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Chris Evans, Gary Lineker, Claudia Winkleman BBC’s best paid stars

Stuart C. Wilson | Getty Images Claudia Winkleman arrives for the GQ 25th Anniversary Exhibition at Phillips De Pury on November 12, 2013 in London, England. Of the 96 top people listed, only 34 are women while the remaining 62 were men. Just one, Claudia Winkleman, who presents entertainment shows …

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ECB to hold steady this week as traders eye a September ‘taper’ of its bond-buying program

Peti Kollanyi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), speaks during a news conference to discuss monetary policy in Tallinn, Estonia, on Thursday, June 8, 2017. “Our mission is not yet accomplished. We need patience and persistence. We need to be patient, because …

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UK PM May urges government to show ‘strength and unity’ after leaks suggest divides over Brexit

Leon Neal | Getty Images British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at the EU Council headquarters ahead of a European Council meeting on June 22, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has told ministers to show “strength and unity”, and to keep details of their discussions private, …

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If Brexiteers need a real reason to leave the EU, then just look at Italy

Giuseppe Ciccia | Pacific Press | LightRocket | Getty Images Thousands of people take to the streets to say ‘NO’ to the upcoming constitutional referendum and to protest against Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s policies in Rome, Italy, November 27, 2016. As the painful and quite frankly embarrassing stumble out of …

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Thousands in Poland protest government judicial reform plans

Carl Court | Getty Images Prime Minister of Poland Beata Szydlo arrives at the Council of the European Union on the first day of an EU summit, on March 9, 2017 in Brussels. In Warsaw, a noisy crowd gathered before the parliament building, chanting “we will defend democracy” and other …

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government collapse fears leave investors eyeing another UK election

Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images A broker looks at financial data on computer screens on the trading floor at ETX Capital, a broker of contracts-for-difference, in London, U.K., on Friday, June 9, 2017. Despite weathering a particular nasty political storm in recent months, U.K. leader Theresa May and …

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Theresa May shed a ‘little tear’ over election failure

Stefan Rousseau | PA Images | Getty Images Prime Minister Theresa May looks on at the Magnet Leisure Centre in Maidenhead, after she held her seat British Prime Minister Theresa May said she cried a “little tear” when an exit poll revealed she had failed to win an overall majority …

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France is seriously trying to get rid of the biggest drag on its economy

Patrick Aventurier | Getty Images Tens of thousands of the French workers protest as the Unions in France launch new strikes against the pension reform plan on October 28, 2010 in Marseille, France. Investors and international institutions often criticize France for its rigid labor market and how that’s a drag …

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Trump to visit Britain next year: Sky News

Matt Cardy | Getty Images British Prime Minister Theresa May meets U.S President Donald Trump during the G20 summit on July 8, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. President Donald Trump will come to Britain on a state visit next year, Sky News quoted senior government sources as saying on Tuesday, quashing …

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Russia says joint cyber unit with US will take time to set up

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. A joint Russian-US working group on cybersecurity, proposed by President Vladimir Putin in a discussion …

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