Former Japanese Empress Michiko has left hospital after undergoing breast cancer surgery.
Equipment rental firm Ashtead has notched up higher first quarter profits as another bumper performance in the US offset tougher UK trading.
JD Sports has defied the high street gloom by posting a searing set of results, as bosses attempted to contrast their success with the tumultuous time faced by arch rivals Sports Direct.
One person has died and 19 more have been injured in a fire at a hospital in the western German city of Duesseldorf, officials say.
Seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is being treated with a cutting-edge stem-cell therapy in a Paris hospital, according to reports in France.
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma, who helped launch China's online retailing boom, has stepped down as chairman of the world's biggest e-commerce company.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has renewed an appeal to pro-democracy protesters to halt their violence and engage in dialogue.
