In last month's Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced hourly minimum wage rates will increase by 85p to £10.85 for 18 to 20 year olds, and by 50p to £12.71 for over 21s next spring.

A new study reveals that obesity accelerated Alzheimer's blood biomarkers by 95% over five years, highlighting a strong connection between weight and brain disease progression.

Artificial intelligence represents the biggest technological upheaval to the world economy since the rise of the internet a quarter-century ago. It has brought trillions of dollars of investment and dizzying stock-market gains, but also a shortage of memory chips, regulatory scrutiny, and rising anxiety about job displacement.

The death toll from a high-rise apartment fire in Hong Kong has risen to 159. Authorities arrested six people on suspicion of deactivating fire alarms during maintenance work.

Two workers were safely removed from scaffolding that came loose at a Virginia office building Thursday morning.

Between 2010 and 2022, pedestrian deaths in the U.S. jumped nearly 80 percent.Since then, the number of walkers struck and killed by cars has remained stubbornly high – with pedestrian deaths in some cities continuing to rise.

Ottawa's children's hospital says it's concerned about a significant rise in the number of flu cases it's seen recently. It's urging everyone to get vaccinated.