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Billionaire Topshop owner Sir Philip Green has been recruited by David Cameron to lead a review of government spending, it has been announced.
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A Swedish man who was caught by Swiss police driving at 290km/h is facing a world-record speeding fine of SFr1,080m ($1m; £656,000).
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General Motors chief Ed Whitacre said today he's stepping down as CEO on Sept. 1, his mission accomplished as the company reported its second straight quarterly profit.
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A man accused of stabbing a star of MTV show Dirty Sanchez tells a court he lashed out because he feared for his life.
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A growing number of philosophy professors are finding superheroes have great powers in the classroom, the BBC's Katie Connolly reports.
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A former paratrooper is given a suspended prison sentence for handling stolen military goods and selling them on eBay.
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A judge bails a US flight attendant who allegedly used the emergency exit slide after arguing with a passenger about remaining seated.
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Netflix on Tuesday announced a content deal with Epix that will add feature films from Paramount, Lionsgate, and MGM to the company's streaming lineup starting Sept. 1.
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Picasso's largest ever work on canvas is part of a forthcoming exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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The girl featured on a controversial Time magazine cover arrives in the US for surgery to give her a new nose.
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Author and playwright Hanif Kureishi talks to Matt Stadlen about the importance of discipline in writing, growing up as a mixed race child in the 1950s, what he would do if he wasn't a writer and why he prefers love to sex.
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Food giant Kraft reports healthy first quarter profit, helped by its purchase of UK confectionery maker Cadbury.
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BP is preparing to drill the final stretch of its relief well in the Gulf of Mexico after its successful "static kill" procedure.
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Assembly's William Burdett-Coutts explains how he created the Edinburgh Fringe's first super-venue.
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Up to 600 jobs are to be cut at the Royal Berkshire Hospital by 2015 in a bid to save £60m, the BBC learns.
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Nato air strikes are said to have killed at least 25 Afghans, hours after US troops are urged to avoid hurting non-combatants.
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The tech blog from the Financial Times writes about the web, Silicon Valley, innovation and social media.
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Madonna directs a new film , plus the rest of the day's showbiz news
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The daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has married her long-term boyfriend at a lavish ceremony.
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At least nine people die in clashes between protesters and the security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir.
