With polls closed across most of France, except the big cities, the nation awaits the results of Sunday’s run-off between centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right Marine Le Pen. Voting stations...
The centrist candidate has won more than 60% of the vote, according to numerous estimates, comfortably beating far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who swiftly conceded defeat. Addressing supporters in...
The pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidency with a decisive victory over the far-right Marine Le Pen that his supporters hailed as holding back the tide of populism. Macron, 39,...
About 3,000 people have been saved in the Mediterranean Sea in a single day while trying to make the journey from northern Africa to Europe, according to the Italian coastguard. They were picked up...
Five things you need to know about France's vote. Why is this election important? France is choosing its next president. The election is being closely watched because, for the first time in modern...
The UK's richest 1,000 people "kept calm and carried on making billions" amid the Brexit vote of 2016, according to the Sunday Times Rich List. Their wealth rose by 14% over the past year to a record...
French voters are choosing their next president after an unpredictable campaign that has divided the country. The second round contest pits centrist Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old former investment...
French voters are to choose their next president after an unpredictable campaign that has divided the country. The second round contest pits centrist Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old former investment...
Some 6,000 migrants hoping to head to Europe were rescued in the Mediterranean on Friday and Saturday in dozens of frantic operations coordinated by the Italian coastguard. Some 3,000 were picked up...
Strict election rules are now in place ahead of Sunday's vote French President François Hollande has promised to "respond" after a hacking attack targeted presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron. He...
Voting for the next president of France has begun in some overseas territories. As the polls opened Brigitte Trogneux, the wife of French presidential election candidate for the En Marche! movement...
Ismail Haniya, named Saturday as head of Hamas, is a charismatic leader from the Gaza streets who represents the more pragmatic wing of the Islamist movement. The 54-year-old with a salt-and-pepper...
Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Elizabeth Afoley Quaye has given the strongest indications of her commitment to end illegal fishing in the country. The Fisheries Minister who doubles as the...
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has told a conference in Italy on the EU that "English is losing importance in Europe". Amid tensions with the UK over looming Brexit negotiations,...
The campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron says it has been the target of a "massive hacking attack" after a trove of documents was released online. The campaign said that genuine...
If successful, the experimental project could produce up to 10 times more energy than an existing conventional gas or oil well, by generating electricity from the heat stored inside the earth: in...
Rescuers in the Mediterranean raced Friday to the aid of more than 20 migrant dinghies in distress as the debate in Italy over privately-funded aid ships intensified and the death toll at sea ticked...
Brussels is 'crossing its fingers' for a victory for Emmanuel Macron after EU officials broke with protocol to support the centrist French presidential candidate. The EU has pinned its hopes on...
The chief executive of the world's second largest investment bank has warned that London "will stall" because of the risks from the Brexit process. Lloyd Blankfein said that his firm, Goldman Sachs,...
Notwithstanding the current economic and socio-political uncertainty, numerous companies in Africa are still positive about the growth potential of the continent. PwC research across the continent...
