New rules affecting workplace disputes and employment tribunals, including fines for employers, come into force as the new tax year begins.

Supermarkets are urged in an official report to scrap their "buy one get one free" offers to help cut the amount of food being wasted by shoppers.

Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson takes a "long-term teaching position" at Harvard University.

The Ukrainian PM condemns the near doubling of gas prices charged by Russia, accusing Moscow of trying to punish the new leadership in Kiev.

The US Treasury grants plane manufacturer Boeing a licence to export some commercial parts to Iran, in its first public dealings since 1979.

Two major government export schemes have failed to help a single firm, says Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna.

Nigeria "rebases" its gross domestic product (GDP) data, which pushes it above South Africa as the continent's biggest economy.

Two oil terminals in the east of Libya are due to reopen in the coming weeks after rebels and the government reached an agreement.