cinema
Tropic ThunderDirected by and starring Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder follows a group of prima donna actors, who are… 17/09/08 17:55 CET
economy
UK banks HBOS and Lloyds look to join forcesThe UK’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax Bank of Scotland is close to a merger with Lloyds TSB. An… 17/09/08 19:47 CET
Fed comes to the rescue of AIGThe Federal Reserve has come riding to the rescue of the US’ biggest insurance company AIG with a… 17/09/08 19:47 CET
Financial markets pray for calmIt was a move designed to stop any further haemorrhaging of the financial sector, but it is still a… 17/09/08 13:30 CET
AIG latest finance house to get federal aidThe U.S. Federal Reserve is to lend up to the equivalent of 60 billion euros to the American… 17/09/08 07:30 CET
europa
Proposing half billion euros to help feed Europe’s poorestBefore EU farm policy reform, excess produce was bought up with public money and stored. Some was… 17/09/08 19:59 CET
Brussels urges full fisheries policy reviewToo many European fishing boats are going after too little fish. This assessment comes from … 17/09/08 19:57 CET
futuris
Getting the best from wine wasteAs the grapes are harvested in Europe’s vineyards, scientists are looking at ways of turning the… 17/09/08 21:24 CET
hi-tech
Dutch club goes greenWith their flashing lights and thumping sound systems, nightclubs are not generally thought of as… 17/09/08 18:00 CET
interview
Haider blames EU interference for Austria’s isolation in 2000Jörg Haider is chief of the relatively new but so far tiny “Alliance for Austria’s Future” party… 17/09/08 20:49 CET
le mag
Spanish fashion struts into spotlightDevota and Lomba opened this year’s Cibeles Madrid Fashion Week, where 52 designers are showing… 17/09/08 17:55 CET
markets
AIG rescue fails to lift market gloomThe bad news continues in Europe’s markets. Indexes made early gains but that wasn’t to last. The… 17/09/08 19:47 CET
Russia stops trading as bear market takes its tollRussia has suspended trading on its two main stock exchanges after sharp recent falls continued… 17/09/08 19:47 CET
science
The Hubble space telescope helps to unravel a 30-year-old mysteryThey may look like splashes of colourful paint but these pictures come from the Hubble space… 17/09/08 18:00 CET
world news
Baader Meinhof film premieres in MunichA film that tells the story of a group of left wing militants who terrorised the former West… 17/09/08 20:22 CET
Deadly attacks rock US embassy in YemenTwo suicide car bombings have killed 16 people outside the US embassy in Yemen. US officials have… 17/09/08 19:38 CET
US/Pakistan claim success in strike on militantsThe US and Pakistan are claiming to have dealt a blow to al Qaeda-linked militants after at least… 17/09/08 19:28 CET
US points finger at al Qaeda for embassy attackThe attacks outside the US embassy represent an escalation in violence in Yemen against western… 17/09/08 19:19 CET
Russia signs pacts with S. Ossetia and AbkhaziaRussia has backed up its moral support for Abkhazia and South Ossetia with treaties confirming… 17/09/08 15:46 CET
Voting underway for new Kadima party leaderVoting has begun as Israel’s ruling Kadima party chooses a successor to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert… 17/09/08 13:30 CET
Deadly attacks rock US embassy in YemenA car bomb attack outside the US embassy in Yemen has reportedly killed at least fourteen people… 17/09/08 13:30 CET
New PM chosen in ThailandThailand has a new Prime Minister – the brother-in-law of the ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra… 17/09/08 13:29 CET
Kadima chooses new leaderIsrael’s Kadima party votes today for a new leader and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is the… 17/09/08 07:30 CET
Porsche claims control of VWGerman sports car maker Porsche has effectively won control of Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest auto… 17/09/08 07:30 CET
Bolivian opposition governors end protestsBolivia’s five rebel governors appear to have stepped back from the brink and signed an agreement… 17/09/08 07:30 CET
