Europe

Coach Luis Enrique has made some tweaks to his side's system in recent weeks, especially in the absence of Lionel Messi ANALYSIS Barcelona's 4-3-3 formation is famous in the world of football. The system has barely been deviated from over the course of the last decade, although...

Paul is starting to settle into Jose Mourinho's team at Old Trafford, and his brother has backed him to start showing his best level in the coming weeks Florentin Pogba, brother of Manchester United star Paul, has admitted that his favourite Premier League side is...

DARMSTADT, Germany — For the last two years, the Rosetta spacecraft has danced around a comet. Today, it finally made contact with the icy body — and sent its last signal. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta probeended its historic mission with a controlled descent...

BRUSSELS -- European Union nations pressed ahead Tuesday with plans to boost military co-operation as Britain vowed to oppose the creation of an EU army or headquarters. With Britain leaving the EU, France and Germany have been spearheading moves to boost Europe's capacity to run...

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has said he would like to become a fitness coach for Premier League side Arsenal. British distance runner Farah has supported the Gunners since he was a boy and said he would be open to working for the North London...

The right-wing AfD is to stay, and will constrain Merkel's leadership - but less so than in neighbouring EU countries. AfD co-chair Frauke Petry speaks at the closing event for the party's local elections campaign in Hanover on September 10 By:Thorsten Benner @thorstenbenner Thorsten Benner is director...

A Swedish appeals court on Friday upheld an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a 2010 rape accusation, rejecting his request to have it lifted. The court announced in a statement that Assange “is still detained in absentia”, adding that it “shares the...

Deutsche Bank AG’s signal that it may sell a $3.5 billion stake in Huaxia Bank Co. shows the fading appetite among global lenders for tie-ups with their Chinese counterparts. That’s a turnaround from before the global financial crisis, when Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs Group Inc....

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May expressed doubts about key promises made by those members of her Cabinet who campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union, including a points-based immigration system and leaving the single market. Speaking to journalists as she traveled to China for...

Brazilian legend Ronaldinho is returning to former club Barcelona to take up a role as an ambassador. Ronaldinho, who enjoyed five supremely successful seasons at the Nou Camp between 2003 and 2008, will act as a non-playing recruitment as Barcelona re-sign one of the club’s most famous...