The maverick elder statesman of the Australian federal parliament has detailed his role in the ousting of Julia Gillard as Prime Minister. Although the Labor caucus voted to return Kevin Rudd as ...

Lord Young, a successful businessman who became a cabinet minister and was known as a favourite of then prime minister Margaret Thatcher, left a £3.4million fortune to his family following his ...

East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence in 2002. But its finances are precarious, and nearly ...