The targets will require new cars sold in 2030 to emit 37.5% less carbon dioxide on average compared to 2021 levels.

Adam Thomas was sentenced to six and a half years in prison and his Portuguese partner Claudia Patatas to five years in prison.

Jose Mourinho was sacked by United on Tuesday as the Portuguese coach paid the price for the team's worst start to a season since 1990.

Pope Francis also warned against corruption and the pursuit of personal ambition at the expense of wider society.

Donald Trump is a regular critic of social media and accused Twitter as recently as October of stifling the growth of his account by making it harder for users to follow him.

Judge Maurine Onyetenu found Richard Akindele, a professor at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, southwest Nigeria, guilty of corruption and sexual harassment.

Other suspects are being sought over the deaths of the two women - a Dane and a Norwegian - whose bodies were found on Monday with cuts to their necks, the ministry said.

The new five-year defence plan calls for the upgrade of two existing helicopter carriers so that they can launch fighters.

The club thanked him for his work during his time at Manchester United and wish him success in the future.

Here are some of the major news events of 2018.

Officials said 10,600 people were moved to relief camps after being evacuated from the worst affected districts.

Factfile on polar bears, whose survival is threatened by global warming and related threats.

Mendis was 116 not out at stumps on day four and Mathews 117, with their record-breaking unbroken 246-run partnership setting a Sri Lankan record against New Zealand.

While he pledged to press forward with the economic reforms initiated under late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping in December 1978, Xi indicated that there would be no change to the one-party system.

David Berry Jr will be forced to see the animated movie at least once a month during his year-long jail term, the result of what law enforcement officials described as one of their 'largest-ever poaching investigations.'

India were chasing 287 runs to win but after being reduced to 112 for five at stumps on Monday, they were dismissed 146 runs short early on day five.

The non-binding resolution, which was passed by consensus without a vote, welcomes diplomatic efforts to end the crisis on the Korean peninsula

James Comey spoke after a spurt of anti-FBI tweets from the president over the past week alleged that the investigative body abused its powers in probing his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen and his former national security advisor Michael Flynn.