Tens of thousands of rail workers in the UK went on strike in December calling for increased pay and better working conditions. This created chaos for people planning to travel before Christmas.

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UBS has found itself caught up in market turmoil over a key method of bank funding after its £2.7bn takeover of Credit Suisse ...

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators across France took part Tuesday in a new round of protests and strikes against the ...

It is 150 years since Napoleon III died and was buried in England – and now the French want their last emperor back. Well, ...