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Most councils are set to increase council tax by the maximum amount of at least 4.99% from April. 

The trial of the only suspect ever to be charged with the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, almost 30 years after his death, has been postponed for almost a year. 

The risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid hitting Earth at the end of 2032 has increased again, according to NASA data. 

Kevin Spacey has issued a strongly-worded response to allegations he "targeted" Guy Pearce, telling the former co-star "you're not a victim" and "grow up". 

Lawyers for Sean "Diddy" Combs say the rapper has been subject to a "racist" prosecution and are seeking to dismiss one of the criminal charges against him. 

A village in the Philippines is offering bounties for captured mosquitoes - dead or alive - amid a surge in dengue fever cases.  

Alice Weidel may not be the person you would imagine at the top of Germany's far-right political movement. 

The industrial veterans who turned Melrose Industries into one of Britain's most prominent public companies are targeting a $2bn (£1.59bn) takeover of a US-based manufacturer of wire harnesses. 

Runners at a 10k trail race in Glasgow were sent in the wrong direction by a prankster pretending to be a marshal and who buried arrow signs marking the course. 

South Korea has accused the Chinese AI company DeepSeek of sharing user data with TikTok's owner, according to the Yonhap news agency.