North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament, the Supreme People’s Assembly, has the right to ratify treaties but Kim can unilaterally ratify major ones, according to South Korea’s Unification Ministry.

Mr Waltz is an ardent Trump advocate who backed efforts to overturn the 2020 election. He is considered hawkish on China, and called for a US boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to its ...

Actress Dame Imelda Staunton and singer Simon Le Bon are among those set to receive royal honours at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. Dame Imelda, who portrayed the late Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s hit ...

Greenpeace UK and Uplift will argue the impact of emissions from burning the oil and gas extracted from the fields were illegally ignored when they were approved in the Court of Session in Edinburgh.

Mark Stibbe, who was abused by John Smyth QC in the 1980s, called for all senior clergy ‘that did nothing but knew what was going on’ to ...

Research for Marie Curie said an estimated 128,000 people died in fuel poverty in 2022, including 110,000 pensioners.

Two in five senior staff in childcare settings have said changes in the Budget could lead to permanent closures unless the Government takes action.

They also warned there is a ‘fundamental mismatch’ between demand for services and what the NHS is able to do.

A once-a-day pill that could help tens of thousands of people give up cigarettes and prevent thousands of smoking-related deaths each year will be rolled out on the health service, NHS England’s chief ...

Research highlighting the growing costs and impact on children of many social care placements should be a ‘turning point’, councils say.

A charity founded by former prime minister Gordon Brown is expanding to boost its aim of supporting families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. A new Multibank is to open in Middlesbrough on ...

The majority of adults who celebrate Christmas no longer believe that having a Christmas pudding on their table is important, ...