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Jump in holiday sales boosts Dow

Strong retail sales and a healthy reading on the housing market helped US stocks start December with a two-day winning streak.The Dow Jones industrial...

Putin: World Cup decision was fair

The contest to host the 2018 World Cup was "fair", Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has insisted.Putin, who did not go to Zurich until...

Row as details of expenses revealed

Hostilities between MPs and the parliamentary expenses watchdog intensified as details of £3.1 million of claims under the new system were published for the...

PM urges firms to back communities

David Cameron re-stated the aims of his "Big Society" initiative as he challenged businesses to support their communities.The Prime Minister told senior executives from...

Icy blast for transport operators

Questions are being asked about Britain's ability to cope with sub-zero conditions after much of the transport network shuddered to a halt.Thousands of people...

'Weird life' provides aliens clue

Life not as we know it has been discovered on Earth, raising the chances of alien biology evolving on other planets.The bugs, described as...

ECB's financial measures lift FTSE

The London market continued its rally on Thursday after the European Central Bank stepped up efforts to contain the continent's government debt crisis.While ECB...

'40 die' in Israel forest fire

Around 40 people have died when a bus burst into flames as it raced to an Israeli prison during a massive forest fire.The victims...

Europe locked in winter's grip

Freezing temperatures and snowstorms have killed 12 more people and caused travel chaos across northern Europe as some of the worst floods in a...

England's World Cup dream over

England's dream of hosting the 2018 World Cup has ended in disappointment.Russia won the right to stage the tournament after a ballot by the...

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