Man-made pollution is helping to push the tropics northwards, research finds. The effect could impact weather and climate, making sub-tropical regions drier and creating wetter and stormier conditions further north. Scientists already knew...

The damage to the rest of Europe from Greece leaving the euro would be “somewhere between catastrophic and Armageddon”, the chief negotiator for the body representing private sector holders of Greek bonds said yesterday. Charles...

Health data released yesterday provided the clearest evidence to date of the spread of chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease from developed nations to poorer regions such as Africa, as lifestyles and diets there change. The UN...

French President François Hollande named a government dominated by moderate left-wingers yesterday after Socialist Party boss Martine Aubry, overlooked for the post of prime minister, said she no longer wanted to be part of the new cabinet....

Anders Behring Breivik screamed a “battle cry” and appeared both angry and joyous as he shot his victims one by one, survivors of the Norwegian far-right killer’s massacre told a court yesterday. “I heard screaming but I...

A computer game where players perform circus tricks has been launched in Britain as an innovative way of helping people overcome a stroke. Experts from Newcastle University have teamed up with a professional game studio to create the first...

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor yesterday said witnesses had been threatened and paid to testify against him in a trial that found him guilty of crimes against humanity. Taylor — the first head of state to be found guilty by an...

A fast-acting glue is being hailed as a breakthrough treatment for varicose veins. VenaSeal is injected into diseased veins so blood is re-routed into healthier veins. Quicker than existing treatments, it requires less local anaesthetic, and...

Twenty years after Ratko Mladic’s forces began raining artillery fire on Sarajevo, the former Serb general looked down again on the Bosnian capital’s main square from a giant screen showing the start of his genocide trial live from The Hague....

Archive films are being used in Britain to help people with dementia and other memory disorders in a new project. Films housed at the Yorkshire Film Archive (YFA) have been carefully selected for the “Memory Bank” initiative in collaboration...