Experts can solve a Rubik’s cube in less than 10 seconds. Since its international launch in 1980 about one in seven people have played with the

Imagine you had survived one of the Nazi death camps, but on returning home found that you owed the city council back rents and taxes on the house

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has denied bribery charges at the start of his trial in Munich. He is accused of giving a 33 million euro bribe to

In this special edition of “The Corner”, we reflect on the first leg clashes in the Champions League semi- finals. Atletico Madrid v

Could two major makers of trains be on track to merge? US firm General Electric has reportedly been talking to Alstom, builder of turbines and

There are conflicting reports over the number of deaths in what Kyiv has called its “anti-terrorist” operation around the city of Slovyansk.

Russia has started military drills near its border with Ukraine. Moscow said the exercises were in response to Ukraine’s escalating operations

Three American doctors have been shot dead by a hospital security guard in Kabul. A father and son were among the victims. The pair were visiting

Many Armenian have expressed disappointment following the Turkish prime minister’s statement on Wednesday that he “shared their pain”, and that the

Israel has suspended peace talks with the Palestinians following the announcement of a unity deal between Fatah and Hamas. The decision came after

It has been one year since a commercial building collapsed killing more than 1,100 garment workers and others on the outskirts of Dhaka, the capital

The technology sector has bounced back, thanks to heavyweights Apple and Facebook. In recent weeks investors have been selling shares in tech

The European Union has come under serious criticism in a report by the anti-corruption group, Transparency International. The organisation’s

Cornwall has received a major boost after the British government said it would begin recognising the unique identity of the isolated English

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has spoken at the beginning of a global conference in Sao Paulo on how to govern a safer, less US centred

Between May 22 and May 25 2014, around 400 million Europeans of voting age, coming from each of the 28 member states of the European Union, will have

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, after a meeting with his Lebanese opposite number Gebran Bassi in Moscow, was faced with questions on the

Luxembourg’s Jean-Claude Juncker, at 59, is one of Europe’s longest-serving politicians. Nineteen years his country’s prime minister and 20 years the

Martin Schulz has been in the European Parliament since 1994. He was born in Hehlrath, near Aachen, in Germany, in 1955. His professional football

Alexis Tsipras takes the time to shake lots of hands, as much leaving a coffee bar as entering a meeting room. The candidate of the European Left for

For Guy Verhofstadt, politics is an endurance sport like cycling. As much as he has ridden Belgium’s roads keeping fit, he has applied his energy to

Proud to be a farmer, José Bové, as one of the leaders in the Green Party, has always sought alternative solutions to problems associated with

It seems German firms are becoming reconciled to the tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine and do not think that will have a major effect

It looks like game over for Mt Gox as a Tokyo District Court has ordered the start of liquidation for the failed bitcoin exchange. The comes after

Spain’s economic growth is picking up. Between January and March, gross domestic product was up 0.4 percent from the final three months of last year

A passenger steamship that sank more than a hundred years ago has been found – and it’s still intact. The City of Chester vessel was found in San

New Yorkers now have the chance to sip a cat’achino as they pet a friendly feline. North America’s first ever cat cafe has popped up in the city’s

On the first anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory disaster in Bangladesh, former workers and families of the over 1,100 people who died have

Up to five pro-Russian gunmen have been killed near the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk according to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry after the