The number of FTSE 100 company directors from ethnic minority backgrounds has declined in the past year, according to a progress report delivered by the government-backed campaign to boost boardroom diversity. Just 84 of the 1,048 director positions...

A smooth Brexit that offers frictionless trade with the European Union will give the Treasury a double bonus in the budget, the chancellor has said, allowing him to boost public spending and consider cutting taxes. Philip Hammond said a...

Pool 1 A pool featuring four former winners and 11 titles but it is hard to see anything other than Leinster topping it with ease. Indeed, few would bet against them claiming a fifth title in...

The colossal scale of Hurricane Michael’s deadly trail of carnage through Florida’s Panhandle became clear on Thursday as the waning but still powerful storm lashed the Carolinas before heading east towards the Atlantic. Entire waterfront communities...

The far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday his campaign had no ties to former White House strategist Steve Bannon, contradicting claims by one of Bolsonaro’s sons. Bolsonaro, who won the first round of Brazil’s presidential election Sunday and is...

Senior Labour politicians have spoken out in support of Cécile Kyenge, the Italian MEP who is being sued for defamation for calling Italy’s ruling League party racist, after one of its members compared her to an orangutan. Kyenge,...

The use of caesarean sections to deliver babies has reached epidemic proportions, say experts, with the procedure growing in use at an “alarming” rate. While caesarean sections can be a crucial intervention for the safety of...

Njihuni me këpucët e preferuara të Ivanka Trump. Këshilltarja dhe vajza e Presidentit Trump është parë disa herë me të njëjtat balerina të zeza nga dizajnerja Jennifer Chamandi. Në maj, Ivanka i veshi balerinat në fjalë...

Të gjithë e dimë se leximi ka faktikisht vetëm përfitime, e asnjë të keqe. P.sh., leximi jua zgjeron fjalorin, jua përmirëson mënyrën se si flisni, ju ndihmon ta forconi kujtesën, ta rrisni imagjinatën, etj. Duke marrë...

Hulumtuesit kanë zbuluar se përdorimi i dy apo më shumë pilula të dozave standarde (325 miligramë) është ndërlidhur me një reduktim prej 49% të rrezikut të kancerit të mëlçisë. “Përdorimi i rregullt i aspirinës shpie dukshëm...