cinema
Rome Film FestivalIranian Director Hossein Kershavarz and Jim Loach have both made their feature film debuts at the… 01/11/10 17:10 CET
corporate
Ryanair profit disappointsRyanair’s share fell after its quarterly net profit came in below expectations because of a… 01/11/10 14:51 CET
economy
US consumer spending tepid but factory growth upMixed news on the US economy where there was surprisingly strong growth last month in the… 01/11/10 18:03 CET
Landmark commercial flight to BaghdadFor the first time in nearly 20 years a commercial airliner has flown from Western Europe into the… 01/11/10 17:01 CET
IMF says Romanian reforms on trackThe International Monetary Fund says Romania is on track to cut its budget deficit to 6.8 percent… 01/11/10 15:01 CET
China manufacturing growth leapsChina’s factories increased production last month and gained new orders. That was the finding of… 01/11/10 15:01 CET
europa
US midterm moods range from bitter to upbeatIn Washington DC and New York City and across the United States, voters ahead of the midterm… 01/11/10 20:12 CET
le mag
Exhibition on America opens in Brussels“America is our history too” is the concept behind the new “Tour and Taxis” exhibition, which spans… 01/11/10 17:30 CET
science
Australian scientists create highly absorbent materialCarbon emissions and greenhouse gases are some of the most daunting problems facing our planet… 01/11/10 17:17 CET
world news
Shanghai Expo revelations about China?China spent more on the Shanghai Expo than it did on the Beijing Olympics. So what do we read into… 01/11/10 15:17 CET
Al Qaeda claims attack on Baghdad churchFunerals have taken place for some of the Christian worshippers killed in one of the bloodiest… 01/11/10 21:05 CET
USA delivers half-term report on ObamaAmericans have started delivering their verdict on Barack Obama in mid-term elections that look set… 01/11/10 19:47 CET
Tea Party raises temperature over midtermsTens of thousands of people turned out in Washington on August 28 to answer a call from Fox News… 01/11/10 19:28 CET
Obama’s foreign policy challengesThe American mid-term elections take place on Tuesday but how, if at all, will Obama’s foreign… 01/11/10 19:06 CET
Governments review air security after Yemen plotBritain and Germany have announced new airline security measures in the wake of the parcel bomb… 01/11/10 18:45 CET
Leftist group suspected in Greek parcel bombsGreek police have intercepted a booby-trapped parcel addressed to French President Nicolas Sarkozy… 01/11/10 18:30 CET
JFK’s speech-writer dies aged 82John F. Kennedy’s closest aide and speech-writer, Ted Sorensen, has died aged 82 after suffering a… 01/11/10 17:22 CET
Brazil reacts to Rousseff’s electionIn electing Dilma Rousseff, Brazilians have effectively voted for more of the same. The country’s… 01/11/10 17:20 CET
Shanghai Expo revelations about China?China spent more on the Shanghai Expo than it did on the Beijing Olympics. So what do we read into… 01/11/10 15:17 CET
Saudi bomb-maker sought over US parcel bombsA Saudi bomb-maker is the prime suspect in the plot to send parcel bombs to the United States… 01/11/10 14:51 CET
Parcel bomb explodes in GreeceReports from Greece say a parcel bomb has exploded in the offices of a courier company, slightly… 01/11/10 14:27 CET
Istanbul suicide bomb inquiry points to PKKThe Kurdish separatists the PKK are emerging as the most likely perpetrators of a bombing in… 01/11/10 12:09 CET
Iraqi church rescue killed ‘at least 52’The Iraqi government says at least 52 hostages and police died in an operation by security forces… 01/11/10 12:07 CET
Jail deal for Guantanamo’s youngest inmateGuantanamo Bay’s youngest prisoner has been sentenced to 40 years behind bars by an American war… 01/11/10 11:18 CET
Russia / Japan row over Medvedev island visitThe Russian president has re-awakened a 65 year old diplomatic row with Japan by visiting an island… 01/11/10 11:15 CET
Hostage siege in Baghdad ends in bloodshedAn Iraqi forces-led bid to rescue dozens of hostages held in a Baghdad church has left over 30… 01/11/10 07:34 CET
Ivory Coast votes in long awaited presidential pollIt has taken a decade but the long delayed presidential election in the west African state of Ivory… 01/11/10 07:34 CET
RC abuse victims condemn the churchVictims of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests have held a candlelight protest near St… 01/11/10 07:34 CET
Final push for votes ahead of US congressional pollWith the clock ticking towards Tuesday’s mid-term election, US Republicans have been doing the… 01/11/10 07:34 CET
Second defeat could be too much for SerraFor 68-year-old Jose Serra from the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, this second presidential… 01/11/10 04:33 CET
Rousseff supporters celebrate victoryThe result of the Brazilian presidential election, expected as it was, prompted scenes of… 01/11/10 04:17 CET
Brazil elects female presidentBrazil has chosen former leftist guerrilla, Dilma Rousseff as its new president in resounding… 01/11/10 03:21 CET
Yemen frees student held over US parcel bomb plotOne of the parcel bombs bound for the United States was carried on a passenger plane, it’s emerged… 01/11/10 02:39 CET
