cinema
Kevin James talks to the animals in ZookeeperKevin James stars as an amiable zookeeper who is unlucky with the ladies; cue advice on nature’s… 07/07/11 16:12 CET
corporate
Quick-fix share sale hits ThyssenKruppThyssenKrupp’s shares fell on Thursday after it said it will raise as much as 1.7 billion euros by… 07/07/11 15:13 CET
Innate inks cancer drug tie-up with BMSShares in the small French biotech firm Innate shot up 70 percent on Thursday after it reached a… 07/07/11 15:13 CET
economy
NYSE Deutsche Börse merger moves closerThe New York Stock Exchange has moved a big step closer to being taken over by Germany’s Deutsche… 07/07/11 19:23 CET
Trichet criticises ratings agencies, backs PortugalEuropean Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet has joined the chorus of criticism of the role… 07/07/11 17:54 CET
No surprise as ECB raises ratesAs expected, the European Central Bank raised the cost of borrowing on Thursday. Its benchmark… 07/07/11 15:13 CET
EU to toughen food labelling rulesKnowing what is in your food when you buy it will soon hopefully become much easier. New labelling… 07/07/11 07:08 CET
europa
Belgium’s political deadlock continuesBelgium’s 13 month search for a government goes on after the country’s Flemish separatist party… 07/07/11 19:52 CET
MEPs to get new anti-sleaze codeParty leaders in the European Parliament have unanimously backed a new code of conduct for MEPs… 07/07/11 18:55 CET
Days of wine and labelsThis is an important time for the occasionally difficult relationship between big industrial groups… 07/07/11 15:35 CET
Mobile roaming charges set to fallGood news for holidaymakers, mobile phone prices abroad are set to become cheaper under EU law. The… 07/07/11 09:16 CET
hi-tech
Fighting driver fatigueA lorry driver falls asleep at the wheel, a stark reminder of just how dangerous it is to drive… 07/07/11 15:13 CET
le mag
Paris Haute Couture: Gaultier, Valentino, RollandIt was a feather-filled fashion show for Jean-Paul Gaultier. Even when the plumage wasn’t actually… 07/07/11 16:12 CET
pictureoftheday
“Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2” world premiereHarry Potter fans queue in Trafalgar Square for the world premiere of “Harry Potter and The Deathly… 07/07/11 13:19 CET
reporter
Tourists deserting TunisiaSince the beginning of the conflict in Libya, more than 60,000 Libyans have fled to Tunisia… 07/07/11 15:11 CET
thenetwork
Child-sex tourism debated in The NetworkFrom Thailand to Cuba, Brazil to Morocco, sex-tourism is lucrative. Websites hawk erotic escapes… 07/07/11 15:57 CET
u talk
Cheap and healthy: forget the car!In this edition of U talk our guest answering your questions is from the European Cyclists‘… 07/07/11 15:41 CET
world news
Yemen’s injured President Saleh reappears on TVHis hands and arms heavily bandaged, Yemen’s President has appeared on television for the first… 07/07/11 23:33 CET
Italian Minister calls colleague a ‘cretin’It was meant to be about belt-tightening as Italian ministers faced the press, outlining austerity… 07/07/11 22:13 CET
Thousands protest civilian deaths in AfghanistanHundreds of people gather to protest in eastern Afghanistan, angered by the deaths of up to 12… 07/07/11 20:20 CET
Yemen’s Saleh speaks out for first time since attackHe has not been seen in public since an assassination attempt on him in June. And the signs of the… 07/07/11 20:03 CET
Rain fails to spoil Sky parade on Tour Day 6Thursday was a day to remember for Norway’s Edvald Boassen Hagen and Team Sky, both picking up… 07/07/11 19:41 CET
Phone-hacking bombshell: News of the World to closeIt is a bombshell in Britain’s media landscape – the tabloid newspaper “News of the World” is being… 07/07/11 19:11 CET
Four photographers accused of spying in GeorgiaPress freedom campaigners have staged a protest outside the Georgian Interior Ministry against the… 07/07/11 18:13 CET
Murdoch closes UK tabloid hit by phone-hacking scandalRupert Murdoch’s News Corporation will close its tabloid “News of the World” after this Sunday’s… 07/07/11 18:08 CET
30 children rescued from Malaysian school siegeSafe in the arms of the police, 30 children emerged from a nursery school in Malaysia after being… 07/07/11 17:34 CET
UK arrest ETA suspect wanted in 1997 Spanish King attackPolice in the UK have arrested a man alleged to have taken part in a terrorist plot to assassinate… 07/07/11 17:19 CET
NASA captures pictures of Saturn’s giant stormNASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured unprecedented images of a giant thunderstorm raging on the… 07/07/11 17:19 CET
Murdoch’s empire takes a hit over phone hackingRupert Murdoch may be too big and too powerful to take down, but it may not be the case for some of… 07/07/11 16:44 CET
Final preps for South Sudan independenceRehearsals are underway ahead of the birth of the world’s newest nation. Southern Sudan is… 07/07/11 16:11 CET
Fatal roof collapse at Dutch stadiumAt least one person is reported to have been killed and 14 others injured in the partial collapse… 07/07/11 16:03 CET
Back in the Day: ‘UFO crash’ at Roswell*July 8, 1947:* The recovery of a “flying disk”, from a ranch at Roswell, New Mexico is announced… 07/07/11 14:58 CET
One dead, 14 hurt in Dutch stadium collapseA man has died and 14 people have been injured after part of a roof collapsed at a football stadium… 07/07/11 14:53 CET
Flotilla spokesperson: ‘I think we have achieved our aim’A spokesperson for the Gaza flotilla has accused the Greeks of doing the Israeli coastguards’ job… 07/07/11 14:13 CET
Dutch police say people trapped in stadium collapseA football stadium in the Netherlands is reported to have partially collapsed, with people trapped… 07/07/11 13:33 CET
Protesters gather to stop eviction in MadridProtesters have returned to the streets of Madrid, weeks after ending a sit-down siege of the… 07/07/11 13:08 CET
Nepal bans Dalai Lama birthday celebrationsNepali authorities have banned exiled Tibetans from celebrating the birthday of their spiritual… 07/07/11 13:06 CET
Gaza aid flotilla still blockedPro-Palestinian activists aboard a flotilla, due to set sail for Gaza, claim they are being… 07/07/11 12:13 CET
Bush statue unveiled in AlbaniaA tiny Albanian village unveiled a statue in honour of George W. Bush, in a square also named after… 07/07/11 11:55 CET
US officials warn of ‘belly bomb’ rumourIf latest reports are to be believed, body scanners at airports, as voted on this week by the … 07/07/11 11:43 CET
UK tabloid accused of hacking phones of dead soldiers’ familiesA UK newspaper has alleged that the families of dead British soldiers had their phones hacked by… 07/07/11 11:13 CET
Body scanners get MEP approvalTwo years after controversial body scanners were first mooted, the European parliament has given… 07/07/11 08:53 CET
Dutch woman missing for 18 days found alive in ravineAfter 18 days at the bottom of a ravine, a Dutch woman who went missing in Spain has been rescued… 07/07/11 08:09 CET
Pyeongchang to host 2018 Winter OlympicsThe South Korean city of Pyeongchang was chosen by the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday… 07/07/11 07:32 CET
New York District Attorney asked to quit DSK caseThe lawyer for the woman who accused Dominique Strauss Kahn of sexual assault has asked New York’s… 07/07/11 05:04 CET
Film fans flock to London for final Harry PotterHundreds of Harry Potter fans have descended on London’s Trafalgar Square for the premiere of the… 07/07/11 01:13 CET
Facebook launches video chat with SkypeFacebook and Skype are joining forces to bring video chat to the social networking site. The… 07/07/11 00:33 CET
