More than 1,000 civilians killed as Syria's leader Ahmed Sharaa scrambles to contain deadliest violence in years

Syria's leader vowed on Sunday to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country's new Islamist rulers and said he would hold to account anyone who overstepped their authority.

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Meet Canada&s new prime minister Mark Carney: The crisis-fighting central banker renouncing his Irish citizenship ‘but in Ireland&s corner&

Mark Carney, soon to become Canada's new prime minister, is a two-time central banker and crisis fighter about to face his biggest challenge of all: steering Canada through Donald Trump's tariffs.

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Choose Weetabix over avocados to help save the planet, says Alan Titchmarsh

Alan Titchmarsh has urged people to choose Cornflakes or Weetabix over eating avocados to help save the planet.

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Elon Musk claims Ukrainian front line ‘would collapse& without Starlink

Elon Musk has claimed that if he turned off his Starlink satellite internet services, the &entire front line& in Ukraine would collapse.

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Canada will never be part of America, says new prime minister Mark Carney

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said Canada will &never ever& be part of America after winning the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as the country&s prime minister.

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Floodwaters still threaten parts of Australia&s east coast after tropical storm

Australia&s prime minister cautioned that the fallout from a vicious tropical storm over the weekend was &far from over& as parts of two states remained inundated with perilous floodwaters on Monday, even as the initial threat from the deluge continued to recede.

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