The boss of French oil giant Total has been killed in a crash at a Russian airport.

The risk of a lurch to the right in May’s European elections is vexing global chief executives, who worry the vote will make the bloc harder to govern just as they want it to reform.

The price of petrol is set to fall in the next two weeks despite a warning from the IMF that oil could double in price over the next decade.

LEADERS of the Libyan uprising that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi sat down with world powers to map out the country’s rebuilding, 42 years to the day after the former strongman seized power in a coup.

SOME of France’s richest people, including the billionaire heiress of L’Oreal and the head of oil major Total, urged the government to tax them more to help solve the country’s financial problems.