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

Two Belgian teenagers have been charged with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised Malaysia and Vietnam greater access to Chinese markets as he tours south-east Asia ...

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

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

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

More pupils are missing out on extracurricular activities and school trips as parents cannot afford them, it has been suggested.

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 ...

Men are less likely than women to seek support after being diagnosed with cancer, a charity has said. And if they do seek help, they are often facing a diagnosis of an incurable cancer, according to ...

They argued that Weinstein’s stay at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex is exacerbating the disgraced film mogul’s health issues.

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