Workers shut down schools, grounded flights and walked out of hospitals yesterday to protest against austerity measures brought on by the nation's staggering debt.

Direct flights from Yemen to Britain will be banned as a key part of new anti-terrorist measures following the failed attempt to blow up a transatlantic airliner, Gordon Brown announced yesterday.

Yemeni officials say hundreds of al-Qaida members could be living in the country.

Sick of surprises, Bloomberg News columnist Matthew Lynn offers a few more wild guesses for the business world in 2010.

The Copenhagen agreement had been expected to commit countries to deep cuts in carbon emissions. In the end, it fell short.

A report by three top climate think-tanks says efforts planned by NZ to cut greenhouse gases stack up better than the EU's.

Many lights designed to adorn Christmas trees could cause serious injury or death, according to secret tests revealed today.

Shares on Wall Street have edged lower as US consumers held back on purchases at the start of the holiday shopping season.