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Marriages in China plunged 20% to a record low in 2024 as young people resisted government efforts to convince them to settle down and have more babies.

Marriages in China dropped from 7.7m in 2023 to 6.1m last year, data from China’s civil affairs ministry showed. The figure was less …

Canine beauticians, DJs and pilates instructors are among the categories of overseas workers eligible to apply for UK skilled worker visas, an Oxford academic has found.

As the government promises a white paper later this year to slash the numbers entering the UK to work, a list of specific and …

Campaigners have called on the UK government to take action on the “wild west” holiday park industry, as nearly 2,000 people join a group legal action alleging they have lost thousands of pounds on mis-sold static caravans and unfair pitch fees.

Holiday Park Action Group, which is leading the legal …

Peter Mandelson’s face appeared at the top of the screen. Below him was Li Keqiang, then the Chinese premier. Ringed around them in the online “Europe-China business dialogue” meeting were top executives from some of the biggest European multinationals.

Covid was still rife so the February 2021 gathering took place …

The Indian government relaxed national security protocols along the Pakistan border to make way for a renewable energy park, a project ultimately handed to one of India’s richest men, Gautam Adani, official documents reveal.

The Adani Group is constructing the Khavda plant, the largest renewable project in the world, in …

On a cool Friday morning in an expansive mall in Nairobi, dozens of people thronged outside a retail store covered in colourful banners, balloons and flowers.

When the shutter doors finally rolled up a few hours later, fireworks were let off and music blared through speakers, the crowd now swollen …

• A missile attack on Kyiv early on Wednesday morning killed at least one civilian

  , injured three and started fires, Ukrainian officials said. “This is how [Putin] wants the war to end,” said Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to the president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said a …

More than a decade after the

triple meltdown

In a draft strategic energy plan due to be approved by the …

Since returning to the presidency last month,

Donald Trump

Now, Denmark – which owns …

Peter Kay has defended his decision to throw hecklers out of a recent gig after a backlash from audience members who accused him of overreacting.

The comedian, who is doing the last leg of his record-breaking Better Late Than Never Again! tour this month, was heckled by two rowdy audience …