European governments struggled to find a coordinated approach to the crisis sweeping financial markets, as Denmark became the latest country to guarantee bank deposits,...

Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would...

There’s been a surge in the number of homeless families in Massachusetts _ a spike that has overwhelmed the state’s shelter capacity and forced it to again...

On the face of it, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Gordon Brown don’t have much in common.

Two days after creating ripples by inducting Blairites into his cabinet, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday appointed a loyalist and an Indian-origin...

‘Idon’t wear the niqab because I don’t think it’s necessary,” says the woman behind the counter in the Islamic dress shop in east London....

Honestly, vitamin supplements aren’t really necessary for a normal, healthy adult. All of the vitamins and minerals that the body needs are either produced in the...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced more changes to his government Sunday, completing a shake-up intended to strengthen the government as it faces the global...

Decisive military victory in Afghanistan is impossible and the Taliban may well be part of a long-term solution for the country, the senior British commander in...

Some of Britain’s biggest music stars announced Saturday they are banding together to demand greater control over their music in the digital age.

The British government on Saturday denied a claim that it believes the military campaign in Afghanistan is doomed to failure after a French newspaper published what it...

Countries with strict social rules and behavioral etiquette such as the United Kingdom may foster drinking cultures characterized by unruly or bad behavior, according...

Jewellery designer Beth Humphrey is one cool chica. She is one of those blessed designers who have the brains to materialize an idea. The combination of semi-precious...

Bollywood actress Kajol has been appointed goodwill ambassador of the Britain-based Loomba Trust that works for the welfare and education of children of poor widows in...

Sarah Palin questioned Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s decision to abandon efforts to win Michigan, a campaign move she only learned about Friday...

Inventor Casey Jones says the £350 gadget uses ultrasound technology to recreate the effects of decades of ageing by colliding alcohol molecules inside the bottle.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown reached into the past in a bid to save his future Friday, recruiting stars from the Tony Blair era into his Cabinet.

Cannabis is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, according to a report by a research charity Thursday, which called for a

As the world suffers a hangover from the financial excesses of the past few years, the tiny island nation of Iceland has a bigger headache than most.

A court has suspended the license of a truck driver who careened down a highway while watching episodes of “Battlestar Galactica” on a laptop computer atop...