One of the UK's largest travel agents has said it will save thousands of jobs at Thomas Cook after a deal to buy 555 of the company's stores around the...
October 9, 2019
German authorities have carried out raids in connection with far-right emails sent to mosques, political parties, the media, migrant reception centers and others threatening attacks, AP reports. Bavaria's state criminal...
October 9, 2019
Demand for newly-built homes has plunged to a six-year-low as uncertainty over Brexit weakened confidence among prospective buyers, according to a new survey.
October 9, 2019
Officials from the US, Japan and South Korea have discussed Pyongyang's denuclearization. US Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun held talks in Washington on Tuesday with his South Korean...
October 9, 2019
B&Q owner Kingfisher has hired Bernard Bot as its new finance chief amid a refresh at the top of the DIY group.
October 9, 2019
Melania Trump has announced construction of a tennis pavilion on the south grounds of the White House that she says will provide a "functional recreational area for all first families...
October 9, 2019
Apple became the latest company targeted for Chinese pressure over protests in Hong Kong after the ruling Communist Party's main newspaper criticised the tech giant for a smartphone app that...
October 9, 2019
Several hundred masked protesters chanting for revolution have gathered at Hong Kong's High Court for the appeal hearing of an activist sentenced to six years in prison for his part...
October 9, 2019
Ladbrokes owner GVC Holdings has said online growth means the gambling firm's earnings for 2019 will be higher than previously forecast but held firm on plans to shut 900 stores...
October 9, 2019
President Donald Trump's two golf resorts in Scotland posted another year of multi-million-pound losses as his properties contend with a struggling local economy and a backlash against his divisive rhetoric.
October 9, 2019
Car dealership Vertu Motors has revealed falling half-year profits as sales of new cars tumbled more than 10% amid price hikes caused by the Brexit-hit pound.
October 9, 2019
Melania Trump has announced construction of a tennis pavilion on the south grounds of the White House that she says will provide a “functional recreational area for all first families...
October 9, 2019
Bernie Sanders began reintroducing himself to the 2020 campaign on Tuesday, venturing outside his Vermont home to say that he does not plan on leaving the presidential race following last...
October 9, 2019
Thousands of indigenous people have converged on Ecuador's capital as anti-government protests led the president to move out of Quito.
October 9, 2019
Lego is testing a way for US customers to ship their unwanted bricks to get them into the hands of other children.
October 9, 2019
A man who claims to have killed more than 90 women across the country is now considered the deadliest serial killer in US history.
October 9, 2019
French President Emmanuel Macron led a national tribute yesterday to the four police employees slain in last week's knife attack in Paris, calling them "victims of Islamic terrorism".
October 9, 2019
The Trump administration blocked a key witness in the Ukraine scandal from testifying to the House of Representatives' impeachment investigation yesterday, leading Democrats to accuse the president of stonewalling.
October 9, 2019
Donald Trump yesterday backtracked on his promise to withdraw US troops from Syria, after it provoked a firestorm of criticism.
October 9, 2019
The wife of a US intelligence agent accused of killing a teenager in a car crash was spirited out of Britain on a private flight from a US airbase.
October 9, 2019
A Canadian-American cosmologist and two Swiss scientists won this year's Nobel Prize in Physics yesterday for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved and the discovery of the...
October 9, 2019
The wife of a US intelligence agent accused of killing a teenager in a car crash was spirited out of Britain on a private flight from a US airbase.
October 9, 2019
Hong Kong's embattled leader Carrie Lam has not ruled out asking Beijing for help as the Asian financial hub struggles to deal with months of often violent anti-government protests that...
October 9, 2019
Already locked in a heated impeachment battle, President Donald Trump found a new way to upset Washington this week. The White House announced it would not impede an imminent Turkish...
October 9, 2019
US reality TV star Kim Kardashian has heaped praise on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, calling her a "brave and amazing young woman" and said she shared her concerns about...
October 8, 2019
One UK ticket-holder has won the £170m (€190.5m) EuroMillions jackpot to become that country's biggest ever winner.
October 8, 2019
Turkey's military struck the Syrian-Iraqi border to prevent Kurdish forces using the route to reinforce northeast Syria, as Ankara prepared to attack there following a surprise U.S. troop pullback, Turkish...
October 8, 2019
Life imitated art when The Big Bang Theory received a shout-out during the announcement for this year's Nobel Prize in Physics.
October 8, 2019
The apparent unravelling of the prospect of any Brexit deal emerging before October 31 sent the pound plummeting on Tuesday.
October 8, 2019
Russian and Turkish foreign ministers, Sergey Lavrov and Mevlut Cavusoglu, discussed by phone the situation in northeastern Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. They discussed “in detail the...
October 8, 2019
The UK high street escaped another round of cuts, as Vodafone said it would close more than 1,100 stores across Europe.
October 8, 2019
Cyprus, Greece and Egypt on Tuesday condemned an “unlawful and unacceptable” bid by Turkey to drill inside waters where Cyprus has exclusive economic rights, AP said. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi...
October 8, 2019
Turkey will not bow to threats over its Syria plans, the Turkish vice president has said in an apparent response to US president Donald Trump's warning to Ankara about the...
October 8, 2019
A cut-throat market slashed into profit as oil major Shell forayed into the energy supply market last year, the company has revealed.
October 8, 2019
The world's first Christmas card – printed several years before the idea would finally take off – is going on show.
October 8, 2019
Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz opened talks with potential coalition partners on Tuesday after his People's Party (OVP) fell short of the majority needed to form a government in last...
October 8, 2019
The White House has declared it will not co-operate with what it termed an “illegitimate” impeachment probe by House of Representative Democrats, setting up a constitutional clash between US President...
October 8, 2019
The US State Department has barred the US European Union ambassador from appearing before a House panel conducting the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, his lawyer said.
October 8, 2019
The Trump administration has barred the US European Union ambassador from appearing before a House panel conducting the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
October 8, 2019
Yemen's Saudi-backed government and southern separatists are close to a deal that would end a power struggle in the southern port of Aden and see Saudi forces take temporary control...
