From the sun-soaked coastline to the vast plains and the snow-capped Alps, these countries in Europe have the largest total area.

In addition to his bumper sticker promises to put America first and make it great again, soon-to-be President Donald Trump also apparently wants to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere to make ...

WASHINGTON STATE — When severe weather hits western Washington, where you live can make a big difference in the impact to you and your family. To give a more accurate and more detailed forecast ...

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Russian gas supplies sent to Europe via Ukraine for more than 40 years came to a stop on Wednesday (January 1) after Kyiv refused to renegotiate a five-year-old transit deal amid war with Moscow. Here ...

Your browser does not support the <audio> element. As international conflicts go, none did so little to disrupt the global order as the “whisky wars” that pitted ...

For some locations around the world, the celebrations are over and it's now 2025. Just like there are time zones across the United States, there are time zones around the world to reflect the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. At Les 110 Taillevent, a Michelin-starred Paris restaurant that specialises in pairing dishes with wines at ...

New weather maps reveal that half of the UK could be blanketed in snow within the next 48 hours, with some regions potentially seeing as much as 20cm. WXCharts maps indicate a band of snow sweeping ...

A fatal plane crash in South Korea on Sunday was the sixth major airline crash of 2024. A Boeing 737 plane, flying for Jeju Air, crashed in Muan International Airport and burst into flames ...