Japan's ruling party promises "cool-headed" diplomacy
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling party vowed on Tuesday to defend the nation's interests with "cool-headed and practical" diplomacy in an election manifesto that sought to portray a contrast with the...
View ArticleMursi opponents rally in Cairo's Tahrir
CAIRO (Reuters) - Opponents of President Mohamed Mursi rallied in Cairo's Tahrir Square for a fifth day on Tuesday, stepping up calls to scrap a decree they say threatens Egypt with a new era of...
View ArticleEuro zone, IMF secure deal on cutting Greek debt
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund clinched agreement on reducing Greece's debt on Monday in a breakthrough to release urgently needed loans to keep...
View ArticleLeveson beckons: Will Miliband and Clegg team up against Cameron?
There were suspicions of a secret deal between Liberal Democrats and Labour today, after David Cameron was warned he would not necessarily speak for the government over the Leveson report.
View ArticleTo be a fly on the wall: Dorries faces the chief whip
Nadine Dorries will discover her fate today, when she meets Tory chief whip George Young in a discussion which could decide her political future.
View ArticleChair Of BBC Trust Faces Grilling Over Savile
The chairman of the BBC Trust will face questions from MPs later over the corporation's £450,000 pay-off to former director general George Entwistle.
View ArticlePoll: Most Londoners want to leave
Just over half of Londoners would prefer to live outside the capital, a surprising new survey from YouGov revealed today.
View ArticleA strange kind of success: Work programme pushes ahead despite 3.5% success rate
The government pledged to plough ahead with its flagship work programme today, despite evidence showing it had a success rate of just 3.53%.
View ArticleBaroness Warsi 'failed to register rent of over £5,000'
Former Conservative party chairman Baroness Warsi has been found guilty of failing to declare thousands of pounds worth of rental income by a House of Lords investigation.
View ArticleMiliband attacks top-rate tax cut
Ed Miliband said "eye-boggling" figures showing people on seven-figure salaries will benefit from a £107,000 tax cut next year proved the Government was on the wrong track to fix the economy.
View ArticleDorries warned to 'rebuild bridges'
Nadine Dorries has been warned that she must rebuild bridges with her constituents and fellow MPs following her appearance on TV show I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!.
View ArticleBritish flagship work programme a "miserable failure"
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's 5-billion-pound flagship scheme to get the long-term unemployed into work found jobs for fewer than three in every 100 Britons referred to it in its...
View ArticleHighlights - BoE officials speak to parliament committee on economy
LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England Governor Mervyn King and other policymakers spoke to the British parliament's treasury committee about the central bank's quarterly economic outlook on Tuesday....
View ArticleMiliband takes on 'the wrong people'
Ed Miliband has pledged to "stand up for the right people, not the wrong people" as he looks to reshape Britain's economy after 2015.
View ArticleMPs warn PM over Leveson report
David Cameron faces fresh demands to reject statutory regulation of newspapers as he prepares to take delivery of the Leveson report.
View ArticleCanada says still examining options on CNOOC bid
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government is still mulling its options as deadlines near on two proposed foreign takeovers of domestic energy companies, but an official offered no clues on when or how...
View ArticleSyria launches air strikes as combat rages in Damascus
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian war planes attacked towns in the country's north and east and killed at least five civilians in a strike on an olive oil press as fighting raged in the capital Damascus on...
View ArticleChina considers easing family planning rules
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is considering changes to its one-child policy, a former family planning official said, with government advisory bodies drafting proposals in the face of a rapidly ageing...
View ArticleMPs warn PM over Leveson report
David Cameron faces fresh demands to reject statutory regulation of newspapers as he prepares to take delivery of the Leveson report.
View ArticlePressure on govt to accept Palestinian statehood
Three-quarters of UK voters back Palestinian claims to be recognised with 'observer status' at the UN, according to a new poll.
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