The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued an implicit but pretty clear rebuke to the G7 and US Treasury Secretary John Snow. Horst Koehler blames the world's biggest economies for ...

The world's third-largest satellite operator, Eutelsat, has announced details of its initial public offering after an earlier plan fell through. The firm will raise 860m euro (£590m; $1.0bn) in the ...

Born John Leslie Stott in Edinburgh in 1965, he was destined for a career in music technology until a television producer told him he would look great on screen. An encouraged Leslie (he dropped the ...

For somebody who revels in the title of "Sir" Les Ferdinand, a moniker given him by QPR fans, an MBE may seem like a consolation prize. But supporters of QPR, Newcastle and Spurs will consider it just ...

Two, possibly three, spacewalks will be performed during the Discovery mission. At least one of these will be devoted to testing techniques that could be used to repair small defects on the shuttle's ...

AC Milan claimed their sixth European Cup triumph and their first in nine seasons after edging out Juventus in a nail-biting ...

Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh, who made a controversial film about Islamic culture, has been stabbed and shot dead in Amsterdam, Dutch police say. Police arrested a man in a nearby park after an ...

The Walt Disney entertainment group has restructured its leadership after a major revolt by its shareholders. It has split the roles of chairman and chief executive, reducing the ...

A man has been charged with last year's £26.5m Northern Bank robbery in Belfast, police have said. The 23-year-old, the first ...

It's often said that Santa's red and white robes were the creation of a Coca-Cola advertising campaign. Is that true? He's got his own style and he sticks to it. Father Christmas is the universally ...

Sudanese police have fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters, who were demanding democratic reform. Unconfirmed reports say dozens of protesters were arrested during the clashes, in the city of ...

The new programme will be introduced from September this year. The World Health Organization estimates one person is infected with TB every second. It kills two million people annually, mainly in ...