The mysterious billionaire and Cuba’s cigar industry

After judge allows partial access rights, Catherine Birmingham and Nathan Trevallion say the enforced separation ‘broke each of our hearts’ A couple have told of their heartache, trauma and stress after fighting for…

Rescuers found 44 survivors on board the vessel but bad weather meant they had to leave five bodies behind.

Famous for the 1963 exposé in which she worked as a Playboy Bunny, her books and journalism took on many varieties of discrimination Gloria Steinem, the American feminist and journalist whose activism helped push…

Claim relating to infamous apartheid-era shooting of protesters part of wave of litigation for apartheid-era crimes The day dawned brightly on 21 March 1960, as residents of the South African township of Sharpeville…

Maryland judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump’s executive order targeting what he termed ‘birth tourism’ Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. A US federal judge has blocked the Trump…

Firm will complete fewer homes than expected in year to 31 October – between 1,350 and 1,400 The British housebuilder Crest Nicholson has warned of a surprise loss this year as it bemoaned difficult trading in a…