Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered the state-run oil company Ecopetrol to cancel a joint venture with a US-owned company, citing environmental concerns. The partnership was expected to produce ...

The row was resolved after Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy weighed in – in favour of the opposition – on Monday night.

The Government’s plan to make it easier to build on already-developed parts of the green belt is “largely redundant” and could have a limited impact on housebuilding, a Lords committee has said.

The King is “deeply saddened” over the death of the Aga Khan, who was “a personal friend of many years”, a royal source has said. The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions ...

Cristiano Ronaldo turns 40 on Wednesday. Here, the PA news agency looks at the Portugal international and former Real Madrid and Manchester United star’s career record. – Ronaldo has the most goals in ...

The magic number is 77 – the amount of goals Ronaldo needs for 1,000 in a stellar career that began way back on August 14, 2002. If life does indeed begin at 40, then Ronaldo is ready to cherish the ...

Inspectors have revealed “deeply depressing” findings into female prisons as rates of self-harm are 8.5 times higher than male jails, including a “bizarre rule” set to be changed that does not allow ...

Some 81 of this healthcare spending is spent in hospitals (£9.6bn), with 56 (£6.6bn) of that going on emergency hospital care.

The rising cost of childcare and reduced access to it in recent years have been raised by Britain’s human rights watchdog as it submitted a report to the United Nations (UN).

British photographer Ian Wood came first for his humorous image of a Eurasian badger looking up at graffiti depicting a gun-wielding badger.