Germany finds itself 55bn euros richer after discovering an accounting error at Hypo Real Estate, the bank it nationalised in 2009.

Research suggesting pay for the directors of the UK's top businesses rose 50% over the past year receives a robust government response.

An unseasonable snowstorm is approaching the US East Coast, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a winter storm warning.

People who fail to pay their fine after they have been convicted for criminal behaviour could lose up to £25 a week in benefits, the government says.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is “minded to revoke” the licence of a loans broker which claims to process 50,000 applications a month.

The number of new cancer cases in the UK could rise by 45% by 2030 to more than 430,000 a year, research suggests.

Taking a daily dose of aspirin can reduce the incidence of bowel cancer in people at high risk of the disease, scientists say.

The Arab League sends an "urgent message" to the Syrian government, denouncing "the continued killings of civilians" taking part in protests.