Cannes - Madonna said on Thursday her efforts to adopt a child in Malawi and the ridicule she faced in the press had been as difficult as childbirth, but she was confident of soon winning permanent custody. I had to go through some kind of process and in the end it made me stronger so I can't...
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A strong earthquake has struck Costa Rica, the US Geological Survey has said. It says the magnitude 6.2 tremor was centred some 35km (22 miles) north-west of the capital San Jose at a depth of 28km (17 miles). The quake hit at...
The danger now is of deepening recession mutating into deflation Four months ago, in September, the Bank of England was debating whether to increase interest rates beyond 5 per cent to counter mounting inflation. There were...
Germany had scoffed at other governments’ Keynesian stimulus packages. It is about to change its mind. The world’s largest goods exporter suffered an 11 per cent fall in exports in November – the biggest such drop since...
Fears are growing for the future of 2,000 Waterford Wedgwood workers in Britain and Ireland after it emerged that production at the famous china and glassmaker, which went into administration this week, could be moved...