Matthew Whitaker, the US ambassador to Nato, responds to criticism in the Munich Security Conference report Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison for national security offences US ambassador to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

SHAH ALAM – The proposed Urban Renewal Act (URA) could displace long-time urban residents and further erode public trust in governance if implemented without proper consultation and safeguards. While ...

(Brussels, February 4, 2026) – European Union institutions and member states’ failure to prioritize human rights undermines the rule of law, democratic space, and rights protection at home and abroad, ...

The Trump administration wants to work with traditional allies to secure new supplies of critical minerals. But months of aggression toward allies, culminating with since-aborted threats to seize ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Third time's a charm! Michigan native Billy Strings won a Grammy award Sunday for his latest album, making it his third time taking home a golden gramophone. The bluegrass star ...

Billy Strings has earned his third Grammy award for Best Bluegrass Album, nabbing the victory once again at the 68th annual Grammys ceremony with his 2024 album Highway Prayers. In a short and sweet ...

When Britain handed Hong Kong over to China in 1997, Tony Blair was in melancholic mood. The newly elected prime minister turned to his aides Alastair Campbell and Jonathan Powell and mused: ‘We ...

Biological systems are notoriously tough to model, especially when it comes to figuring out the axons, neurons, blood vessels, and other structural components of gray matter, or the tissue that makes ...

A plot to undermine the integrity of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential primaries scheduled for January 31, 2026, has been exposed by a whistleblower. Ernest Conduah of the Sekondi ...

The casualties are already mounting. PepsiCo invested £13m into its Coventry site to reformulate the entire Doritos portfolio, slashing salt and fat by 18% and 14% respectively after years of ...

When Christians neglect the poor and oppressed, it’s not because we love Jesus too much but because we love him too little. It was a “social experiment” playing out on TikTok: A young Kentucky woman ...