An anti-whaling activist, famed for televised confrontations with fishermen, has been arrested for allegedly attempting to use his boat to sink an illegal shark fishing vessel off the coast of Guatemala.

Football Association officials will be watching closely the attendance tonight as the first FA Womens' Super League match is hosted at a Premier League stadium. Arsenal Ladies, the defending champions, play early league leaders Chelsea Ladies at the Emirates - a far cry from their usual home of non-league Borehamwood.

The man who was born Moses Joseph Roth in the town of Brody in Galicia in 1894 and died of liver failure in Paris in 1939 wrote - in the course of his restless, troubled life - a handful of great novels, of which the greatest is The Radetzky March, some fine short stories, and a mass of inspired journalism. He was very particular that he should be described as a journalist rather than a reporter since true journalists were in possession of powers of invention denied to mere fact-finders. Roth, as both these books demonstrate, disdained the factual, especially in regard to his own past. He awarded himself a distinguished military career that never existed and fantasised on an everyday basis about even the most trivial matters.

Some might feel that the world's bankers have been metaphorically wazzing on us from a great height for years.

The boss of Heathrow airport warned yesterday that capacity constraints were "damaging the UK economy when the country can least afford it", after the number of passengers flying between the UK and China fell for a fourth consecutive month.

This German city where the Rhine and Main meet is gearing up for carnival season, says Susan Griffith.

London breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as the European Commission confirmed the view of EU regulators that the controversial merger of Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, should be blocked.

London breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as the European Commission confirmed the view of EU regulators that the controversial merger of Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, should be blocked.

Almost four weeks into January and traders are feeling optimistic. Talks on resolving Greece's debt crisis have resumed. Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve chairman, says ultra-low interest rates will last another three years – a year longer than expected – and US corporate earnings continue to surprise on the upside. Little wonder stocks have responded worldwide.

An envelope sent to one of the world's most prominent bankers contained a live letter bomb, German authorities said yesterday.

1. Leeds Christkindelmarkt

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Leeds' Millennium Square turns into a little bit of Germany with 40 visiting German traders, and there's even an authentic bierkeller.

Two of the stars of Japan's victory used to work at Fukushima. David McNeill reports on the women who have inspired a nation

Japan's giant-killing Women's World Cup campaign ended in glory with a penalty shoot-out win over traditional powerhouse the United States in the final in Frankfurt last night.