corporate
BHP Billiton won’t buy Potash “at any cost”BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest mining company, has posted its best half-year net profit in two… 25/08/10 19:32 CET
Russia recovery revs up car sales forecastsAs the Moscow Motor Show opened, a revival in sales in Russia has car makers revving up their… 25/08/10 16:48 CET
economy
French jobless rate fallsThe number of people seeking work in France fell for the second straight month in July. It was… 25/08/10 19:32 CET
Berlin backs bank billGermany’s cabinet has backed a bank restructuring bill that includes a levy on bank assets. The… 25/08/10 17:02 CET
Japan could intervene over strong yenJapan is not ruling out market intervention to prevent the yen rising further, government sources… 25/08/10 17:02 CET
Dublin hits back at ratings downgradeIreland’s government is facing mounting pressure to put a final price on the cost of bailing out… 25/08/10 17:02 CET
world news
Roma in EuropeTheir ancestors began leaving India over a thousand years ago, spreading far and wide across… 25/08/10 21:16 CET
Father Arthur: a Roma champion in FranceA 71-year-old priest may not be a typical political hellraiser but Father Arthur Hervet has been… 25/08/10 20:54 CET
France stands firm on Roma deportationsFrench and Romanian officials have met in Paris to try to mend strained relations over France’s… 25/08/10 20:51 CET
France expels 8,000 Roma so far this yearFrance remains defiant in the face of widespread criticism over its policy of deporting Roma… 25/08/10 20:51 CET
Draining Mont Blanc’s lake underwayThe Mont Blanc glacier is one of Europe’s best known landmarks. But now it is under threat. Work… 25/08/10 17:58 CET
Dozens dead in Iraq after series of attacksDozens of people have died in what appears to be a series of coordinated attacks on security forces… 25/08/10 17:02 CET
NATO base attacked after troops shoot “rogue” police officerNATO forces have shot and killed an Afghan policeman after he opened fire on troops during a… 25/08/10 16:04 CET
China crash black box foundAccident investigators have now found the flight recorder among the burnt out remains of the… 25/08/10 15:53 CET
Philippine hijack victims flown homeThe bodies and survivors of the hijacked Philippine bus attack have returned to Hong Kong. The… 25/08/10 15:17 CET
Moldovan police find uranium haulPolice in Moldova have arrested three people after seizing nearly two kilos of uranium. Tests… 25/08/10 14:32 CET
Jimmy Carter in North KoreaFormer US President Jimmy Carter has travelled to North Korea where it is believed he will try to… 25/08/10 14:24 CET
Obama’s approval ratings plummetMore Americans now disapprove of Barack Obama than approve of him, according to a recent poll. As… 25/08/10 12:44 CET
“Rogue” Afghan policeman shot after killing 3NATO forces have shot and killed an Afghan policeman after he opened fire on troops during a… 25/08/10 11:24 CET
Iraq hit by coordinated suicide attacksIraq has been hit by a series of suicide bombings in what appears to be a coordinated nationwide… 25/08/10 10:54 CET
Bloomberg backs Ground Zero Muslim centreNew York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg has publicly backed the construction of a Muslim cultural centre… 25/08/10 10:47 CET
Hundreds of thousands in fight for life in PakistanIt is a fight for life for the estimated 800,000 people left isolated more than three weeks after… 25/08/10 08:34 CET
Bloody clashes in BeirutAt least three people have been killed after Lebanese groups in Beirut exchanged machine gun fire… 25/08/10 07:56 CET
Tourists die in Nepalese plane crashRescue teams reached the crash site of a small plane in Nepal yesterday only to find a large crater… 25/08/10 07:46 CET
U2 star Bono takes tea with MedvedevThe Irish rock band U2 will take to the stage tonight for their first ever concert in Russia. The… 25/08/10 07:46 CET
Viktor Bout extradition delayedThe expected extradition of the alleged arms dealer Viktor Bout has been delayed pending further… 25/08/10 07:45 CET
China plane crash leaves 43 dead but 53 surviveChina’s worst air disaster for several years has left 43 people dead and questions as to why the… 25/08/10 07:45 CET
Wyclef Jean to appeal Haiti poll exclusionThe singer-songwriter Wyclef Jean says he will appeal against a decision to reject his candidacy… 25/08/10 00:34 CET
