East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence in 2002. But its finances are precarious, and nearly half of its people live in poverty. Vendors at the Taibesi market in Dili ...

In short: The US State Department has removed the phrase "we do not support Taiwan independence" on its website. Other changes were also made, including adding a statement that the US will support ...

Tesla boss Elon Musk was worth $486bn. Now the wealth of this controversial chief executive has shrunk to a mere $384bn (£304.4bn), although he is still the world's richest man.

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Champions League: Bayern hit bar but still goalless with Celtic Listen to Sportsound or BBC Radio 5 Live commentary and follow live text updates plus match stats as Bayern Munich face Celtic in ...

Use the timeline below to explore the fascinating life and important events of this monumental figure of the Renaissance. Throughout his lifetime, Leonardo da Vinci designed many fantastical ...

When you've only got two teams in the URC, Scottish Rugby cannot afford one of them to be a serial, and expensive, failure. This falls into Nucifora's remit. When he first arrived in Scotland he ...

The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in protest of conditions in highest-security prisons. By Alissa Wilkinson ...

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Much of Scotland, and indeed the rest of the UK and beyond (the story below ran in the London Standard), has been grimly gripped this week by the ongoing and scarcely believable trainwreck that is ...