The UK has become the latest country to ban the import of live animals and meat from Germany in an effort to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease after the virus was detected in a herd of water ...

Deal to end 15-month war and secure release of hostages in ‘final stages’ and could be agreed on Tuesday or Wednesday ...

Canada’s Barrick Gold has suspended operations in Mali after the government seized gold from the company in an escalation of ...

The Financial Conduct Authority has mistakenly revealed information about plans to review an insurer, dealing a blow to the ...

Then there are the doves — those who fixate more on maximising employment and output growth while tolerating greater inflation risk. Hawks prefer to keep interest rates high while doves prefer them ...

Lack of funds for repairs mean jail cells are taken out of service as fast as new ones are built, governors warn ...

EU investigation finds Beijing discriminating against medical device manufacturers in bids for public contracts ...

LNG industry worries it could be ‘impossible to comply’ with new regulations, hindering the bloc’s ability to import the fuel ...

Mark Rutte, Nato’s secretary-general, announced a new mission — to be called Baltic Sentry — after Finland last month seized a vessel belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers after it damaged ...

Hiromi Kawakami’s speculative novel imagines a distant future peopled with plant and animal hybrids struggling to delay the end of humanity ...

The UK’s competition watchdog has opened an investigation into Google to determine if its position in search services should ...

Keir Starmer’s embrace of technology sends right signal, but this must pave way for broader and bigger measures ...