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The Philippines has announced its best-known holiday island Boracay will be closed to tourists for six months over concerns that the once idyllic white-sand resort has become a “cesspool” tainted by dumped sewage. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the shutdown...

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, could soon be jailed after the supreme court denied a request to allow him to remain free while appealing against a 12-year conviction for corruption charges. The ruling in...

Hundreds of police surrounded the courthouse in Tirana on Wednesday as a judge validated prosecutors’ request for the arrest of about 10 people involved in last Saturday’s violent protest against tolls on the Albania-Kosovo highway. Hundreds...

The Special Court in Belgrade on Wednesday found seven people guilty of terrorism and cooperation with jihadi groups in Syria and Iraq. The Higher Court in Belgrade on Wednesday found seven people guilty of terrorism. It jailed...

Sir Martin Sorrell’s iron grip as chief executive of WPP is under threat after the advertising group hired a law firm to investigate an allegation of personal misconduct. Sorrell is one of Britain’s best-known and most highly paid...

Heavy snowfall from the “beast from the east” caused Britain’s construction industry to grind to a halt last month, according to an industry survey showing the biggest fall in activity since immediately after the Brexit vote. Confirming fears that freezing...

China has raised the stakes in the escalating trade showdown with the US, unveiling tariffs on a targeted list of American imports in response to levies on more than 1,300 Chinese goods put forward by Donald Trump....

With their prominent noses, protruding faces and swept-back cheekbones, Neanderthals were nothing if not striking. Now researchers say they have unpicked why our big-browed cousins had such distinctive features. Previous research has suggested a number of possible explanations...

Juan Franco asks his driver to slow down as the car swings on to what is reputed to be one of the most dangerous streets in Europe. Halfway through lunchtime on a warm, grey afternoon, Calle Canarias...

The Facebook data of up to 87 million people – 37 million more than previously reported – may have been improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, the company has revealed. This larger figure was buried in the penultimate paragraph...