businessweekly
Financial turmoil: markets over-reacting?In this edition of Business Weekly, we examine how the fears of global recession and the US debt… 05/08/11 21:04 CET
cinema
The Devil’s Double: Iraq’s dark heartThe Devil’s Double is a new film about Iraq. But instead of dealing with the American invasion like… 05/08/11 11:33 CET
economy
US jobs a rare bright spot in economic gloomFears of a recession in the US receded slightly on Friday with the release of positive jobs… 05/08/11 19:43 CET
Fear infects financial marketsSparking memories of the 2008 crisis, Friday was another very turbulent day on the world’s… 05/08/11 17:40 CET
Fear drives world’s financial marketsFriday has been another very turbulent day on the world’s financial markets, starting with a… 05/08/11 17:26 CET
interview
‘Europeans paying for their leaders mistakes’ – AhmadinejadIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is facing political isolation amid a brutal struggle for… 05/08/11 20:39 CET
le mag
Gabala Music Festival in AzerbaijanThe Gabala music festival in Azerbaijan featured both classical and folk music. The Russian State… 05/08/11 11:33 CET
life
Kiev: from past to presentThis year Kiev celebrates 20 years of post-Soviet history. The country’s capital is an indicator of… 05/08/11 12:40 CET
pictureoftheday
Newly weds transform forklift into wedding carBridegroom Kong Qingyang and his bride Shen Likun sit on a forklift, which is transformed into a… 05/08/11 12:38 CET
science
Close Encounters with AsteroidsNASA’s Dawn spacecraft has entered orbit around the asteroid Vesta: and the first set of images… 05/08/11 10:14 CET
Sport
Champions League final round qualifying drawThe draw for the Champions league final round of qualifying on Friday in Nyon Switzerland and the… 05/08/11 17:48 CET
Soccer scouts accused of exploiting talentHundreds of up and coming young footballers from Africa and Asia are being duped by unscrupulous… 05/08/11 15:18 CET
Lochte is ‘swimmer to watch’Following his five gold medal win at the FINA World Championships in Shanghai last week, Ryan… 05/08/11 15:05 CET
u talk
The EU and Turkey – to join or not to join?This week in U talk, our first question is from Ceren, a student from Istanbul. She says: “I’d… 05/08/11 10:30 CET
world news
The City calls for action on euro zone debtEurope’s leaders might be on holiday but in the City of London it was business as usual on Friday… 05/08/11 23:03 CET
‘Poland’s Le Pen’ dead at 57Andrzej Lepper, a Polish former deputy prime minister, was found dead at his Warsaw office on… 05/08/11 21:03 CET
Marvel’s new Spider-Man is mixed-race geekSpiderman is back and he is half-black. And half-Latino. Having killed off Peter Parker in June… 05/08/11 20:33 CET
Rehn seeks to reassure investors over debt concernsThe European Union’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, Olli Rehn, has sought to reassure… 05/08/11 19:16 CET
Tymoshenko supporters tussle with policeSupporters of Ukraine’s former prime minister Yuila Tymoshenko tussled with police on Friday as the… 05/08/11 19:11 CET
At least ten die in Somali food riotAt least ten Somalis – refugees among them – have reportedly been killed in a food riot in a camp… 05/08/11 17:44 CET
Russia tells Syria to end protestor crackdownUN rights investigators have warned Syria to stop using excessive force against peaceful… 05/08/11 17:34 CET
Polar bear kills tourist in NorwayIn Norway one person is dead and another five injured after a polar bear attacked a group of… 05/08/11 17:16 CET
Libyans deny death of Gaddafi sonThe Libyan government has denied a rebel claim that another one of Colonel Gaddafi’s sons has been… 05/08/11 16:59 CET
Spain’s Indignants march again after clashesSpain’s ‘Indignant’ protesters took to the streets again on Friday, one day after clashes with… 05/08/11 16:03 CET
Ukraine PM Tymoshenko detained by courtUkraine’s former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been remanded in custody. The move follows a… 05/08/11 15:43 CET
NATO accused of failing to help refugeesItaly’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini is calling on NATO to investigate claims that an alliance… 05/08/11 15:43 CET
Breivik’s ‘favourite blogger’ reveals his identityAn anonymous far-right blogger cited by the self-confessed killer of 77 people in Norway two weeks… 05/08/11 14:33 CET
Rehn reassures markets over debt concernsPatience will pay off – that is the message to investors from Europe’s Economic and Monetary… 05/08/11 14:13 CET
Yingluck elected Thai prime ministerThailand’s parliament has elected Yingluck Shinawatra as the country’s first female prime minister… 05/08/11 11:24 CET
European stock markets remain volatileEuropean stock exchanges have trimmed their earlier losses after falling sharply in early trading… 05/08/11 10:03 CET
Belarus rights activist arrestedLeading rights activist Ales Beliatski has been arrested by police in Belarus and his home and the… 05/08/11 07:11 CET
Last gay holocaust survivor diesThe last survivor of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals has died in his sleep at the age of 98… 05/08/11 07:08 CET
Spain’s indignados battle on as police tirePolice in Spain have clashed with so-called indignados demonstrators, protesting over the closure… 05/08/11 02:53 CET
Liquid water found on MarsNASA scientists believe they may have found evidence of water flowing on Mars. If so, it… 05/08/11 01:43 CET
Pro-settlement activists co-opt protests in IsraelDemonstrations over living standards are continuing across Israel, but the question is who is a… 05/08/11 00:04 CET
Markets nosedive on EU, US economy fearsIt was a bleak end to a black day on the stock markets. Wall Street posted its biggest sell-off… 05/08/11 00:03 CET
