Where the world wants to spend Christmas: Fascinating map reveals it’s LONDON that’s No.1 overall (though Americans would prefer a festive break in Vienna)

Where the world wants to spend Christmas: Fascinating map reveals it’s LONDON that’s No.1 overall (though Americans would prefer a festive break in Vienna)

A fascinating festive map reveals the cities where people most want to spend Christmas 2023 around the world – and London is number one. On the map, generated using Google search data for common Christmas travel-related keywords, countries are named followed by the city where their residents most want to spend the festive period. Searches such … Read more

It’s not an old wives’ tale – being married really CAN raise your blood pressure, scientists say

It’s not an old wives’ tale – being married really CAN raise your blood pressure, scientists say

By Kate Pickles Health Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 12:25 GMT, 6 December 2023 | Updated: 12:32 GMT, 6 December 2023 It’s long been joked that marriage can raise blood pressure levels. Now research suggests it’s more than an old wives’ tale – and that couples are more likely to have the potentially deadly … Read more

Rishi Sunak says NO world leaders have raised alarm at Britain’s ‘reasonable’ Net Zero slowdown during Cop28 climate summit in Dubai… as he is relegated to the back row of ‘family photo’ behind Albanian PM

Rishi Sunak says NO world leaders have raised alarm at Britain’s ‘reasonable’ Net Zero slowdown during Cop28 climate summit in Dubai… as he is relegated to the back row of ‘family photo’ behind Albanian PM

Rishi Sunak dismissed warnings easing the Net Zero timetable has ‘diminished’ Britain’s standing today as he attended the Cop28 summit.   At a press conference wrapping up his whistlestop appearance in Dubai, the PM insisted the rethink was ‘reasonable’ rather than ‘extreme’ and the UK is still on track to meet all its commitments. He said none … Read more

Get a load of this grub! From a 1.31 mile-long pizza to a giant gingerbread VILLAGE, 30 of the most mouth-watering Guinness World Record attempts

Get a load of this grub! From a 1.31 mile-long pizza to a giant gingerbread VILLAGE, 30 of the most mouth-watering Guinness World Record attempts

Every year, chefs and cooking aficionados across the globe compete for a new Guinness World Record – be it the largest, longest, or heaviest food item of all time.  From an incredible 1.32-mile-long pizza made in California to an enormous 576 kilogram wheel of cheese in the Netherlands, here DailyMail.com looks back at some of the most … Read more

Asteroid or supervolcano? New study says dinosaurs were wiped out by BOTH

Asteroid or supervolcano? New study says dinosaurs were wiped out by BOTH

Repeated ‘volcanic winters’ may have left the dinosaurs hungry, shivering and vulnerable to a fatal ‘final blow’ by the asteroid that ultimately did them in.  At least, an international team of researchers from Italy, Norway, Canada and the US has reached that conclusion in a new study, which analyzed sulfur and fluorine gases trapped in … Read more

Rishi Sunak warns China it must step up efforts to tackle climate change as he flies to the Cop28 summit

Rishi Sunak warns China it must step up efforts to tackle climate change as he flies to the Cop28 summit

The Prime Minister said it is ‘vitally important’ China addresses global warming   By Claire Ellicott Published: 01:32 GMT, 1 December 2023 | Updated: 01:45 GMT, 1 December 2023 Rishi Sunak has warned China that it must step up its efforts to tackle climate change as he prepared to fly to Dubai last night for Cop28. … Read more

Earth will be bombarded by intense solar storms next YEAR: Scientists predict we’ll reach ‘solar maximum’ in 2024 – with flares strong enough to cripple the world’s internet for WEEKS

Earth will be bombarded by intense solar storms next YEAR: Scientists predict we’ll reach ‘solar maximum’ in 2024 – with flares strong enough to cripple the world’s internet for WEEKS

About every 11 years, the sun goes through what’s known as ‘solar maximum’, when many bizarre dark spots appear on its surface.  These ‘sunspots’ – which can cluster together and form what looks like an archipelago – are caused by massive changes in our star’s magnetic field.  They also shoot out violent explosions of energy towards Earth, causing ‘solar … Read more

Former India star provides bizarre excuse for Cricket World Cup final defeat as Australia legend points out major hole in his argument

Former India star provides bizarre excuse for Cricket World Cup final defeat as Australia legend points out major hole in his argument

By Ollie Lewis For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:25 GMT, 26 November 2023 | Updated: 09:25 GMT, 26 November 2023 Ambati Rayudu has attributed India‘s World Cup final defeat by Australia to the pitch, despite the tournament hosts opting to use the old wicket for the showpiece match in Ahmedabad. One week on from their … Read more

14 metres from a miracle: 41 workers who have been trapped inside collapsed Indian road tunnel for 12 days are just hours from freedom as drilling machine nears their position

14 metres from a miracle: 41 workers who have been trapped inside collapsed Indian road tunnel for 12 days are just hours from freedom as drilling machine nears their position

The 41 workers who have been trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel in India for 12 days are believed to be just hours from freedom.  The rescue teams have been tunnelling cautiously to the men after a landslide in Uttarkashi, northern India, caused a section of a 4.5km tunnel to collapse, around 200m from the … Read more

Iran-backed Houthi rebels fire MISSILES at US destroyer off Yemen in ‘significant escalation’ after American troops freed Israeli-linked tanker from pirates

Iran-backed Houthi rebels fire MISSILES at US destroyer off Yemen in ‘significant escalation’ after American troops freed Israeli-linked tanker from pirates

Iran-backed Houthi rebels have fired missiles at a US Navy destroyer off the coast of Yemen in a ‘significant escalation’ with American forces in the Middle East. The USS Mason had responded to a distress call on Sunday from an Israeli-linked chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden that had been seized by armed rebels. … Read more