Calin Georgescu is running as an independent, and will face the reformist Elena Lasconi in a run-off in a fortnight.

Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate, Yamandu Orsi, has became the country’s new President after a tight run-off contest.

Her books have sold more than 91 million copies and have been published in more than 40 languages and in 90 countries.

Fifty-one men are accused of raping the 71-year-old after she had been drugged and rendered unconscious by Dominique Pelicot.

Barclays has been fined £40 million by the UK’s financial watchdog for “reckless” conduct when securing funds from Qatari investors during the 2008 financial crash. The bank had been due to challenge ...

JD Wetherspoon has revealed the 664 pubs that will be open on Christmas Day in 2024. From Newcastle and Liverpool to Norwich and Birmingham, there are set to be Wetherpoon venues open all over the ...

The Prime Minister laid out plans for staff to be trained in relation to spiking and spotting predatory behaviour.

Rachel Reeves’ Budget caught firms “off guard” and will undermine investment and jobs, the head of one of Britain’s leading business groups has said. Rain Newton-Smith, chief executive of the ...

Meanwhile, an Israeli strike on a Lebanese army centre killed one soldier and wounded 18 others on a southwestern road, ...

A DHL cargo plane has crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital, killing at least one person. The head of the country’s police said plane crashed shortly before landing at Vilnius airport on ...

Storm Bert is bringing further widespread disruption with public transport badly affected after “devastating” flooding over the weekend. Several rail operators have cancelled services on Monday while ...

Make UK said its study found that AI is increasingly being used across manufacturing, with benefits including increased efficiency and productivity. One in four of the 150 companies surveyed said they ...