The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth straight year to a record low, according to health ministry data. The faster-than-predicted decline suggests government measures have not ...

Delaying redress for victims of the pelvic mesh “scandal” could end up costing the public purse, a Conservative former Treasury minister has warned. John Glen on Thursday called for a Commons debate ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin wants sovereignty not territory, a Conservative former leader has said, as he argued Donald Trump is making a “completely wrong judgement” if he thinks otherwise. The ...

Royal Navy tugboat and marine services crews, some of whom move nuclear submarines, are set to take strike action in March in a dispute over proposed contract changes. Unite said 300 of its members at ...