Yesterday
Battling protests, Lukashenko brandishes strongman Putin
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he had secured a pledge from Russia to provide comprehensive assistance if needed to ensure the security of his country in a phone call with President Vladimir Putin at the weekend.
- Andrei Makhovsky and Polina Devitt
This Month
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
Locked out expats yearn for the lucky country
After cancelling his trip home due to COVID-19, The Australian Financial Review's London correspondent Hans van Leeuwen craves direct conversation, droll humour and big waves.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Ben & Jerry's in Twitter fight with UK government
The feud began when the Vermont-based dessert brand directed a refugee-themed tweet at Britain’s interior minister, Home Secretary Priti Patel.
- Associated Press
Three believed killed as passenger train derails in Scotland
Emergency services were called out to a "major incident" after a passenger train derailed near Aberdeen in the country's east.
UK deep in recession as output shrinks 20 per cent
The UK's contraction was the largest reported by any major economy so far, official figures showed on Wednesday.
- Updated
- David Milliken and William Schomberg
Sunak weighs delaying autumn budget on second COVID-19 wave
The chancellor expects to deliver his budget as planned but stands ready to delay big public spending decisions until after the crisis.
- George Parker and Delphine Strauss
Russia approves vaccine before completing tests
President Vladimir Putin said at a cabinet meeting Tuesday morning that the vaccine "works effectively enough" and that his own daughter had taken it.
- Andrew E. Kramer
'Lull before the storm': Britain's jobs crisis gathers steam
Three-quarters of a million jobs have already been lost to the pandemic, and economists say the worst is yet to come.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Greece scrambles navy in maritime feud with Turkey
An intractable stalemate is again escalating towards the brink in the eastern Mediterranean.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Italy's richest family builds $4b side bet to Ferrero Rocher fortune
Like the Ferreros, many of the world's wealthiest individuals are diversifying their fortunes as they seek to grow income across generations.
- Ben Stupples
Landslide re-election for Belarusian President Lukashenko
Figures released by the election commission on Monday gave Lukashenko 80 per cent of the vote.
- Andrei Makhovsky
Urge to party goes viral
Europe's illegal party scene is booming despite the risks and the backlash, causing headaches for police forces and lawmakers, and stirring public debate and news media panic.
- Alex Marshall, Thomas Rogers and Constant Méheut
Britain mulls 'Australian solution' to boat arrivals
A record influx of illegal boat arrivals from France has prompted talk of naval involvement in turnback operations.
- Hans van Leeuwen
'Italians are awakening'. Could Italy follow Britain out of the EU?
Opinion polls in Italy show there is a fast-growing appetite for 'Italexit', a stand now backed by its own political party.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Coronavirus fogs Bank of England's crystal ball
Britain's central bank says its forecast of a long, slow economic recovery is the most uncertain prognosis it has made in decades.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen
Germany, France teeter on brink of COVID-19 second wave
Scientists have issued issue dire warnings of a coronavirus resurgence and say halting the tide is 'largely in the hands of citizens'.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Former king leaves Spain amid corruption allegations
In a letter addressed to his son, Spain's current monarch, former king Juan Carlos said his decision was taken 'with the same eagerness to serve Spain that inspired my reign'.
- Updated
- Raphael Minder
WHO, China agree terms of virus probe
The WHO team that visited China will soon delve more deeply into how COVID-19 crossed the barrier from animals to humans.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Northern Irish peacemaker John Hume dies at 83
The Nobel Peace prize winner has been hailed as a giant who brought an end to the bloody suffering of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
- Simon Roughneen and Lennart Simonsson
21 tell-tale signs that you're a modern snob
As it's reported that Prince Harry called his brother, William, a snob over his attitude to Meghan Markle, here's how to tell if you're a latter-day elitist.
- Shane Watson
