Gordon Brown, the prime minister, urged leaders of the world's richest nations yesterday to assume the "great responsibility" of ensuring a global trade deal when they...

Sweden's central bank raised interest rates to 4.5 per cent yesterday, their highest level in 12 years, and said further increases were likely this year to bring...

The fate of Levy Mwanawasa, Zambia's president, was last night shrouded in confusion amid reports that he had died in a Paris hospital after suffering a stroke. Mr...

The UK has become the biggest foreign investor in India, according to a report on investment flows by the Commonwealth Business Council, which promotes -private sector...

Donald Tusk, Poland's prime minister, has warned that the country is in danger of becoming isolated on the European stage after the president said he had no plans to...