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Britain’s High Court will on Tuesday hold a pre-trial hearing ahead of a court case due to be held next year brought by around 15,000 members of Nigeria’s Bodo community against oil giant Shell. The residents are seeking compensation from the British…

Workers on London’s Underground train system began a 48-hour strike at 9:00 pm (2000 GMT) on Monday, threatening chaos for commuters and hitting football supporters attending Arsenal’s match with Newcastle. The action was called by the Rail, Maritime…

A German diplomat was wounded in the Yemeni capital on Monday as he evaded an attempt by gunmen to kidnap him, a security official said. The German foreign ministry confirmed that an embassy vehicle came under fire, adding that all passengers were “…

Scientists on Monday launched a radar-assisted hunt in a Madrid convent for the remains of Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, author of “Don Quixote”. Two technicians in grey vests paced around a church altar in central Madrid’s red-brick Convent of…

French engineering group Alstom said on Sunday that it has suspended trading in its shares as expectations grew for a possible bidding war between industrial giants General Electric and Siemens. The announcement came after French President Francois…

Pope Francis on Sunday proclaimed John Paul II and John XXIII the Catholic Church’s newest saints at a festive ceremony joined by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims for two pontiffs who helped shape 20th-century history. “We declare and define as saints…

Pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels holding captive an international team of military observers from the OSCE said Sunday they are “prisoners of war” and brought them before the media in a news conference. The group of eight men, all Europeans, were part of…

Pilgrims and dignitaries from the world over streamed into Rome a day before John Paul II and John XXIII are named saints in the first ever double papal canonisation. In front of the Vatican Saturday, families and groups of scouts armed with folding…

President Barack Obama and top European leaders are moving ahead on a new round of sanctions against Russia, US officials said amid hints they could come within days. US sanctions could be imposed as early as Monday, a source close to the issue told…

The Group of Seven rich countries agreed Saturday to impose new sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, after Kiev accused Moscow of seeking to trigger a “third world war”. The G7 nations, in a joint statement, said they would “move swiftly…

Russian warplanes violated Ukraine’s airspace several times in the past 24 hours, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday, in the latest sign of a mounting confrontation between Moscow and Kiev. “I can confirm that on several occasions in the last 24 hours…

Britain’s biggest employers’ organisation, the CBI lobby group, sought Friday to disassociate itself from the campaign against Scottish independence after a backlash among its members north of the border. The CBI has warned against Scotland breaking…

Shareholders of state-rescued Royal Bank of Scotland will not get to vote on allowing its bankers to earn an EU bonus cap of twice their salary, the government said Friday. UKFI, the body that manages the government’s 81-percent stake in the lender,…

London shares opened lower on Friday as airlines fell amid reports of a highjacking in Indonesia, dealers said. The benchmark FTSE 100 index lost 26.70 points or 0.40 percent to 6,676.30 points at 8:19 am. A passenger plane landed at Bali airport on…

Trading in shares in French engineering group Alstom was suspended on Friday, a day after the shares surged on rumours of a bid by US giant General Electric. “The shares are suspended as required by the AMF (financial market authority) until further…

Russia ordered new military exercises on the border of Ukraine Thursday and warned of “consequences” after Kiev launched a deadly assault against pro-Kremlin rebels occupying the flashpoint town of Slavyansk, in an escalation of the crisis. But Ukraine…

A mafia gangster is basing his appeal against a conviction for murdering a fellow mobster on photographs which show his associate was with Portuguese football manager Jose Mourinho at the time. Cesare Pagano was convicted to life in prison for shooting…

The Belgian football federation (URBSFA) confirmed on Thursday that Brussels will be officially presented as one of the candidate cities to host matches during Euro 2020. Federation president Francois De Keersmacker announced that a dossier had been…

We are finally coming out of the financial meltdown, or at least this is what is reported in the news.…

London shares closed slightly lower on Wednesday despite strong eurozone data, dragged down by concerns about the Chinese economy amid anxiety about the Ukraine crisis. The benchmark FTSE 100 index slipped 0.11 percent compared to Tuesday’s closing…