Germany’s employment minister Wedneday bucked the trend across Europe by calling for more immigration — to tackle the country’s skills shortage. Just weeks after Angela Merkel fought off a government crisis over migrant policy, Hubertus Heil…
A British diver who helped rescue 12 Thai boys from a flooded cave has criticised Elon Musk’s plan to retrieve them using a mini-submarine, calling it a "PR stunt". "He can stick his submarine where…
Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck and iconic cartoon character Atom Boy have appeared in paddy fields in northern Japan. The stars of Roman Holiday and the much-loved robot hero created by manga author Osamu Tezuka were…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to open the closed town where Russian scientists say they developed Novichok, the nerve agent at the centre of a poisoning row with London. Britain has said Russian-produced Novichok was…
Eleven boys from a football team, who were rescued from a flooded Thai cave in a drama that gripped global audiences, took their first steps on Tuesday to be ordained as Buddhist novices in a ceremony…
Passengers on board a duck boat which sank on a Missouri lake, killing 17, were told not to put on their lifejackets, according to one woman who lost nine relatives. Tia Coleman, from Indiana, described…
Elon Musk came under fire on Sunday after launching an extraordinary and baseless attack on a British diver who masterminded the successful rescue of 12 young Thai footballers, falsely calling him a “pedo” on social…
Saint Tropez’s famed Pampelonne beach “is losing its soul”, has warned Brigitte Bardot, the actress who put it on the map in the 1950s, amid a bitter row over the rights to cater to the…
The European Union and Japan have signed a free trade deal that will create the world’s largest open economic area. It will also hand Donald Trump’s growing band of domestic critics yet more ammunition by…
A Canadian woman is taking her nephew to court over a CA $1.2 million (£690,000) lottery jackpot win, announcing “Tyrone is getting nothing from me” as the pair were presented with the over-sized cheque. Barbara Reddick,…