corporate
Chinese airline buying 16 Airbus planesChina Eastern Airlines has announced that it has agreed to buy 16 Airbus A330 planes. The… 28/12/09 19:39 CET
economy
Japan’s industrial output risesJapanese industrial output rose for the ninth consecutive month in November, driven by strong… 28/12/09 19:39 CET
UAE deal boosts Korean nuclear sharesState-owned utility Korea Electric Power Corporation’s shares shot up five percent on Monday. It… 28/12/09 19:39 CET
Tills jingle for US retailersUS shops were busier this holiday shopping season and so were online retailers. Preliminary… 28/12/09 19:39 CET
Oil prices heat up as US shiversAs much of the United States suffers a wave of colder weather, and with more low temperatures… 28/12/09 19:39 CET
markets
Markets: 28th DecemberEuropean shares finished up for a fifth straight session on Monday but trading was thin and London… 28/12/09 19:39 CET
world news
Turbulence for first post-war Russia-Georgia flightsEfforts to resume direct air links between Georgia and Russia have been hit by turbulence. Moscow… 28/12/09 22:04 CET
Russia warns EU of more oil cutsOil supplies to eastern EU countries could again face disruption because of a fresh row over… 28/12/09 19:26 CET
Thailand ejects Hmong asylum seekersThere is growing international condemnation of Thailand’s decision to expel some 4,400 ethnic Hmong… 28/12/09 19:24 CET
Iranian exiles condemn Tehran clashesIranians living in exile have been holding protests in numerous capitals around the world… 28/12/09 19:04 CET
Deadly bomb attack on Pakistani processionAt least 30 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a Shi’ite Muslim… 28/12/09 18:49 CET
Al-Qaeda’s new ready and willingHe is young, educated, an engineer – and now a suspected al-Qaeda terrorist. Umar Farouk… 28/12/09 18:48 CET
Israeli settlement plan provokes angerIsrael is planning to build nearly 700 new homes in mainly Arab East Jerusalem despite… 28/12/09 18:03 CET
Opposition figures arrested in IranAfter a weekend of anti-government demonstrations during a Shi’ite Muslim festival in Iran, leading… 28/12/09 18:01 CET
Queues and questions at Europe’s airportsPatience is a virtue – an age-old adage that air travellers would do well to remember, with tighter… 28/12/09 17:48 CET
Briton’s execution imminent in ChinaA British man due to be executed within hours in China has been visited by members of his family… 28/12/09 15:44 CET
Bomb attack on Muslim processionAt least 15 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a Shi’ite Muslim… 28/12/09 13:26 CET
Russia opens energy ‘gateway’ to AsiaVladimir Putin is calling it a great New Year present for his country. The Russian Prime Minister… 28/12/09 12:56 CET
Deaths in Iran as reformists clash with policeAs many as fifteen people are reported to have been killed during clashes between security forces… 28/12/09 12:50 CET
Thai army begins repatriation of Hmong peopleThailand has begun the forced repatriation of some 4,000 ethnic Hmong people back to Laos despite… 28/12/09 12:50 CET
Global air travel security boostedWashington is promising an urgent air security review amid growing questions about the case of a… 28/12/09 12:50 CET
Croatia presidential poll goes to run-off voteOpposition Social Democrat Ivo Josipovic is to face independent Milan Bandic in a run-off vote for… 28/12/09 12:50 CET
Thai army starts deportation of Hmong to LaosThailand has begun forcibly deporting thousands of ethnic Hmong back to neighbouring Laos, despite… 28/12/09 07:45 CET
First round results in Croatian Presidential electionSocial Democrat, Ivo Josopovic, has won the first round of the Croatian Presidential elections. He… 28/12/09 07:44 CET
Yemeni al-Qaeda video may hint at failed attackA video threatening America was posted online by an al-Qaeda activist four days before the failed… 28/12/09 07:44 CET
Pro-reform protests continue to rock IranThere are reports clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces have continued… 28/12/09 02:34 CET
