Britain and Sweden agree to co-operate on fighter plans
Britain and Sweden agreed on Friday to study air combat co-operation and opened the door to other potential partners in a move that could see...
Old shells recycled as oyster sanctuary to halt decline
Conservationists hope to restore stocks of native European oysters by recycling oyster shells for the first time since the Romans got a taste for the...
Gibraltar extends detention of Iranian tanker to August 15
Gibraltar’s supreme court has granted a 30-day extension to allow authorities there to continue to detain the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 until Aug. 15....
BlackRock second-quarter profit misses estimates
BlackRock Inc , the world’s largest asset manager, missed analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit on Friday, as investment advisory and securities lending revenue fell and...
EU must be aware of China’s intelligence law when drawing up 5G rules: King
China’s National Intelligence Law, which requires Chinese citizens to support state information-gathering, cannot be ignored by the European Union as it draws up rules to...
Millions of Painted Lady butterflies expected to start arriving in Britain
Millions of butterflies are expected to start arriving in Britain this summer, in a once in a decade phenomenon....
PepsiCo to buy South Africa’s Pioneer Food for $1.7 billion
PepsiCo has struck a deal to buy South Africa’s Pioneer Food Group for $1.7 billion, the companies said on Friday, lifting Pioneer’s shares and boosting...
As ‘superstar’ cities thrive, poorer ones get left behind
In the depths of the financial crisis, when the world was shunning debt and battening down for the worst, city officials here zagged in what...
Army pulls out of violent Cape Town suburbs after show of force
South African soldiers pulled out of gang-ridden suburbs of Cape Town on Friday after a brief show of force, leaving residents uncertain about what to...
Italy’s Salvini says he will meet coalition partner Di Maio: statement
Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday he would see coalition partner and leader of the 5-Star Movement Luigi Di Maio amid speculation...