Growth in the UK's dominant service sector slowed in April compared with the previous month, a closely-watched survey suggests.

Newt Gingrich halts his White House campaign, but falls short of a full-throated endorsement for presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

The UK economy will return to growth in the second half of 2012, the CBI says, but it has cut its forecast for the year as a whole.

A man who was locked in a tiny cell for five days without water and food tells of drinking his own urine to survive, as drug agents apologise.

More than 120 short films offering "snapshots of the UK's cultural, sporting, industrial and political heritage" have been put online.

Activist Chen Guangcheng says he wants to leave China hours after leaving his US embassy refuge, as US-China strategic talks get under way.

Aspirin could be as effective as more expensive drugs for most patients with heart failure, according to an international team of researchers.

German airline Lufthansa says it will cut 3,500 jobs as it seeks to cut its administrative costs by a quarter.