Last year was the hottest ever record, according to a European climate agency and a US-based climate centre.

Facebook risks a multimillion-euro fine for allegedly misleading EU merger watchdogs when it won approval to buy the WhatsApp messaging service.

Apple has furiously rejected charges from Brussels that it should pay €13 billion in unpaid Irish taxes.

British Prime Minister Theresa May was met with awkward silence following a brief presentation to EU leaders.

A new trade agreement is going to be a priority for New Zealand's new High Commissioner to London.

Italy is set to finalise a state-backed rescue for lender Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena as soon as this weekend.

The European Union has approved Microsoft's $36.5 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, after the software giant agreed to fair competition safeguards.

If you think 2016 is a mess, just wait until you see what's next. A toxic mix of potential disasters could send Europe into a death spiral.

The next 18 months presents Europe with a series of potentially existential challenges that could lead to the end the EU as we know it.

Tony Blair is hunting for a new office near Westminster as he plots a return to frontline politics to influence the Government's approach to Brexit.

Prime Minister John Key is hoping to speak to Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Apec summit in Lima today

Trump's policies are typically lacking detail and often facing strong criticism from economists. Here are the key questions answered.

The US presidential election has become an object lesson in everything that ails a country long seen as a beacon of freedom and hope.

The United Nations have said that at least 239 migrants have drowned this week in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya.

A bombshell hit London this week: Mark Carney, the most powerful man in the British economy, will only be in his job until mid-2019.

The number of British Jews applying for German citizenship has gone up exponentially this year.

A new wave of prefabricated homes are planned in a bid to solve Britain's housing crisis.

A Pirate victory in Iceland this week would add to a string of once-impossible election results in the West.

The German bank will cut about 1000 jobs in its home market, insiders say.

Britain must look beyond Europe for economic success, PM has said as she suggested there would be no deal on immigration to keep the UK in single market.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte says he would like to "slaughter" millions of addicts just like Adolf Hitler "massacred" millions of Jewish people.

What is going on in the banking industry? The big questions answered.

Deutsche Bank is battling rumours the German government is readying a rescue plan, but is another German bank also in trouble?

The man who co-led Deutsche Bank for three years until July last year, was careful not to mention the gigantic elephant in the room.

Brexit backers have quietly dropped a slogan printed on a bus during the campaign, but others aren't willing to let them forget.

Small developing states in the Pacific have traditionally relied on imports of fossil fuels.

EU's $20 billion tax bill for Apple could set the stage for wider battle and Google, Amazon and Starbucks among firms likely to face scrutiny.

Farmers and industry leaders are pressing the government to support domestic business.

This lack of certainty over Brexit presents risks for NZ's agricultural exporters, as well as opportunities for our much-vaunted trade negotiators.

New Zealand is not being singled out for investigation as a tax haven, the European Union says.