So what will be the outcome of the British general election at the end of the week? Yesterday, I consulted an authoritative source: my local turf accountant.
The first thing Torbjorn Bjork does on being introduced is apologise that the vast majority of Rosana Simson's new neighbours will be close to 60 years older than her.
Once feted by the West as a human rights heroine, Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi will travel to The Hague this week to defend her regime over accusations of genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority, in one of the most high-profile international legal cases in a generation.
Yasuhiro Nakasone, who has died aged 101, did more than any of his post-war predecessors to raise Japan's political profile to match its formidable economic strength.
The father of a man killed in the London Bridge terror attack has launched a stinging attack on Boris Johnson, accusing him of using his son's death to "make political capital" and taking the country "for a ride".
The company that prints the UK's banknotes and currency for 140 other countries has issued a warning of possible collapse, saying there is “significant doubt” about its future. The 198-year-old De La Rue has printed banknotes for the Bank of England since 1860. It is the largest commercial printer in the world, producing about a...
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Hong Kong in a march seen as a test of the enduring appeal of an anti-government movement about to mark six months of demonstrations.
