When German Chancellor Angela Merkel toured three African nations this week for talks on curbing migration to Europe, the leader of the world’s poorest country, Niger, suggested it would take a “Marshall Plan” of massive aid to stop people coming.

It had to happen. Samsung had to kill off its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone just two months after it went on sale with much fanfare.

We live in an age of complexity, and sound leadership in the Middle East, as everywhere around the world, calls for a wholesale shift in how we think about collaborative engagement for the future

No sooner had the news been delivered than the conspiracy theories started. Tiger Woods, it was suggested, never had any intention of returning to competitive action either in California this week or Turkey next month.

The Golden Rule is the backbone of our modern understanding of universal human rights and forms the core of the modern social contract

The backpack is as much as a part of school life as homework. Students use backpacks to carry everything they need. Unfortunately, the weight of everything they need stuffed into an improperly worn backpack may lead to sore joints and muscles.

Used to be we often muted the news when the kids were in the room, but these days we don’t even turn it on. And our kids are in their 30s.

The Nobel Peace Prize for the White Helmets would have signalled that the world does not passively accept the ethos of the barrel bombers

There are many causes of bad breath, also called halitosis. Your mouth may be the source. The breakdown of food particles and other debris by bacteria in and around your teeth can cause a foul odour.

Should you choose time over money, or money over time? This is one of those so-called dilemmas of happiness that isn’t really a dilemma at all, because the answer’s so painfully obvious. Circumstances might oblige you to choose money over time.

With a hard Brexit, the Leave camp can avoid being seen by voters as the supplicant in negotiations with the EU

Who’s afraid of a referendum? Italy faces one in December, France’s Nicolas Sarkozy has promised two if he wins the presidential election next year, but as the recent shock votes in Britain, Colombia and Hungary show, the risks are high.