Calin Georgescu is running as an independent, and will face the reformist Elena Lasconi in a run-off in a fortnight.

Her books have sold more than 91 million copies and have been published in more than 40 languages and in 90 countries.

Fifty-one men are accused of raping the 71-year-old after she had been drugged and rendered unconscious by Dominique Pelicot.

Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate, Yamandu Orsi, has became the country’s new President after a tight run-off contest. Mr Orsi’s victory ousts the conservative governing coalition and makes the ...

There was a large emergency response spotted on Sidmouth Esplanade on Saturday (November 23) after members of the public report 'an object' in ...

The Prime Minister laid out plans for staff to be trained in relation to spiking and spotting predatory behaviour.

Barclays has been fined £40 million by the UK’s financial watchdog for “reckless” conduct when securing funds from Qatari investors during the 2008 financial crash. The bank had been due to challenge ...

Storm Bert is bringing further widespread disruption with public transport badly affected after “devastating” flooding over the weekend. Several rail operators have cancelled services on Monday while ...

Meanwhile, an Israeli strike on a Lebanese army centre killed one soldier and wounded 18 others on a southwestern road, ...

A DHL cargo plane has crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital, killing at least one person. The head of the country’s police said plane crashed shortly before landing at Vilnius airport on ...

Thousands of bar staff will be trained to deal with incidents of spiking under Government plans as Sir Keir Starmer demands joint action from police and hospitality chiefs to tackle violence against ...

Make UK said its study found that AI is increasingly being used across manufacturing, with benefits including increased efficiency and productivity. One in four of the 150 companies surveyed said they ...