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Test yourself with the Press Association’s interactive quiz on some of the key sporting events from the past 12 months.

As new research reveals that Gen Z are the demographic most likely to suffer from chronic loneliness, Helen Coffey looks at the ‘happiness recession’ among the under-30s and why the smartphone ban in Australia could be the first step to solving it

While hoards throw themselves into sobriety for a month come 1 January, the real challenge lies in making it through work dos and endless festive nights out without alcohol. Helen Coffey reveals the tips to avoid getting tipsy as she ditches the Dutch courage at the booziest time of the year

This was a cinematic year of vampires, clones, restless mothers, maybe-ETs and Leonardo DiCaprio struggling to remember complex revolutionary passwords. Clarisse Loughrey has counted down the very best

Asian shares are mixed after the U.S. stock market again approached its record high following the Federal Reserve’s cut in its main interest rate

Accusations that tied ‘Opalite’ singer to MAGA movement, Nazi ideology and tradwife gender norms came from bot-like accounts, report finds

Lead in urban Roman infrastructure may have led to long-term impacts on the population’s health, scientists say

Fans were left stunned when the pair were eliminated from the competition in Sunday night’s results show

Cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon is scheduled to be sentenced for misleading investors who lost billions when his company’s crypto ecosystem collapsed in 2022