Manuel Valls, the man chosen to be France’s new prime minister, has been compared to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair both for his style and

France has a new prime minister. Until now interior minister, the appointment of Manuel Valls is President Hollande’s main response to his ruling

Against all odds and constant political warfare from the political right, the first enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act in the United

Manchester United host defending champions Bayern Munich in the first leg of their champions league quarter-final tie on Tuesday. United will be

Italian Simone Origone broke his own speed skiing world record on the legendary Chabrières run in the French Alps on Monday. The 34-year-old

French President François Hollande has chosen centrist Interior Minister Manuel Valls as his new prime minister. The 51-year-old has been compared

There are new elected representatives in France but they face the same economic problems. “Punishment” was the front page verdict of the leftist

Swiss and British regulators have stepped up their scrutiny of alleged manipulation of foreign exchange markets. The move comes as watchdogs aim to

The medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has warned that Guinea faces an unprecedented Ebola epidemic. There have been nearly 80 deaths and

Municipal election run-offs gutted the ruling Socialist Party led by President François Hollande. The French voted – when they bothered to vote at

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be bolstered by his party’s local election win, but EU officials warned on Monday that he must focus

Ukrainian presidential candidate-businessman Petro Poroshenko on Sunday paid his respects to those who died in anti-government protests in Maidan

Despite mass anti-government protests last year, accusations of authoritarianism and corruption, and the banning of some social media sites, Recep

French President Francois Hollande chose centrist Interior Minister Manuel Valls as his new prime minister on Monday, a coalition source said

The UN’s highest court has ordered Japan to stop whaling in the Antarctic. Tokyo had long claimed that it was for scientific research and it simply

Ukraine’s acting president has warned Russia to mind its own business, rejecting Moscow’s call for his country to become a loose federal

Television and digital content professionals are getting ready: beginning next week, April 7th, they will have to work during a four-day marathon at

Punished at the polls and pilloried in the press… It has been a bruising start to the week for French President François Hollande whose Socialists

American rock band Steel Panther walk a fine line between heavy metal parody and the real deal. The combo are about to release their latest album

The wonderfully named, pre-First World War artist, Rembrandt Bugatti immortalised exotic animals in bronze. Now a major retrospective of work has

Jessie Eisenberg plays the duel role of identical looking characters with totally opposed personalities. In “The Double” directed by Richard

The Turkish lira touched its strongest level for more than two months on Monday morning on the back of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party

A human tide washes over European shores every year, with only a few would-be migrants surviving the dangerous journey to what they hope will be a

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has visited Crimea, emphasising Moscow’s control of the Black Sea peninsula in a move denounced by Ukraine as

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday became the first-ever leader of his country to visit the EU headquarters that looked to strengthen trade ties

Inflation in the eurozone fell to 0.5 percent in March down from 0.7 percent in February. It is the lowest rate since November 2009. It is the

French car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen has a new boss. The company has announced Carlos Tavares will be the next CEO charged with taking Europe’s

Triumph after two weeks of turmoil. Turkey’s prime minister is celebrating victory in local elections widely seen as the toughest test of his