Chris Harris

World News

Where in the EU are employees best and worst paid?

The UK is the only major EU economy where average wages have failed to return to pre-crisis levels, new figures reveal.

8 December 2016

Poland

Film director Roman Polanski 'cannot be extradited to US'

Filmmaker Roman Polanski cannot be extradited to the US over a 1977 child sex conviction, Poland’s supreme court has ruled.

6 December 2016

USA

Father jailed for life over toddler son's hot car death

A father has been jailed for life for intentionally leaving his toddler son to die inside a sweltering sports-utility vehicle (SUV).

6 December 2016

World News

Finland and Estonia top of the class in EU for education

Finland and Estonia are among the best countries in the EU for education, according to new rankings by the OECD.

6 December 2016

World News

Europol banned from publishing full pictures of on-the-run criminals

Europe’s top crime agency won plaudits and publicity for its novel way of trying to catch criminals.

2 December 2016

World News

Paris, Madrid and Athens pledge to ban diesel

Three EU cities want to ban diesel to improve air quality and fight climate change.

2 December 2016

Italy

Renzi, reform and the paradox of Italy's referendum

It’s the vote that could either plunge Italy into a fresh crisis and threaten its future in the eurozone, or hand the country a once-in-a-generation chance to streamline government and speed up…

28 November 2016

USA

Why Trump might not be the end of the world for globalisation

Global growth and development have been predicted to be one of the casualties of a Trump presidency hostile to free trade.

22 November 2016

New Zealand

Watch: How earthquake lifted New Zealand's coastline 'up to six metres higher'

Experts have been uncovering the stark realities of the earthquake that rocked New Zealand last week.

22 November 2016

Italy

Watch: Robber smashes shopkeeper with bottle in raid in Italy

This is the dramatic moment a robber smashed a bottle over the head of a shopkeeper in southern Italy.

21 November 2016

World News

Where in the EU is paying bribes widespread?

Paying bribes to police and public officials is widespread in at least three European Union countries, a new report has claimed.

16 November 2016

World News

Trump triumph 'invites Putin to launch more invasions'

13 November 2016

USA

What does a Trump presidency mean for Europe?

Defence A win for Trump raises major question marks over key planks of American foreign policy, including the NATO alliance.

9 November 2016

USA

Five ways Donald Trump is different from his presidential predecessors

In it for the money?

9 November 2016

France

Why some women in France quit work at 16h34 on Monday

Women in France were called upon to quit work at 16.

7 November 2016

Romania

Corruption crackdown gains momentum in Romania as Bulgaria's stalls

Romania is taking big strides in rooting out high-level corruption, new data shows, in stark contrast to neighbours Bulgaria.

3 November 2016

USA

Watch: How ice has melted in the Arctic Ocean since 1984

The stark reality of climate change is unmasked in this new time-lapse video from NASA.

2 November 2016

Romania

Bucharest nightclub blaze – has enough been done to prevent another tragedy?

29 October 2016

Malta

New footage shows Malta plane crash fireball

New footage has emerged of plane crash in Malta that killed five people.

28 October 2016

World News

Mars crash images provide new detail on Schiaparelli's failed landing bid

New pictures have emerged claiming to shed light on Europe’s failed bid to land a spacecraft on Mars.

27 October 2016