Foil boarders were pursued by shark – likely a great white – off Santa Barbara before it lost interest and swam away ...

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Defense secretary to be quizzed in Senate as Khamenei says foreigners have no place in Gulf ‘except at bottom of its waters’ ...

Mojtaba Khamenei says Tehran will eliminate ‘enemy’s abuses of the waterway’ and guard its nuclear and missile programmes ...

More governors call for special sessions following supreme court’s decision severely weakening Voting Rights Act ...

State pension was ‘built for a different era’, says former PM’s organisation amid pressure on government finances ...

This is a fairly common problem with decades-long friendship, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Do you respond to the person you knew, or the one you’re tired of knowing?

The Chinese 22-year-old surged into a 6-2 lead against Mark Allen after a power outage while Shaun Murphy was pegged back by John Higgins in their semi-final ...

Forest prevailed 1-0 in the Europa League semi-final first leg at the City Ground courtesy of a 71st-minute Chris Wood penalty but Villa were left incandescent about Elliot Anderson’s first-half chall ...

Birdwatching no longer niche, old-fashioned pastime, says RSPB as research shows 47% increase in hobby since 2018 ...

Gianni Infantino made a failed attempt to orchestrate a handshake between Palestinian and Israeli delegates at Fifa’s congress in Vancouver ...