Construction firm Kier Group is to cut 1,200 jobs as part of its plans to simplify the business and save on costs.
Huawei's founder has likened his company to a badly damaged plane, and said revenues will be 30 billion US dollars (£24 billion) less than forecast over the next two years.
Joshua Wong, a leading figure in Hong Kong's 2014 Umbrella Movement demonstrations, has been released from prison.
Protesters in Hong Kong have left the streets, averting possible clashes on Monday after haggling for hours with police by moving to areas near the city's government headquarters.
Babcock has confirmed that it was approached by outsourcing rival Serco earlier this year with a proposal for a mega-merger between the two companies, but the idea was rejected.
A new mother gave birth to her baby son at the side of a motorway in the UK - much to the surprise of passing police officers.
Dozens of corn farmers and those who sell them seed, chemicals and equipment gathered last Thursday at the restaurant in Deer Grove, Illinois, after heavy rains caused unprecedented delays in planting this year and contributed to record floods across the central US.
