David Crowe

London: French builders needed 100,000 sheets of gold leaf to decorate the royal gate at Versailles when they reconstructed the entrance to the palace in 2008.

The US president arrived at the palace for a lavish dinner designed to ease tensions with a man is prone to picking fights with Europe.

A Ukrainian drone strike on a Moscow oil depot spread flames and black smoke throughout the facility, inflicting economic pain on the Kremlin.

London: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused US President Donald Trump of making up a story by claiming she had “begged” him for a

Andy Burnham, the so-called “king of the north”, is widely seen as the answer to the UK Labour Party’s prayers and will need to choose his next move carefully.

The war in Lebanon remains a threat to broader peace in the Middle East, as the confusion over the Strait of Hormuz shows.

The war in Lebanon remains a threat to broader peace in the Middle East, as the confusion over the Strait of Hormuz shows.

London: Britain is about to mark a dismal anniversary after a decade of false hopes and lost chances since the country voted, by 52 to 48 per cent, to leave the European Union.