Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday he had nominated first deputy prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko to lead his cabinet and “significantly renew its work”, in the most notable ...

Major General Muhammadu Buhari, who served twice as Nigeria’s president, once in the 1980s as a harsh military dictator and more recently as an unlikely symbol of democracy, has died in London aged 82 ...

Niemann, now aged 22, ranked world No 19, and the best young grandmaster in the US, still believes he can reach Carlsen’s level. In recent weeks his results in Chess.com’s competitive online Titled ...

The task of weaning Europe off its decades-long over-dependence on US military power is so vast that close trilateral co-operation on defence, security and foreign policy between London, Paris and ...

The operation followed the killing of Ukrainian Col Ivan Voronych in broad daylight on Thursday, which sent a chill through Kyiv and marked the latest in an escalating battle between Ukraine’s and ...

Thames Water has announced a hosepipe ban for several areas in an effort to preserve water following persistent dry and warm weather.

There were lots of reader guesses clustered at zero letters, presumably on the grounds that Trump always chickens out. It ...

Buffett’s investment company Berkshire Hathaway bought Heinz in 2013, in a co-investment with private equity firm 3G Capital. The two then made a bid for the listed Kraft Foods in 2015, emerging with ...

Cashmere brand becomes fifth fashion house to be monitored in probe into labour rights violations in Italian supply chains ...

A few weeks ago, a group of my Lagos-based friends tried to arrange a day out at the beach. It should’ve been a fairly straightforward idea that required little to no planning. After all, we’re ...

Bloc’s trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič issues caution as ministers meet to consider retaliatory measures against US ...

Go deeper: Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin, prompting a big shift in tone from ...