Wayne Rooney booked Manchester United’s place in the Champions League quarter-finals with another breathtaking performance as David Beckham endured an unhappy homecoming at Old Trafford last night.
The Mexican telecoms magnate Carlos Slim Helu has been named the world’s richest man, with a net worth of $53.5 billion ($£36 billion), the first time since 1994 that the No 1 spot has been held by a non-American.
The building of a high-speed rail network linking London, Birmingham and the great conurbations of the North, to be outlined in Parliament today, would cost at least £2 billion a year for more than a decade, The Times has learnt.
Britain’s leading criminal judges warn that a shake-up of sentencing guidelines could push prison overcrowding to crisis levels.
Palestinian leaders meeting with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. condemned a decision by Israel on new housing, but still spoke of participating in peace talks.
The Nigerian police have arrested about 200 people in Jos, where this week dozens of herdsmen slaughtered hundreds of people in a brutal act of sectarian retribution.
The review aims to help the U.N. climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday.
Lynsey Addario decided that if she couldn’t get to Haiti immediately (from India), she might find a far more profound story to tell. She was right.
