cinema
Conan flops at US Box OfficeThe highly anticipated action flick “Conan the Barbarian” is on its way to becoming one of this… 30/08/11 13:14 CET
corporate
Exxon inks Arctic tie up with RosneftTop US oil company Exxon Mobil and Russia’s Rosneft have signed a deal to develop oil and gas… 30/08/11 19:19 CET
Macarthur digs sweetened Peabody, Arcelor bidAustralia’s Macarthur Coal has accepted an improved 3.6 billion euros takeover offer from top … 30/08/11 17:20 CET
economy
France’s poor get poorerIncreasing numbers of French people are living in poverty and the country is suffering rising… 30/08/11 18:19 CET
Bank of Italy warns on weak growthItaly’s central bank says the country’s growth is feeble and is likely to remain that way… 30/08/11 18:19 CET
India’s economic growth slowsIndia’s economy expanded by 7.7 percent between April and June,compared with the same period a year… 30/08/11 17:20 CET
Italy under pressure from weak bond sale demandItaly has returned to the bond markets, but there was relatively weak demand for the 7.7 billion… 30/08/11 17:20 CET
europa
EU debt crisis gravest since World War II, warns TrichetEurope’s debt crisis shows no signs of ending any time soon. With frightening speed the turmoil… 30/08/11 19:35 CET
le mag
French electro, Red Hot Chilling and a chip off the old BlockheadA look now at a few new releases, starting with France’s most international DJ David Guetta’s… 30/08/11 13:14 CET
my no comment
Mount Etna wakes up againMount Etna erupted for the twelfth time since 2011. (filmed in Catania/Sicily by Andrew Azzopardi) 30/08/11 12:53 CET
Hurricane Irene seen from MontrealHurricane Irene is seen from the St-Joseph Basilica on top of Mont-Royal in Montréal. Winds of up… 30/08/11 12:53 CET
pictureoftheday
Muslims end of Ramadan in MoscowMuslims attend morning prayers for Eid Al-Fitr near the central mosque in Moscow August 30, 2011… 30/08/11 11:50 CET
Sport
Lahm’s book angers German federationOnly a few days before Germany face Austria in their Euro 2012 qualifier, a book by Bayern Munich… 30/08/11 20:09 CET
Serie A still on holdThe president of the Italian football federation Giancarlo Abete met with the representatives of… 30/08/11 20:09 CET
Martin wins time trial as Froome takes Vuelta leadTony Martin claimed stage ten of the Tour of Spain on Monday. The German HTC rider blitzed the… 30/08/11 08:55 CET
tomorrowscity
The urban water courseWater is at the heart of who we are, and everything we do. We live through water. On one level it… 30/08/11 18:28 CET
Singapore Blog 1==Food for thought on the first day== We’ve just arrived in Singapore and the local fixer suggests… 30/08/11 14:49 CET
world news
Libya facing daunting compromisesThe Libya of the past 40 years has been dismantled, and now needs building up again. Six months of… 30/08/11 20:50 CET
Post 9/11: the cost of the ‘War on Terror’225,000 lives and up to four trillion dollars. That is, in its most simplistic terms, the cost so… 30/08/11 16:46 CET
EU’s Syrian sanctions hit snagThe European Union’s proposed raft of new sanctions against Syria failed to get past objections on… 30/08/11 22:53 CET
Abu Salim reveals its dark secretsIt is believed 1,200 detainees were massacred in Tripoli’s infamous Abu Salim prison in 1996 and… 30/08/11 22:33 CET
Obama: veterans will not pay to balance budgetThe US President has promised military veterans that they will not suffer from efforts to fix the… 30/08/11 20:53 CET
Sirte given breathing space to surrenderThe new Libyan government has given the Gaddafi rebels in Sirte and in other pockets of resistance… 30/08/11 20:43 CET
From exile, Gaddafis watch their world disappearFrom their perches in Algeria the Gaddafis who got out must be hating the pictures they are seeing… 30/08/11 20:25 CET
Trying to count the real cost of warAfter almost a decade of the so-called ‘War on Terror’, a debate about the full cost of military… 30/08/11 20:13 CET
ANC Youth League supports leader with violenceIn South Africa there have been clashes between riot police and supporters of the controversial… 30/08/11 16:23 CET
Back in the Day: stolen Scream recovered*August 31, 2006.* Norwegian police recover paintings ‘The Scream’ and ‘Madonna’ both by Norwegian… 30/08/11 16:12 CET
High price of Libya’s deadly celebrationsLibyans are being urged to stop shooting into the air to celebrate their new-found freedom… 30/08/11 15:53 CET
Ultimatum for pro-Gaddafi forces to surrenderLibyan rebels have given pro-Gaddafi forces in Sirte until Saturday to surrender or face a military… 30/08/11 14:53 CET
Political slant to Eid celebrationsEid celebrations have a special importance in Egypt this year. Cairo’s Tahrir Square – just… 30/08/11 14:44 CET
Irene: counting the costThe indications are that the impact of Hurricane Irene in the US is not as bad as feared. Experts… 30/08/11 12:43 CET
‘Alpha Dog’ Putin launches election campaignRussia’s prime minister Vladimir Putin has launched his party’s election campaign with a typical… 30/08/11 12:34 CET
US commission slams 1940s Guatemala testsA US presidential commission has admitted vulnerable Guatemalans were treated like animals during a… 30/08/11 11:33 CET
Police flood streets for Notting Hill carnivalThere were record numbers of police patrolling Notting Hill carnival in London but the event billed… 30/08/11 10:54 CET
Libyans celebrate the ‘Eid of victory’After almost 42 years of rule by Muammar Gaddafi, this particular celebration to mark the end of… 30/08/11 10:03 CET
Noda voted in as Japanese Prime MinisterYoshihiko Noda has been voted in as Prime Minister of Japan. The 54-year-old is the country’s… 30/08/11 08:23 CET
Yemen’s President Saleh finally agrees to electionsAs the Muslim holy month of Ramadan comes to an end, Yemen’s pro-democracy protesters are set to… 30/08/11 05:43 CET
DSK returns to IMF to say ‘sorry’Dominique Strauss-Kahn has visited the IMF offices in Washington to apologise to staff there. It… 30/08/11 04:33 CET
Gaddafi loyalists wait for justiceGaddafi loyalists wounded in the battle for Tripoli face an uncertain future. The National… 30/08/11 02:33 CET
It’s raining euros in HollandIt was not exactly pennies from heaven, rather euros, but for drivers on a highway in the… 30/08/11 00:33 CET
The Gaddafis flee, and fall in battleThe Libyan rebels are saying one of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, Khamis, has been killed in fighting and… 30/08/11 00:13 CET
