Twitter reaction to the announcement of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson’s retirement was at its busiest at 9.34am yesterday, 17 minutes after the soccer club tweeted the news. Photograph: Reuters/Phil Noble

Reaction to the announcement by Manchester United that Alex Ferguson is to retire as manager of the soccer club dominated social media yesterday(...)

The Government is trying to change the focus of the economy. Minister for Jobs and Enterprise Richard Bruton is hoping a model based on endeavo(...)

Malaysia’s prime minister and Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Najib Razak celebrates his victory with a prayer on election day at the PWTC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photograph: Nicky Loh/Getty Images

Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak may have to step down by the end of the year, ruling party sources said today, after his coalition extende(...)

Malaysia’s prime minister and Barisan Nasional chairman Najib Razak arriving at UMNO headquarters yesterday in Kuala Lumpur. Photograph: Nicky Loh/Getty Images

Malaysia’s ruling coalition took an early lead in exit polls in national elections yesterday, with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s alliance b(...)

Thai police at  a grocer’s shop where six people were shot dead by suspected Muslim militants in the southern province of Pattani yesterday. Photograph: Surapan Boonthanom/Reuters

Suspected Muslim insurgents shot dead six people, including a three-year-old boy, in a convenience store in southern Thailand, police said, jus(...)

Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Infiniti Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme after winning the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix. Photograph:  Clive Mason/Getty Images

It required a refined level of tunnel vision to watch the Bahrain Grand Prix yesterday, to separate the actual event from the circus that surro(...)

Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr made the comments to ABC television late on Tuesday from China, where he is on a state visit. Photograph: Reuters

Australia’s foreign minister Bob Carr says Margaret Thatcher made an “unabashedly racist” comment to him about Asian immigration. Speaki(...)

A man who drew down Irish disability benefits for almost two years while in Malaysia has been prosecuted in court after coming back to Dublin. (...)

In the first couple of decades after the second World War, limits on cross-border money flows were widely considered good policy. Photograph: Alan Betson

Whatever the final outcome in the Cyprus crisis, one thing seems certain: for the time being, and probably for years to come, the island natio(...)

The Digital Marketing Institute is to create 30 new jobs this year, the education company said today. The company will add 10 new people (...)

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