Social Security becomes Senate election flashpoint: 81% of voters prefer candidates who promise to prevent benefit cuts

What’s your balance age? Why this underrated health test is so important to longevity

There are plenty of flashy ways of showing off about your health. We’re somewhat expected, in the age of tracking apps and smartwatches, to always be reaching new, impressive heights. Any new personal best quickly becomes the next challenge to beat. If you’re on Strava, you’ll be able to see exactly how much faster and stronger everyone else is. And why even bother with yoga if you can’t effortlessly turn yourself into a pretzel?

EA Sports FC 27 review: Not The Grounds-breaking but still fun

EA Sports FC 27 has a new mode and some gameplay tweaks, which I’ve put to the test

RFK Jr shredded for telling anti-vaxxers he is investigating ‘chemtrails’

Health secretary’s announcement met with storm of ridicule and derision: ‘What about Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster, the Easter Bunny, and the Abominable Snowman?’

Why Russia and Ukraine both want Trump’s peace envoy gone

Geordie Greig’s tribute to co-founder of The Independent Andreas Whittam Smith

Andreas Whittam Smith changed the landscape of British journalism by founding and editing The Independent. Current Editor-in-Chief Geordie Greig paid tribute to the pioneering journalist’s passion and genius at a memorial service this week

Ceuta overrun: Thousands of migrants charge through streets of Spanish enclave as police attempt to move them to official tent camp

Video footage shows people charging through the streets towards the new camp, cheering and shouting as they run.

'No Non-Western Leader Tried...': US Author Praises PM Modi, Flags Risk Of Russia Sanctions Bill

US foreign policy author Michael Kugelman said that no non-Western leader has tried more to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war with Ukraine than PM Modi

Bulletin PM briefing: UK ‘unprepared’ for drone threat and cause of flight chaos

Could these names set your baby up for success?

Names were considered based on factors such as prestige, recognition and competitiveness

ICE officer, accused of shooting Venezuelan man and lying to investigators, pleads not guilty

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges accusing him of lying to the FBI about a shooting that wounded a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.Christian Castro, 52, appeared before a US magistrate judge after being indicted on six counts of making false...

Dozens of suspected illegal miners die in Nigerian custody

Authorities linked the deaths to disease, but this has been disputed by intelligence reports and relatives of the accused.

Meet Harsh Jaiswal, Mohan Pedhapati and Rahul Maini: 3 Indian-origin researchers who used Claude to breach OpenAI systems, won $6,500 bounty