MPs have hit out against Google and Heathrow for attempting to “swing votes” with packages of jam, biscuits and crisps.
February 12, 2020
London's top flight enjoyed another session of gains as global markets rallied on mounting hopes of a slowdown in the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
February 12, 2020
Petty cash could soon become a thing of the past for UK firms as new figures showed the increasing use of plastic has sent commercial card transactions leaping nearly a...
February 12, 2020
European Union lawmakers threw their weight on Wednesday behind the negotiating package that the 27-nation bloc's chief negotiator plans to use during upcoming trade talks with former EU member Britain....
February 12, 2020
Rory Stewart said he has previously slept in over 500 strangers' houses, following the launch of his #ComeKipWithMe campaign on Tuesday.
February 12, 2020
The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone have quit the case after the Justice Department overruled them and said it would take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of...
February 12, 2020
The Palestinian foreign minister has hailed the release of a UN Rights office report on companies with Israeli settlement ties. Riyad al-Maliki also urged UN-member states and the UN Human...
February 12, 2020
More than two dozen diplomats are visiting Indian-administered Kashmir, New Delhi said on Wednesday, as the country tries to reassure foreign allies following several months of unrest in the territory....
February 12, 2020
All patients and those in close contact with two GPs diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK have now been traced, officials have said.
February 12, 2020
The world's biggest telecoms trade fair, Mobile World Congress, is to reconsider whether or not to hold the 2020 event later this month in Barcelona as dozens of major firms...
February 12, 2020
Britain is right to push for a permanent access deal for the City in Brexit talks to calm fears over Europe's power to revoke agreements with as little as 30...
February 12, 2020
Three European brown bears have been spotted playing in their enclosure at Whipsnade Zoo after coming out of their winter hibernation.
February 12, 2020
Greece's 10-year government bond yield has fallen below 1% for the first time, bolstering the country's effort to ease strict budget conditions set by bailout lenders.
February 12, 2020
Joe Biden brought his wounded presidential campaign to South Carolina, staking his hopes for a comeback on the loyalty of black voters in the state after a dismal finish in...
February 12, 2020
A charity worker who was one of the first participants in Rory Stewart's campaign #ComeKipWithMe has described him as a “perfect guest”.
February 12, 2020
Formula One's Chinese Grand Prix has been postponed due to the recent outbreak of coronavirus in the country, the organisers said on Wednesday.
February 12, 2020
Iran's government on Wednesday rejected US allegations that the its satellite program has a military dimension, days after the failed launch of its latest satellite. “The subject of satellite launch...
February 12, 2020
Pope Francis has declined to approve the ordination of married men to address the priest shortage in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has dominated debate in the Catholic...
February 12, 2020
Pope Francis has declined to approve the ordination of married men to address the priest shortage in the Amazon, sidestepping a fraught issue that has dominated debate in the Catholic...
February 12, 2020
Little-known Democratic presidential hopeful Amy Klobuchar has broken into the top tier of the 2020 campaign in the New Hampshire primary and now has less than two weeks to make...
February 12, 2020
Pope Francis, in one of the most significant decisions of his papacy, on Wednesday dismissed a proposal to allow some married men to be ordained in the Amazon region to...
February 12, 2020
Nissan has filed a civil suit seeking 10 billion yen (91 million US dollars) in damages from the Japanese carmaker's former chairman Carlos Ghosn.
February 12, 2020
Joseph Vilsmaier, a German filmmaker whose striking portrayal of the Battle of Stalingrad brought home the horrors of war to a new generation, has died aged 81.
February 12, 2020
Cyprus needs to step up its fight against the laundering of illicit cash generated outside the east Mediterranean island nation, a leading European financial watchdog said.
February 12, 2020
The Singapore bank DBS has evacuated a city centre office after one of its staff was infected with the strain of coronavirus officially named Covid-19.
February 12, 2020
Siba the standard poodle has strutted off with the best in show award at the Westminster Kennel Club at Madison Square Garden, in New York.
February 12, 2020
Sarah, Duchess of York has signed a publishing deal for seven children's books.
February 12, 2020
A badger had to be rescued from a Superdrug store after it plunged through the roof.
February 12, 2020
The US and the Taliban appeared closer on Wednesday to a breakthrough in talks over an American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, after the country's President Ashraf Ghani said there had...
February 12, 2020
Online trading platform Plus500 saw profits plunge due to a crackdown on high-risk betting, although bosses said the recent economic volatility has helped in recent months.
February 12, 2020
Homewares retail chain Dunelm has revealed it was one of the big winners on the high street – defying the gloom, tightening costs and boosting profits.
February 12, 2020
The United States' “deal of the century” has drawn attention to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict but fair solution will require invigorated efforts of the Middle East Quartet of mediators, Russian permanent...
February 12, 2020
Bernie Sanders narrowly won New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, solidifying his front-runner status in the White House race and dealing a setback to moderate rival Joe Biden, who...
February 12, 2020
Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire's presidential primary election on Tuesday night, narrowly edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party's chaotic 2020 nomination...
February 12, 2020
The death toll from a strain of coronavirus – also known as Covid-19 – in mainland China has increased by 97 but its daily total has again slowed, health authorities...
February 12, 2020
Democratic presidential hopefuls hit the streets as they faced a last chance to persuade the state's voters that they were the party's best bet to take on US President Donald...
February 12, 2020
Sudan's Omar al-Bashir, facing a possible appearance before the international war crimes tribunal, defied rebellions, economic crises and the hostility of the West before being overthrown as president by the...
February 12, 2020
More people have fled fighting in Syria over the past 10 weeks than at any other time in the nine-year conflict and the city of Idlib, where many are sheltering,...
February 12, 2020
The US Justice Department will take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it will seek for Roger Stone.
