The so-called $100 laptops for children may make it to India after all.
Senior judges could be questioned by MPs under plans outlined by ministers yesterday to reform the way judges are chosen.
Tony Hayward, the chief executive of BP, sought to draw a line under the most turbulent period in the British oil group’s history yesterday after agreeing to fines of almost $400 million (£195 million) for the Texas refinery blast, Alaskan oil pipeline leaks and price-fixing of propane contracts.
The fires have destroyed an area greater than the Hiroshima bomb. Has the response shown that even disasters can be contained?
The speed at which mankind has used the Earth’s resources over the past 20 years has put “humanity’s very survival” at risk, a study involving 1,400 scientists has concluded.
Cannabis use among young people has fallen significantly since its controversial reclassification in 2004, according to the latest British Crime Survey figures published today.
U.S. President George W. Bush ruled out any easing of the decades-old U.S. trade embargo on Cuba but proposed loosening some restrictions on contacts with the communist-ruled island, if more freedoms were allowed.
Nintendo’s Wii strides ahead of Sony´s Playstation 3 and Microsoft´s XBox 360, in the fight for gaming dominance.
The most extensive liberalisation of abortion laws for 40 years is being planned by MPs, The Times has learnt.
Lord Steel, architect of the 1967 Abortion Act, says today that abortion is being used as a form of contraception in Britain and admits he never anticipated "anything like" the current number of terminations when leading the campaign for reform.
A part-time taxi driver stabbed an 11-year-old girl to death in a frenzied sex attack 32 years ago and allowed an innocent man to go to jail for the murder, Bradford Crown Court was told yesterday.
Relentless wildfires forcing the largest evacuations in California´s modern history raged into a fourth day on Wednesday as 10,000 exhausted firefighters hoped for a break in the hot winds whipping the flames.
Court ruling that protectionist takeover laws are illegal paves way for Porsche to increase its stake in VW.
President Sarkozy will attempt to claim leadership of the environmental movement tomorrow, but his promises of a radical, green France risk falling victim to a reluctance to raise taxes, drop speed limits or touch the country’s reliance on nuclear power.
Companies will find it more difficult to lay off staff in Britain after a landmark court decision yesterday ruled that firms cannot suddenly close workplaces in Britain.
Technology and standardisation will make lawyers less important, Richard Susskind argues in his forthcoming book, The End of Lawyers? Over the next six weeks, in six exclusive draft extracts, he examines the radical changes ahead for legal services.
Chairman in line for £7m payoff as the maker of the England football kit is swallowed by the world´s largest sportswear giant.
The number of high-risk offenders being monitored in the community by the Probation Service who committed a murder, rape or other serious offence rose by more than one third last year, according to figures published yesterday.
The State Department does not know specifically what it received for a billion-dollar contract with security firm DynCorp International to provide training services for Iraqi police, a U.S. watchdog agency said on Tuesday.
Chinese oil firm PetroChina (0857.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) bucked a gloomy Asian market and shrugged off Warren Buffett´s departure from its shareholder roster as investors boosted its shares, taking heart from its Shanghai A-share listing on Monday.
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