Total (TOTF.PA) is set to become the first major oil company to invest in Britain's nascent shale gas industry, boosting the industry's profile in a country seen as one of Europe's strongest prospects for unconventional oil and gas development.
The...
New Year's rivalry among U.S. mobile operators has Wall Street worried that the industry's profits could seriously decline.
After months of aggressive moves by T-Mobile US to lure customers from other carriers, No. 2 operator AT&T Inc counter-attacked on January...
Lithuania must demonstrate its public finances are sustainable in the medium term to win approval to adopt the euro in 2015, Olli Rehn, the European commissioner in charge of economic and monetary affairs, said on Saturday.
The Baltic state, which...
Australia's biggest phone company Telstra Corp. is in advanced talks with a U.S. private equity firm over the sale of its Sensis directories business for as much as A$3 billion ($2.7 bln), local media reported on Saturday.
The Melbourne-based telco...
Jose Mourinho's Chelsea will attempt to increase the pressure on their Premier League title rivals by moving to the head of the table with victory at Hull City on Saturday.
Three points at the KC Stadium will take the Blues...
Wayne Rooney has called on Manchester United's fans to remain behind the team as they look to end a three-game losing streak against Swansea on Saturday.
The Premier League champions lost to Tottenham Hotspur on New Year's Day and that...
Newly-crowned African Footballer of the Year for 2013, Yaya Toure has taken the time to praise the man he pipped to the accolade, John Obi Mikel.
Toure said Mikel “deserves the award” as he described winning Africa’s individual top gong...
Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure has been named the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Footballer of the Year.
It is a third straight title for Toure, who also won December's BBC African Footballer of the Year award.
He...
Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow because she is pregnant.
The 27-year-old Briton is expecting her first baby with husband Andy, but still plans to defend her Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio...
An Indian diplomat whose arrest and strip-search caused a major rift in U.S.-Indian ties was effectively expelled from the United States on Thursday as part of a deal in which she was granted diplomatic immunity from charges of visa...
Describing the allegations as entirely false, Adedeji said they were the handiwork of individuals determined to discredit him and weaken public confidence in the Tinubu administration.
