EU leaders broke a deadlock on Tuesday after three days of arduous negotiations and nominated German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen to become the new president of the European Commission, and take over from Jean-Claude Juncker for the next five years.
European Union leaders have broken three days of deadlock and nominated new heads for the 28-nation bloc's institutions.
European Union leaders have reconvened to consider a new proposal to end an embarrassing deadlock over nominating candidates to hold the bloc's key posts for at least the next five years.
Bad news battered the pound on Tuesday as Britain's construction sector suffered its worst monthly slump for 10 years, but London's top shares rose on the back of weaker sterling.
A new species of bee fly discovered in Australia, the Paramonovius nightking, was named after the show's most feared villain.
A US congressional committee has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking Donald Trump's tax returns.
