Nigeria's acting President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated a list of ministers, sources say, a week after he sacked his entire cabinet. Parliamentary sources said Mr Jonathan had forwarded his nominees to the Senate for their consideration...
British Airways is still cancelling flights in the aftermath of a three-day strike by cabin crew. The airline's website shows it has cancelled nearly 200, or more than 19%, of flights that had been scheduled up to midnight on Tuesday. BA i...
US President Barack Obama's pay tsar has told executives at five bailed-out firms, including AIG, GM and Chrysler, to take a pay cut. Kenneth Feinberg has ordered the 2010 pay of almost 120 bosses at the firms to be shaved by an average of...
The French government has signalled that it is dropping a plan for a tax on domestic carbon dioxide emissions. Jean-Francois Cope, parliamentary leader of the governing UMP party, was quoted as saying the tax would be Europe-wide or not (e...
The UK is to expel an Israeli diplomat over 12 forged British passports used in the killing of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January. David Miliband said there were compelling reasons to believe Israel was responsible for the...
US President Barack Obama has signed his landmark healthcare bill into law in a ceremony at the White House. The new law will eventually extend health insurance cover to about 32 million Americans who currently do not have any. Mr Obama sa...
