cinema
“Burke and Hare”: dead bodies were their business.Director John Landis is taking a darkly comic look at Williams Burke and Hare, the notorious serial… 29/10/10 19:06 CET
corporate
Total is latest oil major with strong profitFrance’s Total is the latest energy company to post strong third-quarter results. Its adjusted… 29/10/10 16:39 CET
Piraeus Bank to boost capitalPiraeus, which is Greece’s fourth-largest bank, is to raise just over one billion euros by selling… 29/10/10 16:05 CET
BA and Iberia profit recoversBritish Airways says it expects to deliver further growth next year after posting a pretax profit… 29/10/10 15:46 CET
economy
Expo 2010 Shanghai signals China’s transformationOn its surface, Expo 2010 Shanghai is about dazzling technologies, dynamic design and glorious… 29/10/10 21:27 CET
Anti-pension reform strikes endWorkers at France’s biggest oil port, the Fos-Lavera terminal near Marseille, have voted to end a… 29/10/10 19:18 CET
Consumer spending lifts US GDPUS economic growth edged up as expected in the third quarter but not by enough to reduce high… 29/10/10 17:27 CET
interview
Human rights: judging the top judgeHuman rights in Europe is the specialist subject of Jean-Paul Costa. This French judge presides… 29/10/10 10:20 CET
learningworld
Teaching the tricks of the tradeWhat makes a good teacher? It is an easy question – but a difficult one to answer. Teaching… 29/10/10 09:29 CET
le mag
Alberto Garcia-Alíx: La Movida man moves to BeijingAlberto Garcia-Alíx made a name for himself as a photographer in the post-Franco explosion of… 29/10/10 19:06 CET
reporter
EU helps tackle water wars in AfricaAcross northeast Africa, an enduring shortage of water has resulted in extreme poverty and… 29/10/10 10:04 CET
space
Satellite broadens broadband’s horizonsHigh speed internet is becoming more and more of a necessity wherever you may find yourself, be it… 29/10/10 10:57 CET
world news
How Expo 2010 changed China?Shangai Expo brought China and its leadership under global scrutiny as never before. What was the… 29/10/10 21:02 CET
US/UK bomb alerts ground cargo flightsSuspicious packages found on a number of UPS cargo planes in the US and UK are under investigation… 29/10/10 19:52 CET
Spine-chilling cakes on sale in UK for HalloweenIt is no ordinary cake shop, with staff dressed as zombies. But with Halloween on the horizon… 29/10/10 19:52 CET
Merkel’s tough line on euro stability convinces othersA compromise on running Europe: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has won agreement from the other… 29/10/10 19:20 CET
Indonesia 2910More than 400 people are now known to have been killed in the tsunami which struck Indonesia’s… 29/10/10 19:18 CET
Cargo plane bomb alerts in US and UKA major security alert is underway on both sides of the Atlantic after a suspected bomb was found… 29/10/10 18:25 CET
Poland and Russia sign key gas dealA quite significant signing at arguably a rather insignificant ceremony. Moscow and Warsaw have… 29/10/10 17:56 CET
Cameron over budget: “Brussels won’t derail us”Two point nine percent and not a drop more: That is as much as British Prime Minister David… 29/10/10 17:24 CET
Korean border troops exchange gunshotsSoldiers from North and South Korea have reportedly exchanged gunfire across their heavily armed… 29/10/10 13:36 CET
Obama tries to drum up core support ahead of pollOnly days to go before the US votes in crucial congressional polls and President Barack Obama has… 29/10/10 12:44 CET
Cameron hauls back over EU spendingBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has been leading efforts to stop the European Parliament from… 29/10/10 12:43 CET
Rousseff keeps runoff lead in Brazil pollBrazil’s ruling party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff holds a solid lead over rival Jose… 29/10/10 11:46 CET
EU summit backs German-French call for treaty changeGermany has got what it wants: On the second day of their summit, the 27 EU leaders have already… 29/10/10 11:36 CET
Indonesian tsunami dead tops 400The number of dead in the Indonesian tsunami has now topped 400. The latest count comes despite… 29/10/10 10:36 CET
Drug deaths in Mexican capital prompt protestsThere are fears Mexico’s spiralling drugs war may have reached the capital after six young men were… 29/10/10 10:36 CET
Obama’s likely post-midterm agendaAfter eight years of Republican government, voters in the US took Democrat Barack Obama at his word… 29/10/10 09:12 CET
Protesters delay opening of Rome film festivalGlitz and glamour were nowhere to be seen. The usual stars of the red carpet were missing as the… 29/10/10 07:19 CET
Hope running out in search for tsunami survivorsRescue crews and relief workers are losing hope of finding survivors of the Indonesian tsunami… 29/10/10 07:19 CET
Van Rompuy charged with changes to Lisbon TreatyThe man charged with amending the Lisbon Treaty is EU Council President Herman van Rompuy. He… 29/10/10 07:18 CET
EU backs treaty changes to shore up fiscal defencesThe EU has agreed in principle to back calls by France and Germany to make slight amendments to the… 29/10/10 07:18 CET
Hezbollah tells Lebanese to boycott Hariri courtThe head of Hezbollah has urged all Lebanese citizens to boycott a UN-backed inquiry into the… 29/10/10 07:18 CET
President Cristina attends wake for dead husbandBereaved Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has attended the wake of her husband Nestor… 29/10/10 07:17 CET
