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Britain's financial services regulator said it will lift a ban on the short-selling of shares in scores of financial companies later this month. The Financial Services Authority said the ban, introduced in September because of fears it promoted market instability,...

Two children tried to leave the cooler climes of Germany to elope to sunny Africa, but only got as far as the local train station. The pair aged six and seven were planning to get married in Africa and brought...

A team of Ecuadoran and Italian researchers have discovered a unique species of pink land iguanas living on the Galapagos Islands, the scientist who wrote the report told AFP. "It is surprising to have found in the 21st century a...

Sir Alan Walters, whose role as Margaret Thatcher's personal economic adviser provoked turmoil in her government, has died at the age of 82. His influence over the prime minister led to Nigel Lawson's resignation as chancellor and sowed the seeds...

Al Qaeda’s supposed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was put on trial in absentia in a Paris court yesterday, accused of plotting the 2002 suicide bombing of a Tunisian synagogue that killed 21 people. Sheikh Mohammed is in  Guantanamo Bay...

John Lewis, the high street bellwether, provided a fillip to the retail sector today after reporting a 2.4 per cent rise in sales over the Christmas trading period. The department store operator reported strong gains in demand for homeware, electricals...

European gas supplies are set to suffer further disruption after the payment dispute between Russia and Ukraine worsened yesterday when Vladimir Putin ordered further cuts to punish Kiev. Ten countries have reported reduced gas flows from Ukrainian pipelines delivering from...