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Number of Australians aged 85 or older projected to triple by 2065-66, according to government forecast.
In Russia, early results from the parliamentary election show the Kremlin-backed United Russia party leading in the tightly controlled vote. The election, the country’s first parliamentary ballot hel...
With more than 90 percent votes counted, Putin's United Russia appears poised for a landslide win.
An amnesty measure was supposed to ease prison overcrowding and pressure on the judiciary. Instead, it highlighted the country’s divides.
Germany’s regional elections delivered mixed results for the country’s major parties. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the far-right AfD won the largest share of the vote, but remains isolated as ot...
US and Chinese delegations held "succesful" and "constructive" talks in New York on Sunday on Artificial Intelligence and trade, ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington later this...
Insider warnings, hacking scares during tests and a US-China race have split the industry and Washington.
PRESS REVIEW – Monday, September 21: The Independent's climate 100 list for 2026 is out, featuring names like Pope Leo and Sir David Attenborough. Climate change is having an undeniable effect on ani...
South Korean officers injured in DMZ explosion, possibly caused by a landmine, according to local media reports.
Three members of one family killed in air raid on house in Kunar province, Afghan Taliban deputy spokesperson says.
The three sisters of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan were arrested in the province of Punjab, his Tehreek-e-Insaf party said on Monday. Khan, who was prime minister from 2018 to 2022, has...
Beaumont Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to the 2024 murder of his ex-partner and his new boyfriend.
Preliminary results suggest that Kremlin-backed United Russia is on course to retain its constitutional majority.
Five matches into the league season, which teams in the Premier League have impressed so far and who have disappointed?
Sunday's elections in two German states resulted in the defeat of the country's ruling CDU, a result described as a “disaster” by Chancellor Friedrich Merz. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in the n...
US President Donald Trump will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday in New York, where both leaders will be attending the United Nations General Assembly this week, the White House sa...
Fuming Real Madrid manager waves printouts of what he believes were clear red-card tackles by Atletico Madrid players.
The UN was created to help save the world from war. More than 80 years later, conflicts and atrocities continue.
Italy is planning to ban the burqa and niqab in schools and cap the number of foreign students per class.
Under secretive deals with countries across Africa and Latin America, the Trump administration has deported thousands of migrants to countries they had never previously visited. Of the 25,000 deporta...