With Japan charging an average tax rate of 1.9% on other countries’ goods and having a long-standing alliance with the US, ...

Farmers, officials and industry leaders in Ivory Coast said fairer prices for cocoa are more urgent than ever before.

The British-American author found fame with her debut novel, A Woman Of Substance, and went on to write 40 novels.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said the key question in Canada’s election is who is best to deal with US President Donald Trump.

Train passengers are being warned over disruption as Network Rail prepares to begin its Easter engineering work. The Government-owned company said it will carry out work on more than 300 projects ...

North Korea has threatened unspecified retaliation after the US flew long-range bombers over South Korea, which the North claim may be a practice run for an attack.

Whole ecosystems have been “decimated” and endangered species put at risk after weeks of wildfires across the UK, charities ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised Malaysia and Vietnam greater access to Chinese markets as he tours south-east Asia ...

Yeyasso farming co-operative in Ivory Coast is trialling a new supply chain initiative that aims to increase the Fairtrade premium it receives.

The Buffy The Vampire Slayer star was found unconscious and unresponsive in her luxury apartment tower in Manhattan in February.

Simon Armitage has said he is “excited” to receive the freedom of the City of London, despite being a northerner all his life. The Poet Laurete, who was brought up in Marsden, West Yorkshire, attended ...

More pupils are missing out on extracurricular activities and school trips as parents cannot afford them, it has been suggested.