UNITED NATIONS, Nov 20 (IPS) - A special U.N. summit of world leaders, scheduled to take place next year, is expected to make "a final push" to help reach the world body's widely-touted development goals by the targeted date of...
More than half the population does not believe climate change has been caused by humans. In a poll published just weeks before the global climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, it has been revealed only 41% of British...
COCKERMOUTH, England Raging floods engulfed northern Englands picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.
The man tipped to be Europe's first president is already considering new EU taxes to fund the rising cost of Brussels and the welfare state. Herman Van Rompuy, the Belgian Prime Minister, broke his silence before Thursday's...
Belgium's Herman van Rompuy is widely tipped for the presidency EU leaders have chosen the Belgian Prime Minister, Herman van Rompuy, as their new President. Is he the best person for the job? Mr van Rompuy, 62, backed by...
Gordon Brown has arrived in Cumbria to see flood damage and meet those affected by the record breaking rainfall in the area, which is braced for further downpours. Northside bridge outside Workington in Cumbria and people air...
Four bridges collapse, main roads are blocked and hundreds are evacuated as 12 inches of rain falls in Cumbria in 24 hours A policeman swept away and killed during the devastating flooding that hit north-west England was trying...
David Miliband says UK needs more time to shore up Afghan government The Afghan government could fall within weeks if Nato pulled out troops now, David Miliband warned today as he urged British opponents of the war to give the...
By James Kirkup and Bruno Waterfield in Brussels Saturday November 21 2009 high representative for foreign affairs on Thursday despite having never held elected office and her lack of foreign policy experience. British and...
Gordon Brown should stand down to force a leadership race before Christmas, one of his backbenchers has said. Colin Challen, Labour MP for Morley and Rothwell in West Yorkshire, was among those who nominated Mr Brown as leader....