Painting by British artist Leonora Carrington sells for record £22.8m

A painting by Lancashire-born artist Leonora Carrington has sold for more than £22 million.

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Google boss ‘cautiously optimistic& about protecting elections from deepfakes

Google boss Sundar Pichai has said he believes the tech giant, and wider industry, is well placed to combat AI-generated misinformation around elections.

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Mystery as 1,600-year-old ancient Irish stone unearthed in English garden

A mystery ancient Irish stone has baffled archaeologists after it was discovered in an English garden.

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Study suggests dinosaurs evolved body temperature regulation 180 million years ago

The ability to regulate body temperature, a trait all mammals and birds have today, may have evolved among some dinosaurs around 180 million years ago, a study suggests.

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How populist Robert Fico turned Slovakia into one of Vladimir Putin&s only EU allies

Robert Fico, the Slovak prime minister who was shot yesterday, has presided over a shift from pro-Western values to growing sympathies with Russia since his election victory last September.

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Prison workers protest in front of the Corbas prison outside Lyon, France yesterday. Photo: AP

A massive manhunt is under way for a prisoner nicknamed &The Fly& freed in an ambush by gunmen who shot dead two prison officers escorting him in northern France.

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