cinema
Warm festival welcome for 1,000 euro filmYoung Spanish film director Jonathan Cenzual Burley has proved that you can make a movie on a low… 13/07/11 13:56 CET
corporate
Another profit warning from CarrefourCarrefour has issued a warning on profits for the fourth time in a year and admitted it made a… 13/07/11 17:26 CET
economy
China looks set to avoid hard landingChina’s economy grew faster than expected between April and June. The latest official figures… 13/07/11 19:15 CET
Euro zone May industrial output weakEuro zone industrial output rose in May, but by far less than expected. It was up by just 0.1… 13/07/11 17:27 CET
Big jump in UK jobless claimsThe number of Britons claiming unemployment benefit in June saw its biggest jump in two years… 13/07/11 17:25 CET
europa
EU promises fishing policy reformBrussels has announced a major overhaul of its much derided Common Fisheries Policy. The European… 13/07/11 19:37 CET
hi-tech
E-book boom draws thousands to Tokyo fairTokyo has been playing host to one of the world’s largest e-book exhibitions. More than 150… 13/07/11 14:57 CET
le mag
Classified Hiroshima photos on display in New YorkOnce classified by the US government, dozens of photographs of the aftermath of Hiroshima are on… 13/07/11 13:56 CET
pictureoftheday
Cooling down a polar bear at Belgrade’s zooA zookeeper sprays water on a polar bear to help it cool down at Belgrade’s zoo July 13, 2011 as an… 13/07/11 15:28 CET
world news
Rupert Murdoch’s global empireLived and died by scandal – a phrase that sums up the history of the News of the World. Overwhelmed… 13/07/11 19:43 CET
Afghan suicide bomber kills five French soldiersThe deaths of five French soldiers in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan will overshadow the… 13/07/11 21:43 CET
Deadly triple bomb attack in MumbaiThe White House has been quick to condemn bomb attacks in India’s commercial capital Mumbai, and… 13/07/11 20:04 CET
Extradition decision on Wikileaks’ Assange put backA British court has deferred a decision on whether to allow Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange to be… 13/07/11 19:46 CET
Euro zone debt crisis deepensTrying not to get sucked in the euro zone debt crisis, Italy is moving to rapidly cut its debts… 13/07/11 19:44 CET
Manxman melts the legs to go green in the Tour de FranceThe Cavendish kick left the other sprinters staring at the Manxman’s behind as Mark Cavendish… 13/07/11 19:40 CET
Turkey threatens to ‘freeze’ EU ties over CyprusIt wants to join the European Union but Turkey is threatening to freeze relations with the bloc… 13/07/11 19:33 CET
Turkey: govt win no-confidence voteThe Turkish government of Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan have won a parliamentary vote of… 13/07/11 19:28 CET
Chlorine gas leak strikes Iraq’s Sadr CityHundreds of Iraqis living in Sadr City near Baghdad were taken to hospital when poisonous chlorine… 13/07/11 19:28 CET
News Corp’s decision to drop BSkyB bid welcomedRupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has withdrawn its bid to buy full control of BSkyB, Britain’s… 13/07/11 18:14 CET
Russia and EU move closer to visa abolitionCould there soon be free travel between the EU and Russia? In Brussels, the two powers have taken a… 13/07/11 17:52 CET
French left steps up for election fight with SarkozyCould Socialist Francois Hollande be the next President of France? The Socialist stalwart is… 13/07/11 17:44 CET
Back in the Day: French revolutionaries storm the Bastille*July 14, 1789.* Hundreds of French protesters attack the Bastille, a medieval prison-fortress in… 13/07/11 17:12 CET
Concerns over reasons for Belfast riotingIt was hoped the days of violent confrontation in Belfast were over – but it seems not… 13/07/11 16:43 CET
Murdoch backs out of bid for BSkyBRupert Murdoch’s News Corporation has withdrawn its bid to buy full control of Britain’s largest… 13/07/11 15:41 CET
Anger grows in Russia as children are found dead in shipMore than 100 bodies have been brought to the surface and as the search for victims goes on, anger… 13/07/11 15:15 CET
French troops killed in Afghan suicide attackFive French soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan. Four more troops and… 13/07/11 15:14 CET
Thousands stranded due to Air Algerie strikeAngry scuffles have broken out at Orly Airport in Paris. A strike by cabin crew from Air… 13/07/11 15:13 CET
Contagion fever raises temperature in euro debt crisisFears that the euro-zone debt crisis is spreading have put the brakes on any stock market… 13/07/11 13:33 CET
Murdoch: media reacts to media stormThe scale of the storm ravaging the UK media should not be underestimated. One newspaper – the… 13/07/11 12:27 CET
Hundreds stranded by Air Algerie strikeIn Paris, hundreds of angry passengers have spent the night in Orly Airport. Scores of flights have… 13/07/11 12:13 CET
UK parliament to unite against Murdoch empireIt happens very rarely, but today the British parliament will unite to urge Rupert Murdoch to drop… 13/07/11 11:24 CET
Kandahar ‘destabilised’ after Karzai brother’s murderAfghanistan’s president Hamid Karzai wept openly at the graveside of his younger brother who was… 13/07/11 11:04 CET
US debt discussion descends into blame-gameIn the United States, government debt discussions are descending into a blame-game. President… 13/07/11 10:03 CET
More violent clashes on the streets of BelfastIt had been hoped that scenes of violent confrontation had disappeared from the streets of Northern… 13/07/11 08:43 CET
Silk Way Rally latest positionsWinding through another 432km of Russian grasslands and desert, the 130 teams signed up to Silk Way… 13/07/11 08:07 CET
Lagarde names her team at the IMFNew IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde has named her top team to run the world’s international… 13/07/11 07:55 CET
Ireland is cut to junk status as markets remain volatileFears are growing that euro zone debts are in serious danger of spreading. Anxieties were… 13/07/11 06:13 CET
Gaddafi close to quitting, says FranceFrance claims Muammar Gaddafi is very close to agreeing to step down. Emissaries from the Libyan… 13/07/11 04:44 CET
Spanish scepticism over ETA peace claimThe Basque separatist group ETA has issued a statement declaring it is prepared to “to go further… 13/07/11 03:13 CET
Rioters clash with Belfast policePolice fired tear gas and plastic bullets at Catholic youths during rioting in the Northern Irish… 13/07/11 01:03 CET
