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

North Korea has threatened unspecified retaliation after the US flew long-range bombers over South Korea, which the North claim may be a practice run for an attack.

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

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Organisations providing support for children said they are working in ‘progressively challenging circumstances’.