Supercar maker McLaren is hunting for tailors, dressmakers and boat builders as part of a recruitment drive to double the workforce at its new £50 million manufacturing site in Yorkshire.
Egyptian officials say UN Mideast envoy has arrived in Cairo after the worst escalation between Israel and Gaza militants in recent months. Nickolay Mladenov landed on Wednesday from Tel Aviv and is scheduled to meet President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, AP reported. Egypt has stepped up communication with Israel and the militants in Gaza, and has...
Spanish police on Wednesday cleared out scores of protesters supporting Catalan independence who had trapped around 500 vehicles while blocking a major highway for more than 15 hours. Regional and national police said they had dislodged around 200 protesters who had shut traffic on both sides of the AP-7 highway near Girona, a city with...
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, the current record-holder for the largest IPO in history, may sell up to US$15 billion of new shares during the planned secondary listing in Hong Kong. The Hangzhou-based company's listing application was approved by Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, media reported, citing sources on Wednesday. Thus Alibaba became the first firm...
Main roads across Lebanon were closed on Wednesday in fresh protests after President Michel Aoun angered demonstrators by urging them to end their revolt against corruption among the ruling elite. His remarks in a television interview late on Tuesday ignited demonstrations overnight in which a protester was shot and killed after an altercation with Lebanese...
The Dutch government is lowering the speed limit on motorways in a bid to cut emissions of nitrogen oxide.
Eddie Stobart has said that a major shareholder has made a £55 million bid to take majority ownership.
