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To pull reluctant workers back to the office, some employers are upping pay packets and offering perks just for stepping through the door. Is it the right approach?

Even after a mild infection, the overall size of the brain had shrunk, researchers found.

Gidikumar Patil, who bought two big cats, said he will not leave home without his pets.

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Uncommon baby names are rising across the globe, even in more traditional societies. Why are parents increasingly determined to make children's names ‘unique’?

Along US Route 40, African diplomats were routinely denied service at local establishments. But their treatment set off a civil rights struggle that led to outlawing segregation.

Consumers can struggle to unravel whether claims about a brand or product's sustainability are accurate, but regulators are cracking down on misleading climate claims in advertising.

The shifting of European history's tectonic plates is not really that unexpected, explains Kevin Connolly.

The temporary suspension comes in response to a new Russian law which threatens reporters with prison.

Lindsey Graham says only way Russia's invasion of Ukraine ends is for someone "to take this guy out".

A bombing inside a Shia mosque in the city of Peshawar kills more than 50 people and wounds many more.

After Russia seizes two nuclear plant sites, experts weigh the risk to Ukraine and the world at large.

Household bills for energy, food and petrol likely to worsen after commodities rise, analysts warn.

Maersk has ordered 12 huge ships that run on methanol rather than marine oil fuel.

With no ‘primary partner’ and a potential for multiple meaningful relationships, solo polyamorists are hopping off the heteronormative “relationship escalator”.

From his shadow to his gaunt face, the vampire Count Orlok in 1922's Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror remains one of film's most spine-tingling creations. Nicholas Barber examines why.

Over the past couple of years, digital connection has mattered more than ever, writes the philosopher Rebecca Roache. So, how is the nature of friendship changing?

The Moon's far side should now have a new crater after being hit by a large chunk of space junk.

Purdue Pharma, owned by the family, admitted marketing a painkiller it knew was highly addictive.

French authorities implement sanctions but the UK faces criticism over delays.

The thousands of foreign students who have fled the conflict are wondering what to do next.

Nearly 200 countries agree to start negotiations on a global treaty to tackle the plastic "crisis".

Children as young as four years old learn to read and write in some countries, while elsewhere they don't start until seven. What's the best formula for lasting success?

The UK government has authorised the emergency use of a type of pesticide almost entirely banned in the EU because of the harm it can cause to bees.