An upbeat report on retail sales in the US has boosted investor confidence in the global economic recovery and lifted world markets.Wall Street's Dow...
Strikes have brought public transport in Athens to a halt as unions protested against austerity measures.Commuters pooled cars and taxis to get to work...
China is considering an emergency plan to tackle a traffic jam crisis enveloping the capital Beijing.The city government has issued proposals to clear the...
South Africa's president is suing over a newspaper cartoon that depicted him preparing to rape a blindfolded woman depicting justice.The cartoon caused a storm...
Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi has won back-to-back votes of confidence in his country's parliament - but he was left with a wafer-thin majority that...
A judge swore and stormed out of court after she was convicted of failing to control her dog.Judge Beatrice Bolton, of Rothbury, Northumberland, strode...
More than 180 people have been arrested by police investigating rioting during the series of protests against rising student tuition fees.Senior officers said the...
