July 8, 2017

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have met for the first time, shaking hands and holding face-to-face talks as the G20 summit in Hamburg began. "It's an honour to be with you," said Mr Trump to Mr Putin, who responded: "I'm delighted to…

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was fastest in the second practice session at the Austrian Grand Prix, ahead of title rival Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari. Hamilton was 0.147 seconds quicker than Vettel at the Red Bull Ring, with the second…

During a special meeting held on Wednesday by Venezuela’s National Assembly to celebrate the 206th anniversary of the country's declaration of independence, groups of government paramilitaries, known as colectivos, armed with sticks and…

Rescuers in southern Italy are trying to find eight people missing after an apartment block collapsed in Naples. Italian media say two families were living in the four-storey building that collapsed in Torre Annunziata district. Two…

Sunshine at Lord's, acres of blue sky overhead, optimism in the warm July air. It often starts this way for new England Test captains. Goodwill is everywhere. All seems possible. And it invariably ends rather differently: red eyes and…

The Antigua and Barbuda Meteorological Services issued an advisory on Thursday in relation to a tropical depression that, while on the present forecast track, will likely pass a safe distance to the north of the Caribbean on Sunday, any…