President Nicolas Sarkozy will use his first official trip to the United States this week to show France has emerged as a committed European partner following its determined opposition to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Thousands of criminals could have their jail terms cut after one of Britain’s most senior judges said that courts were justified in giving lower sentences where prisoners faced overcrowded jails.
A Conservative candidate who said that Enoch Powell was right about immigration resigned yesterday, insisting that he had done nothing wrong.
In a huge blow to the Mafia, police have arrested Salvatore Lo Piccolo, one of two Sicilian Mafia bosses regarded as the ´Godfathers´ of Cosa Nostra.
Photography company Eastman Kodak Co. on Thursday reported a quarterly profit versus a year-earlier loss, fueled by digital camera sales, and said its restructuring may cost less than it had anticipated.
The number of Americans lacking health insurance rose by nearly 8.6 million to 47 million from 2000 to 2006, with children and workers from every income level losing coverage, a new report said on Thursday.
Lord Falconer’s pension row deepened last night with reports that he is planning to sue the Prime Minister over his refusal to allow him to claim a six-figure sum.
Town halls have called today for a £250 million emergency fund to help local authorities to cope with the increasing pressure on public services from immigration.
President Bush blasted the Democratic-controlled Congress on Tuesday for having "the worst record in 20 years."
Google Inc is in active talks with number-two U.S. mobile carrier Verizon Wireless about putting Google applications on phones it offers, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
President Sarkozy of France was at the centre of a furious row last night after winning a 140 per cent pay rise.
A Spanish judge today found 21 people guilty of involvement in the March 2004 bombings of four packed commuter trains in Madrid, which killed 191 people in Europe´s most deadly Islamist terror attack.
The world´s fourth largest tobacco company says the deal with Gauloise-maker Altadis is on course as ban kicks in
An alarming rise in birth defects was acknowledged by China yesterday, amid concern that heavy pollution is damaging the country’s children.
A royal aide boasts about his fling with an MP in a tape at the centre of the sex-and-drugs blackmail plot concerning a member of the Royal Family, a lawyer claimed yesterday.
London’s powerful hedge fund community is failing to stamp out incidences of market abuse such as insider trading, according to the City’s top market watchdog.
Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declared victory Sunday night as election returns showed her leading all rivals in her bid to succeed her husband and become the country´s first female president.
Agency workers could soon be given the same rights as permanent workers amid signs that the Government is giving in to union demands for greater rights for temporary staff.
Emirates, one of the fastest-growing airlines in the world, is considering an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the Gulf carrier at up to $20 billion (£9.7 billion).
Merrill Lynch, one of the world’s most powerful banks, is preparing to announce the resignation of its chief executive after Stan O’Neal finally succumbed to pressure from the group’s board to leave.
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