to clear the water in the neighbourhoods of Marmoles and Perchel in Malaga</p>
Travel questions

Should I reconsider my trip to Spain, given the floods?

<p>Donald Trump would want a trade deal to include the UK accepting cheap American food imports such as chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef</p>
Voices

Can Keir Starmer fix Britain’s Trump problem?

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