Few would have thought the 2014 mid-budget action thriller John Wick would not only contain some of the best fight sequences in years or one of the best all-time Keanu Reeves performances, but that it would be the first entry in what's fast becoming one of the hottest franchises out there.

Donald Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen, is facing claims he asked a Middle Eastern official for millions of dollars to give to 'Trump family members' in a meeting at Trump Tower weeks after the president's election victory, DailyMail.com can reveal. Cohen is alleged to have asked Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, a former diplomat in charge of a $100bn Qatari investment fund, to send 'millions' through him to Trump family members. A source told DailyMail.com that the Qatari said he r...

British officials said Monday they have stopped a dozen “Islamist terror plots” since March of 2017, when a man drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians on the Westminster Bridge. Andrew Parker, the chief of MI5, said in a speech hosted by Germany’s domestic intelligence service that the United Kingdom has thwarted 25 attacks since 2013. He warned that the threats will continue, even as the U.S., U.K., France and other allies make progress in the fight to eliminate the Islamic State in Iraq...

A Scottish entrepreneur has developed a new eco-friendly bottle that could help combat the growing mountain of plastic litter entering the world’s oceans. Edinburgh-based chemistry graduate James Longcroft launched a not-for-profit bottled water firm two years ago, with the aim of ploughing all profits into a charity focused on providing clean drinking water to remote communities in Africa.

The 28-year-old CEO of a controversial biohacking company was found dead in a Washington D.C. spa on Sunday. The body of Aaron Traywick, CEO and founder of Ascendance Biomedical, was discovered in a spa room on Massachusetts Ave. shortly after 11:30 a.m. Sunday, the Metropolitan Police Department told SFGATE. The investigation remains ongoing. No evidence suggests foul play.

A group of Senators have called on the Federal Communication Commission to reconsider its proposal to scale down a program that helps poor Americans get affordable internet. Following 68 Congress Members from the House who sent a similar plea last month, 11 minority Senators, including Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, have co-authored a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai urging him to reconsider the move, which would strip access to the program from 70 percent of current subscribers.

Forty-four African countries have signed up to a historic trade agreement aimed at paving the way for a liberalized market for goods and services across the continent. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), an agreement cast in the mold of the European Union’s version was signed during the 10th Ordinary Session of African Union Heads of State summit held in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.

In a Wednesday appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, RBG decided to wade into one of America's most fraught debates: Are hot dogs sandwiches?

Far Cry 5’s “Patriot Acts” mission has the player collecting the tape of an alleged act that has become a pop culture joke. You begin the mission by speaking to a man who claims to be a special agent, and says he was sent by the “Big Man” himself. And he has a very special job for you. “I need you to recover a tape that, if released, could make him look bad to the public. I tracked it here, to a member of Joseph’s happy family. He’s stashed it somewhere, and that’s where you come in.”

An essay-writing company has had its adverts banned after they were deemed to be misleading to students. The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that UK Essays had failed to make it clear that the papers were not meant to be submitted as students' own work. The online ad also gave a "misleading impression" that the firm had received positive press coverage, the ASA said.

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A final theory explaining how mankind might detect parallel universes was completed by Stephen Hawking shortly before he died, it has emerged. Colleagues have revealed the renowned theoretical physicist’s final academic work was to set out the groundbreaking mathematics needed for a spacecraft to find traces of multiple big bangs.

Russian President Vladimir Putin won a landslide re-election victory on Sunday, extending his rule over the world's largest country for another six years at a time when his ties with the West are on a hostile trajectory. Putin's thumping victory will extend his total time in office to nearly a quarter of a century, until 2024, by which time he will be 71. Only Soviet dictator Josef Stalin ruled for longer. Putin has promised to use his new term to beef up Russia's defences against...

Planning a Mars mission, a global telecommunications network for inexpensive internet service and creating an interplanetary hedge against World War Three isn’t cheap, so it’s no wonder that SpaceX is closing on $500 million in new cash through a financing round led by Fidelity, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the round.

Aaron Judge, the American League Rookie of the Year, will earn $622,300 in the major leagues as part of his one-year contract with the New York Yankees. Judge, who led the AL with 52 home runs, is not eligible for salary arbitration until after the 2019 season. He agreed to a split contract in which his salary would drop to $272,250 in the unlikely event he is sent back to the minors.