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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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 ...