A battle over factory farming in the UK is underway...

A bomb disguised as a gift killed a Greek government official this morning, but it apparently missed its intended target.

John Key has ruled out a holiday, but is keen on a parade to welcome the All Whites home as champions.

Global celebrations of Jackson's brilliant but troubled life kicked off with the unveiling of a memorial in London yesterday.

David Leggat visits London to check out one of the world's most famous sporting venues.

After art connoisseur Ambroise Vollard died in a 1939 car crash, only a small part of his vast collection was ever accounted for.

Prince Albert II of Monaco is finally putting decades of bachelorhood and media scandal behind him to marry his long-term girlfriend.

There are two schools of designers - those who view fashion as serious business, and those who see it as spectacle.

Are French women superior at raising children? Dita De Boni delves into the debate started by feminist Elisabeth Badinter.

While constant rebirth is key to the success of a fashion house, heritage plays a huge part in keeping the prestige alive.

Dylan Thomas' final home is as lyrical and off-beat as his best-known work, writes Sankha Guha.

Witnessing the All Whites' draw in a bar filled with the most aggressive Italian supporters in Milan trumped any fashion show, writes Isaac Hindin Miller.

The wedding of Crown Princess Victoria has become a focus for growing antipathy towards the monarchy in a country that emphasises equality.

Rarely can a country have greeted its own national team's humiliation in the World Cup with such grim satisfaction.

An engineer who spent 40 years obsessively digging tunnels under his home has left council bosses to shoulder a massive bill.

A mystery graffiti protester is dividing Barcelona's old quarter streets into separate lanes for the tourists and the "normal" Barcelonans.

Attention to detail is the all-important ingredient in the business of making champagne, says Francois Hautekeur.

Lord Saville's 12-year inquiry into 'Bloody Sunday' delivered the vindication that the people of Derry had been denied.

Geoff Cumming cruises the waterways of France and has a cliched but perfect experience.