The sparrowhawk was released back into the wild none the worse after becoming an unusual festive decoration.

The hack of thousands of high-profile organisations, including the US government, could have major consequences.

City mayor Anne Hidalgo mocks the "absurd" penalty for breaking equal employment rules.

India captain Virat Kohli promises "high voltage" action in the four-Test series against Australia, which gets under way in Adelaide on Thursday.

West Brom manager Slaven Bilic is sacked after 18 months in charge, with the club next to bottom of the Premier League.

The WHO says Europe is at "high risk" of a new wave of infections in the New Year.

Conspiracy theories are blamed for reluctance among ethnic minorities to take Covid vaccine.

Good breeding conditions mean millions of people are now threatened in the Horn of Africa and Yemen.

Jamie Spears tells CNN he is protecting his daughter, who "needs special care and protection".

The former editor-in-chief of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation had worked there for six months.

Armenians stage protests after videos emerge of soldiers captured by Azerbaijan in recent days.

Holders Exeter's Heineken Champions Cup match at Toulouse on Sunday is cancelled because of a Covid-19 outbreak at the Chiefs.

Victims allege that Pornhub's parent company Mindgeek knew of the allegations but ignored them.

Football's lawmakers approve trials for concussion substitutes from January for any league that wants them.

Ten international scientists will travel next month to the city where the coronavirus first emerged.

South Korea's celebration of Buddha's birthday has won Unesco Intangible Cultural Heritage status.

More than 300 students are still missing after gunmen raided a school in Katsina state on Friday.

The deadly attacks on Charlie Hebdo magazine and a Jewish supermarket shook France.

West Brom appoint former England manager Sam Allardyce on an 18-month contract.

One of the exhibits set for the Humboldt Forum next year will be sculptures looted from Nigeria in 1897.

Russia's appeal against a four-year ban from all major sporting events will be decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) on Thursday.