British people are divided when it comes to being given the ability to sack underperforming MPs, according to a YouGov poll. Sixty-eight per cent said they...
A petition to save 125 jobs under threat at Kew Gardens in London has been delivered to David Cameron, with 100,000 signatories arguing that it would...
Lloyds Banking Group has announced that shares in TSB will be sold at between 220p and 290p, below its book value. The midpoint of the price...
The first large-scale shipment of highly polluting tar sands oil from Canada is said to have arrived in Spain last week. The 570,000-barrel Western Canada Select...
Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes has said that the city may not be able to keep its promise to clean up 80% of Guanabara Bay,...
Flash floods in a rural part of northern Afghanistan have killed 81 people and forced many others to leave their homes. The floods hit the Guzargah-e-Nur...
UK businesses need to place charity and philanthropy at the heart of company cultures and could benefit economically as a result, according to a report from...
The comedian Stephen Fry opened a day of debate around privacy and state surveillance by describing the government’s actions as “squalid and rancid”, on the anniversary of the original...
Governments, businesses and environmentalists are coming together to help raise awareness of the declining health of the world’s oceans for World Oceans Day 2014, which takes...
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in India has taken another step forward towards its ambitious goal of every home in the country having solar...
The Independent Panel on Forestry has said it is “regrettable” that the government failed to propose adequate legislation to protect English public forests during last week’s...
High tides in the Marshall Islands have exposed the graves of 26 Japanese soldiers who died during the second world war. The country’s foreign minister noted...
The science arm of leading confectionery manufacturer Mars has completed a coral reef regeneration project, covering around 7,000 sq metres in Pulau Badi, Indonesia, which it...
The EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) for 2014-20 has been criticised by leading scientists because, despite claims of being greener, it contains vague and weak suggestions...
Pope Francis has sacked the entire five-member board of the Vatican Financial Information Authority (FIA), in an effort to reform the institution, which has experienced numerous...