With Japan charging an average tax rate of 1.9% on other countries’ goods and having a long-standing alliance with the US, ...

He emphasised that he bought Instagram and WhatsApp because he saw value in the companies, not to take out competitors.

A teacher was awarded a six-figure settlement after he was hit by a car while directing traffic in the school car park. He sustained a fractured left heel bone, which required surgery after he was ...

Whole ecosystems have been “decimated” and endangered species put at risk after weeks of wildfires across the UK, charities ...

Yeyasso farming co-operative in Ivory Coast is trialling a new supply chain initiative that aims to increase the Fairtrade premium it receives.

Lawyers for hip-hop producer Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to delay his May 5 sex-trafficking trial by two months so they can better prepare a defence.

Farmers, officials and industry leaders in Ivory Coast said fairer prices for cocoa are more urgent than ever before.

The Buffy The Vampire Slayer star was found unconscious and unresponsive in her luxury apartment tower in Manhattan in February.

Simon Armitage has said he is “excited” to receive the freedom of the City of London, despite being a northerner all his life. The Poet Laurete, who was brought up in Marsden, West Yorkshire, attended ...

Authors say it is the first study to suggest a clear relationship between nitrogen fertiliser and pollen count and its ability to trigger allergies.

The findings have been released ahead of the NASUWT teaching union’s annual conference in Liverpool over Easter.

The British-American author found fame with her debut novel, A Woman Of Substance, and went on to write 40 novels.