California Agrees Highest Minimum Wage

Lawmakers in New York and California agree to the highest minimum wage in America.

GSK to 'Drop Patents in Poor Countries'

GlaxoSmithKline wants to make it easier for manufacturers to copy its medicines

Taiwan's Foxconn has agreed a deal to take over struggling electronics firm Sharp.

The PMDB has voted for an 'immediate exit' from President Dilma Rousseff's government

Fidel Castro has broken his silence over President Obama's visit in a damning letter

US defence chiefs claim they have killed Islamic State group's finance minister.

The Ethiopian government struggles to cope in the face of a drought gripping the country.

Exxon-Mobil accused of morally reprehensible behaviour by the Rockefeller family charity

The Belgian government announces three days of mourning, after bombs explode in Brussels.

President Obama makes the first Cuban visit by an incumbent American leader in 88 years