Swiss banks creak under pressure to end trademark secrecy

Marks and Spencer reports a big fall in annual profits, as troubles in its clothing division continue.

Vodafone's full-year sales slip for the first time in eight years as tough economic conditions in Europe take their toll on customers.

Scientists have used plant samples collected in the 19th Century to identify the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine.

The record for the top speed reached on a mountain bike was broken on Sunday in eastern France

Russian counter-terrorism agents have raided a group planning an attack in Moscow killing two suspects, officials say.

New laws to improve the safety of offshore oil platforms are broadly welcomed by MEPs.

Three Brazilian tourists are killed and more than 20 others injured as two hot-air balloons collide in Turkey's Cappadocia region.

Real Madrid announce that Jose Mourinho will leave the club at the end of the season after three years in charge.

The president of Azerbaijan orders an investigation into why his country gave Russia "nul points" at Saturday's Eurovision Song Contest.

An Israeli government investigation concludes a French news report in 2000, which blamed Israeli troops for shooting dead a Palestinian child, was baseless.

Russia's only independent polling agency says it may have to close after being targeted by prosecutors under the controversial "foreign agents" law.

A nesting crane lays the first egg laid by that breed of bird in southern Britain in more than 400 years.

A 47-year-old British man living in France has been arrested and could soon be charged with killing his two children, aged five and 10.

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Discount airline Ryanair reports record full-year profits and rising revenues despite soaring fuel costs, but hits out at "bizarre" EU takeover decision.

A number of prominent business leaders accuse those calling for Britain to leave the European Union of "putting politics before economics".

A British man has been arrested in France in connection with the deaths of his two children, media reports say.

David Cameron urges British overseas territories to "get their house in order" and sign up to international treaties on tax.