Pile-up of meats, fries and cheese sauce has become a fast-food phenomenon
At lunchtime on a street near the Gare du Nord in Paris, queues were forming at a fast-food restaurant. Construction workers jostled with schoolchildren for what has become Continue reading
Billions of dollars moved from Russia to the west, mixing legitimate wealth with apparently fraudulent funds
Essentially, its the name given to a collection of 70 offshore shell companies whose controllers used them to move Continue reading
E-bikes now outsell standard bicycles in Netherlands, with quality prized more than price
In what was already a long-running purple patch for the Dutch cycle industry, domestic sales records have been broken in the last 12 months despite spiralling prices, Continue reading
Exclusive: citizenship for sale under increasing scrutiny from governments and security agencies
Europes security is being put at risk by so-called golden passport schemes that have allowed states to sell citizenship or residency to potentially dangerous individuals, the EU justice Continue reading
Call for Europes golden visa schemes to have higher standards of due diligence
European governments have been accused of opening the door to criminals through lax sales of passports and visas to the super-rich.
The European Union had gained nearly Continue reading
Exclusive: Simon Kukes was in contact with senior Kremlin official in 2016 while donating to Trump-supporting committee
A Russian-American businessman who donated a substantial sum to Donald Trumps 2016 presidential election effort boasted to a senior figure in Moscow that Continue reading
UKs outlook for 2019 stays at 1.5% but previous forecast for 1.3% this year cut to 1.1%
Donald Trumps trade war with China and Europe is forecast to hit global growth this year and reverberate through 2019, the International Monetary Continue reading
Government advisers reject central banks proposal to sell billions held in oil stocks
Government advisers have urged Norway not to ditch oil and gas investments from its $1tn sovereign wealth fund, in a setback for those backing the worlds biggest Continue reading
Grard Collomb to step down next year to enter Lyon mayoral race in 2020
Frances interior minister, Grard Collomb, has announced he will resign next year to run for his former job as mayor of of Lyon, in yet another Continue reading
(CNN)Voters in Sweden will cast their ballots Sunday in a potentially game-changing election that could see the Sweden Democrats — a once obscure far-right party with neo-Nazi roots — become the second-biggest party in the perennially left-leaning country.