cinema
To returns to his youth with “Sparrow’‘A sparrow is Hong Kong slang for a pickpocket, and “Sparrow” is the title of Johnnie To’s latest… 04/06/08 17:08 CET
corporate
Shares suspended after Alitalia “illegal” loan reportAll trading in Alitalia has been suspended by the Italian stock exchange after a newspaper reported… 04/06/08 20:52 CET
europa
Concerns over trafficking at Euro 2008The Women’s Rights Committe at the European Parliament is tackling football and sex trafficking in… 04/06/08 20:52 CET
Immigration deal risks splinteringA deal on handling illegal immigrants could be undone two weeks from now… The EU governments and… 04/06/08 20:11 CET
hi-tech
Monkey experiment raises hope for the handicappedU.S. researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have taught monkeys to feed… 04/06/08 17:09 CET
space
Satellites used to combat rocketing food pricesWith the cost of staple foods heading into orbit, millions of people in the world’s poorest… 04/06/08 11:58 CET
world news
Tiananmen Square deaths remembered 19 years onA sombre silence hung over Tiananmen Square on the 19th anniversary of the brutal crushing of… 04/06/08 19:06 CET
“Green Revolution” planned for Africa to combat hungerThe UN has called on rich nations to help “revolutionise” farming in Africa and for the developing… 04/06/08 18:56 CET
Obama to face McCain in race to White HouseWith the Democratic nomination a certainty, Barack Obama now faces the task of uniting his party… 04/06/08 18:47 CET
OilThere have been violent scuffles in Brussels between riot police and angry fishermen protesting… 04/06/08 18:05 CET
Obama prepares for coming battleSo is it next stop the White House for Barack Obama. Having got this far the dream is very much… 04/06/08 17:50 CET
German government presents new surveillance lawPolice in Germany could soon have extra powers to monitor people’s phonecalls and private homes… 04/06/08 17:27 CET
US film legend Mel Ferrer dies aged 90US actor, director, producer and writer Mel Ferrer, whose career spanned some 60 years, has died at… 04/06/08 16:52 CET
Nanotechnology experts win Asturias science awardFive scientists renowned for their work in the field of nanotechnology have received the Prince of… 04/06/08 13:38 CET
Fishermen take fuel protest to BrusselsPolice sealed off parts of the European Union district of Brussels as hundreds of fishermen… 04/06/08 13:31 CET
Rome food summit draws up emergency planAfter intense debate, world leaders in Rome are drawing up an emergency plan to deal with the… 04/06/08 13:25 CET
Obama has the numbers, but Clinton hangs onHillary Clinton has paid tribute to her opponent but stopped short of officially conceding the… 04/06/08 13:22 CET
McCain on attack as presidential race beginsRepublican John McCain launched his November election campaign for the White House with an early… 04/06/08 13:21 CET
Obama makes political history in the USHe has made political history as the first African American to win the presidential nomination of a… 04/06/08 12:04 CET
German farmers agree to lift milk blockadesThousands of striking dairy farmers in Germany have agreed to lift their blockades of milk… 04/06/08 07:42 CET
Berlusconi backtracks over illegal immigrantsThe Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has backtracked over a controversial bill that would… 04/06/08 07:42 CET
