cinema
Katy Perry voice of Smurfette in 3D featurePop-sensation Katy Perry has made her film debut in the new 3D Smurf movie, which premiered in New… 26/07/11 18:35 CET
corporate
Soros to invest just for himselfOne of the world’s best known investors, billionaire George Soros, is getting out of the hedge fund… 26/07/11 19:45 CET
Deutsche Bank profit warningDeutsche Bank is warning of weakness to come in its core investment banking division as it reported… 26/07/11 16:51 CET
EU truck sales edge up in JuneCommercial vehicle sales in the European Union were up in June, but by just 1.5 percent; that is… 26/07/11 16:51 CET
economy
Weak growth pressures UK governmentThe British economy barely grew between April and June. As industrial output shrank, … 26/07/11 19:45 CET
IMF chief warns on US default’s far-reaching impactThe new International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has said that Washington must speedily… 26/07/11 16:51 CET
hi-tech
Nano foils smart-coat surfaces to work with lightPicking up the phone these days means holding nanotechnology in your hand. Now that phones do so… 26/07/11 16:21 CET
le mag
Paléo Festival pumps spiritsThe Paléo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland, paid tribute to Amy Winehouse and went on with the show… 26/07/11 18:35 CET
pictureoftheday
Drought in the Horn of AfricaAn aid worker using an iPad films the rotting carcass of a cow in Wajir near the Kenya-Somalia… 26/07/11 13:31 CET
Sport
Match-fixing scandal delays Turkish seasonThe start of the Turkish football season has been delayed a month because of the investigation into… 26/07/11 20:54 CET
NFL back in businessThe NFL, America’s richest and most popular professional sport, will go ahead with its season, as… 26/07/11 20:54 CET
Uruguay welcomes home newly crowned championsThousands of screaming Uruguayan fans flooded into the streets of Montevideo on Monday to celebrate… 26/07/11 08:52 CET
world news
Exclusive: Woman defies Belgian Burka banThe life of Selema has changed drastically in the last few days. Since Saturday July 23, she began… 26/07/11 20:38 CET
Political wrangling paralyses US debt talksThe United States has just one more week to resolve the federal debt crisis – and avoid a… 26/07/11 20:23 CET
French peacekeepers wounded in Lebanon blastA roadside bomb attack has wounded six French soldiers serving with the UN peacekeeping force in… 26/07/11 23:43 CET
More wild boar washed up in BrittanyThe carcasses of another 18 wild boar have been washed up on a beach in Northern France. It… 26/07/11 22:53 CET
EU attempts to ease tension between Serbia and KosovoSerbia and Kosovo are both being urged to act calmly after an attack at a border post in Kosovo… 26/07/11 22:03 CET
Japan ponders future free of nuclear dependenceThe head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says the world will continue to generate more, not less… 26/07/11 20:23 CET
Cuba marks anniversary but no mention of reformRaul Castro took to the stage to mark the 58th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution started by his… 26/07/11 19:45 CET
Winehouse family and friends say farewellA private funeral has been held for British soul singer Amy Winehouse. The traditional Jewish… 26/07/11 19:44 CET
Pakistan and India foreign ministers meetPakistan’s newly-appointed foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has arrived in India to push forward… 26/07/11 18:43 CET
Smolensk black boxes register no technical faultsThe authorities in Poland say black box recordings show there were no technical problems on the… 26/07/11 18:43 CET
Parole setback for Khodorkovsky associatePrison officials have given a “negative assessment” of Platon Lebedev who wants parole, according… 26/07/11 18:43 CET
Kosovo policeman hurt in Serbian border clashNATO has appealed for calm to quell a violent rise in tension between Kosovo and Serbia. It… 26/07/11 17:43 CET
Norway attacker ‘believes he’s in a war’The lawyer for Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik says his client is probably insane. Breivik… 26/07/11 17:03 CET
Horn of Africa: “The children’s famine”It has been called the “children’s famine.” The young are most vulnerable but men, women and… 26/07/11 16:04 CET
Norway killer took drugs before attacksMore details are emerging of Anders Behring Breivik’s deadly attack in Norway. The right-wing… 26/07/11 15:33 CET
Norway’s justice minister expects changes to penal systemNorway’s Justice Minister has been defending the country’s penal system amid criticisms there… 26/07/11 14:03 CET
Back in the Day: the last of the 2CVs*July 27, 1990.* The last ever Citroën 2CV rolls off the factory line in Mangualde, Portugal after… 26/07/11 13:58 CET
Dozens die in Moroccan military plane crashIt is now known that 80 people on board a Moroccan military transporter died when it crashed into a… 26/07/11 13:44 CET
Families’ anger after China train crashDemonstrators in China are demanding answers after the country’s deadliest rail crash since 2008… 26/07/11 12:37 CET
Norway’s police praised after attacksNorway’s police believe Anders Behring Breivik probably acted alone in killing 76 people last… 26/07/11 11:14 CET
Nuclear demand to rise despite Fukushima -IAEA chiefDemand for nuclear power will continue to grow in the world despite Japan’s Fukushima crisis… 26/07/11 11:13 CET
UN to begin food airlift for starving SomaliaHabibo weighs just six kilos and doctors at a refugee camp in Kenya are battling to save her life… 26/07/11 08:53 CET
Israeli musicians play Wagner in BayreuthThe Israeli Chamber Orchestra is to break a major taboo by playing a work by Hitler’s favourite… 26/07/11 08:29 CET
Spain’s ‘Indignants’ march on to BrusselsYoung protesters in Spain have decided to continue their campaign against the government and… 26/07/11 08:29 CET
Private funeral planned for Amy WinehouseA private funeral for the British soul singer Amy Winehouse will take place today attended by just… 26/07/11 08:20 CET
Obama calls for compromise to avoid debt failureWith little more than a week to come up with an agreement to prevent the US defaulting on its… 26/07/11 05:33 CET
Norway police believe Breivik acted as a lone wolfNorwegian police believe the man who killed 76 people in twin attacks last Friday probably acted… 26/07/11 03:44 CET
Independent experts slam evidence against KnoxIndependent forensic experts have attacked key evidence used to convict US student Amanda Knox of… 26/07/11 00:33 CET
Breivik’s father says his son should have shot himselfThe father of Norway’s self-confessed mass killer has declared his son should have turned the gun… 26/07/11 00:03 CET
