corporate
Focus on trade not human rights for Chinese leader’s Europe visitChinese prime minister Wen Jiabao’s European visit this week underscores how trade opportunities… 15/09/06 08:09 CET
Oil slips further as OPEC cuts demand forecastOil prices have plunged even further after OPEC lowered its forecast of demand for crude for the… 15/09/06 08:09 CET
Troubled Ford to slash even more jobsFord has announced details of a more aggressive and accelerated restructuring cutting its annual… 15/09/06 08:09 CET
europa
Car-free Mobility Week stresses climate implicationsEuropean Mobility Week has some 800 cities in countries around the world signed up to participate… 15/09/06 09:09 CET
EU, US, Canada bring WTO into carparts dispute with ChinaThe EU, the United States and Canada have together launched the first ever litigation against China… 15/09/06 09:09 CET
EU backs Palestinian unity government cautiouslyThe European Union foreign ministers have agreed to back a Palestinian national unity government… 15/09/06 09:09 CET
world news
“Energy joule” in European Commission crownBehold the “Microjoule”. An ethanol-powered car which can drive nearly 3,000 kilometres on just one… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
Ukraine sets out its EU and NATO intentionsThe Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich has met with European leaders in Brussels to outline… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
Muslim protests against Pope’s speechThere is mounting anger among Muslims worldwide over the Pope’s comments on Islam seen as… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
Muslim fury at Benedict XVI commentsOn Tuesday the Pope visited Regensburg University to speak to an audience of academics… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
Bush defends ‘war on terror’US President George Bush has defended his administration’s war on terrorism in the face of growing… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
Sweden set for closest election in decadesThe Swedish Prime Minister, Goran Persson, has cast his ballot ahead of Sunday’s main vote in what… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
Spanish peacekeeping contingent lands in LebanonHundreds of Spanish troops have arrived in Tyre in Lebanon to add to the UN force patrolling the… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
US Senate defies Bush on anti-terrorism policiesThe US Senate has defied President George W Bush on his anti-terrorism policies by passing a bill… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
World leaders gather in Havana, Castro is on the mendFidel Castro is ‘walking, singing and almost ready to play baseball’ according to close ally Hugo… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
Space Station repairs remain on targetAstronauts have been carrying out the third and final spacewalk of their current mission. Joe… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
Controversial Italian journalist diesOriana Fallaci, one of Italy’s best known and most controversial journalists, has died at her home… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
Celebrities call for UN action in DarfurA Hollywood superstar and a Nobel Peace Prize winner have called for international efforts to end… 15/09/06 07:09 CET
Spanish troops join UN force in LebanonSpanish troops have begun arriving in Lebanon, bolstering a UN force tasked with overseeing a… 15/09/06 01:09 CET
Rising protests over Pope’s speech on IslamThere is growing anger from Muslim leaders over Pope Benedict’s comments about Islam. In a speech… 15/09/06 01:09 CET
Speculation in Cuba over Castro appearanceVideo footage of an apparently improving Fidel Castro has fuelled speculation the Cuban leader… 15/09/06 01:09 CET
Italy’s controversial journalist Fallaci diesOriana Fallaci, one of Italy’s most outspoken critics against Islam, has lost her long battle… 15/09/06 01:09 CET
First glimpse of Japanese royal babyPrince Hisahito, the first male heir to the Japanese throne to be born in more than 40 years, has… 15/09/06 01:09 CET
