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...
July 2, 2019
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...
July 2, 2019
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.
July 2, 2019
A US congressional committee has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking Donald Trump's tax returns.
July 2, 2019
Woody Allen has said he always has “a warm and affectionate following in Europe” as he prepared for his directing debut at La Scala opera house in Milan.
July 2, 2019
Yo! Sushi is to form the world's largest sushi company outside of Japan as it merges with US operator SnowFox, the company said.
July 2, 2019
Primary school children, the UK's “most patriotic” street and a barking police dog lead the messages of support being sent to the Lionesses ahead of their World Cup semi-final against...
July 2, 2019
An international group of experts tasked with assessing climate change has warned that Europe faces the unappetising prospect of more frequent and more intense heatwaves.
July 2, 2019
Nike is withdrawing a flag-themed tennis shoe after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick complained to the shoemaker, according to the Wall Street Journal.
July 2, 2019
A fire on a Russian deep-sea submersible has killed 14 sailors, the military said.
July 2, 2019
A fire on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea submersibles has killed 14 sailors, the Defence Ministry said, without giving the cause of the blaze or saying if there were...
July 2, 2019
Environmental activists have been joined by yellow vest protesters in disrupting Amazon sites in France, accusing the online company of destroying jobs and hurting the planet.
July 2, 2019
German authorities say they have issued Facebook with a 2 million euro (£1.8 million) fine under a law designed to combat hate speech.
July 2, 2019
A 66-year-old grandfather is finally getting the chance to meet his favourite performer – Lady Gaga.
July 2, 2019
A keeper who was mauled to death by a tiger at a zoo appeared to have been trying to leave the enclosure after cleaning its viewing windows when she was...
July 2, 2019
An architect is hoping to make history by setting a new cycling speed record – on a £15,000 bike which will be attached to a Porsche Cayenne.
July 2, 2019
Japan's trade minister has said the kimono belongs to Japan — not to Kim Kardashian West's shapewear brand.
July 2, 2019
Britain's foreign minister Jeremy Hunt, one of the two contenders to be the next prime minister, said it would be impossible to have a European Union withdrawal deal that included...
July 2, 2019
BORIS Johnson has said that "under no circumstances" would there be a hard border on the island of Ireland.
July 2, 2019
Nasa has conducted a full-stress launch abort test for the Orion capsules designed to carry astronauts to the moon.
July 2, 2019
Forget necknominate, or tipping a bucket of ice on your head — a new viral challenge is sweeping the internet.
July 2, 2019
Amazon will create 2,000 jobs in the UK this year, bringing its total permanent British workforce to almost 30,000 people.
July 2, 2019
Heavy monsoon rains in western India have caused at least three walls to collapse on to huts and city shanties, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens of others,...
July 2, 2019
Legislators from right-wing parties, Brexiteers and Catalan independence backers have disrupted the formal opening session of the European Parliament.
July 2, 2019
One of the longest-ever EU summits has been suspended again this morning as leaders remain deadlocked over who should occupy the bloc's top jobs for the next five years.
July 2, 2019
A MUCH-DELAYED summit of EU leaders is underway in Brussels this evening amid renewed hope that a deal to appoint a new European Commission president is close.
July 2, 2019
US politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hits out at ‘horrifying’ conditions at Texas migrant facility
Controversy broadsided the embattled US Border Patrol agency today, as a high-profile US Congresswoman touring detention facilities called conditions "horrifying" and as current and former agency staffers were alleged to...
July 2, 2019
A “Party Time” birthday banner bought from retailer B&M went viral after it was misspelled and celebrated “Pimty Tare” instead.
July 2, 2019
Tanks have begun arriving in Washington DC after Donald Trump said the military hardware would be part of his Independence Day celebrations.
July 2, 2019
Monsoon rains caused wall collapses that killed 27 people in India on Tuesday, as a second day of bad weather disrupted rail and air traffic in the financial capital Mumbai,...
July 2, 2019
China's government has issued strong backing for Hong Kong's embattled administration, saying the occupation and vandalising of the city's legislature by pro-democracy protesters were “serious illegal acts”.
July 2, 2019
Britain has warned China of 'serious consequences' if the Sino-British declaration on Hong Kong was not honoured, saying Britain stood behind the people in the former British colony.
July 2, 2019
The owner of footwear chain Office has confirmed it is in talks with lenders over its debt, after it was hit by the tough conditions on the UK high street.
July 2, 2019
Brexit Party MEPs turned their backs during a rendition of Ode To Joy in the European Parliament as chaotic scenes marked the opening day of the new legislature in Strasbourg.
July 2, 2019
Legislators from right-wing parties, Brexiteers and Catalan independence backers have disrupted the formal opening session of the European Parliament.
July 2, 2019
Officers at Kenosha Police Department in Wisconsin in the US were on the receiving end of an act of kindness when a five-year-old resident delivered hand-painted “guardian angel” rocks to...
