US-based fashion accessories and jewellery business Claire’s has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in a court in Delaware.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held talks with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow, the Kremlin said, days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a ...

Resident doctors in England have agreed a “window for negotiations” with Wes Streeting, the British Medical Association (BMA) has said. Dr Ross Nieuwoudt and Dr Melissa Ryan, co-chairs of the union’s ...

The Irish president Michael D Higgins will welcome the Princess Royal at his official residence in Dublin on Wednesday. Anne will visit Aras an Uachtarain (official residence) in the Irish capital, in ...

The volume of work decreased for all three sub-sectors in July – civil engineering, commercial and residential construction.

The FTSE 100 firm’s primary listing is currently in London, although it is also listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. It listed in London 14 years ago in a blockbuster flotation.

Doug Chalmers said it was ‘inappropriate for the government of the day to seek to guide the work of the independent electoral commission’.

US special envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Moscow days before the White House’s deadline for Russia to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or potentially face severe economic penalties.

Thousands of customers have spent a second night without power after Storm Floris swept in on Monday. Tens of thousands of people were left without power after high winds earlier in the week, which ...

See how many bites are reported from the UK's only venomous snake species, the adder, each year, and how many deaths it is responsible for.

Group chief executive Aki Hussain branded the California disaster the ‘largest wildfire insurance event in history’.