Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered the state-run oil company Ecopetrol to cancel a joint venture with a US-owned company, citing environmental concerns. The partnership was expected to produce ...

The row was resolved after Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy weighed in – in favour of the opposition – on Monday night.

The Government’s plan to make it easier to build on already-developed parts of the green belt is “largely redundant” and could have a limited impact on housebuilding, a Lords committee has said.

The UK Prime Minister welcomed Denmark’s announcement of a new military to defend the Arctic from ‘hostile activity’.

The advertising watchdog found that viewers were likely to believe, at least initially, that they were watching a programme.

British photographer Ian Wood came first for his humorous image of a Eurasian badger looking up at graffiti depicting a ...

Inspectors have revealed “deeply depressing” findings into female prisons as rates of self-harm are 8.5 times higher than male jails, including a “bizarre rule” set to be changed that does not allow ...

Marjorie Wallace, boss of mental health charity Sane, said the publication of the review in Valdo Calocane’s care ‘should act as a ...

Rain Newton-Smith will say in a speech that the UK must not listen to the ‘siren call of protectionism’ in its trade policy.

Some 81 of this healthcare spending is spent in hospitals (£9.6bn), with 56 (£6.6bn) of that going on emergency hospital care.