Top English universities must use their research advantage to improve the chances of youngsters from poorer homes being offered places on degree courses.

Vulnerable young people should be allowed to stay in care until they are aged 25, the government's children's commissioner for England says.

US President Barack Obama meets Vietnam's Communist Party leader at the White House, the first such meeting since relations were normalised 20 years ago.

Chilean lawmakers in the lower house approve a bill allowing the growth of marijuana for personal use.

The FBI makes a public appeal to help identify more than 240 victims of a man who used the internet to extort pornographic images from teenage girls.

Radical changes should be made to 999 call services in the UK to allow people to send text messages in an emergency, a report says.

Mainland Chinese shares continued to slide on Wednesday, falling more than 8% on opening.

Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins has been fired after falling out with the board over the size of the investment bank and the pace of cost cutting.