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Thailand marked the king's birthday in a solemn mood, concerned for the health of the ageing monarch and worried as well over the country's debilitating political deadlock

Members of the US Congress gave the Big Three US automakers' request for billions of dollars in federal aid a far warmer welcome than just two weeks ago in an indication that a bail-out of Detroit ...

Sport's financial crisis deepens as Brawn breaks news, prompting flood of calls from staff to other racing teams

A day after official figures signalled that the country was moving perilously close to recession, the Australian government instructed its workforce to take a break

The prospects for ministers pushing through an outline deal in the so-called Doha round of trade talks hang in the balance, with the US struggling with scepticism from Congress and its business and...

Huge volumes of US Treasury bonds issued as part of an effort to reverse an economic slump threaten to stop access to credit by Latin American governments facing financing needs of an estimated $25...

The European Central Bank has taken a more aggressive stance on interest rate cuts, slashing its main policy rate by an unprecedented three-quarters of a percentage point as official borrowing cost...

French president Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled a plan to cushion the impact of the credit crunch on the French economy, including targeted measures to support construction, the car industry and small bu...

The row over the arrest of Damian Green, shadow immigration minister, intensified with opposition MPs accusing the government of a cover-up after it emerged that a parliamentary committee to invest...

The decision on the controversial new runway at Heathrow was delayed in a surprise move by the British government amid cabinet splits over the controversial project