cinema
Venice Film Festival opensThe Venice Film Festival has opened with a star spangled splash. Vittoria Puccini was the hostess… 01/09/11 16:07 CET
corporate
Chips with everything at IFA electronics showIFA, Europe’s leading trade fair for consumer electronics and home appliances, is underway in… 01/09/11 18:56 CET
US to block AT&T T-Mobile dealTurmoil surrounds the proposed takeover of Deutsche Telekom’s US division T-Mobile by AT&T as the… 01/09/11 18:55 CET
economy
Falling orders stall factory activity worldwideEuro zone manufacturing activity contracted for the first time in almost two years in August… 01/09/11 15:14 CET
No cheer as Greeks pay more for drinksThe Greek government – trying to raise more money and close the budget gap – has brought in new… 01/09/11 15:14 CET
Sluggish demand for Spanish bondsSpain’s latest attempt to sell government bonds met a lukewarm reception from investors. As a… 01/09/11 15:14 CET
hi-tech
Digitising the British LibraryThe British Library in London contains 150 million books. Searching through them is time consuming… 01/09/11 18:06 CET
le mag
New Otto Dix works discoveredFour previously unknown watercolours by Otto Dix have been discovered in Bavaria. They were painted… 01/09/11 16:07 CET
pictureoftheday
IUAAF World Championships in DaeguChristopher Tomlinson of Britain during the men’s long jump qualifying event at the IAAF World… 01/09/11 12:01 CET
Sport
Man City and PSG top of spending leagueAs the summer transfer market came to a frantic close late Wednesday, Sergio Agüero’s move to… 01/09/11 20:15 CET
Sagan strikes againSlovakia’s Peter Sagan timed his sprint perfectly to clinch stage 12 of the Tour of Spain in… 01/09/11 20:15 CET
world news
Reconstructing Libya – the long struggleThe fight for Libya has been long and hard – and the struggle for its reconstruction is not likely… 01/09/11 19:58 CET
Libya: Sarkozy pledges ongoing support at summitFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy says thousands of lives have been spared in Libya thanks to… 01/09/11 21:53 CET
Hama’s top judge quits over Syrian crackdownAs more raids were reported in Syria’s flashpoint city of Hama, more signs pointed to the first… 01/09/11 20:03 CET
Gaddafi vows never to surrenderLibyan television has broadcast a speech, said to be by Muammar Gaddafi, in which he vows never to… 01/09/11 17:53 CET
Leaders meet in Paris to discuss Libya’s futureFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron have been hosting talks… 01/09/11 17:43 CET
Back in the Day: London’s burning*September 2, 1666.* A fire breaks out in Thomas Farriner’s bakery in Pudding Lane, on the north… 01/09/11 17:40 CET
Libya’s NTC gives Sirte another week to surrenderLibya’s National Transitional Council has given Colonel Gaddafi’s forces still entrenched in the… 01/09/11 17:23 CET
Scores of babies infected with TB in RomeAt least 79 babies born at the same hospital in Rome have been infected with tuberculosis… 01/09/11 17:13 CET
Divisions seen within Gaddafi familyOne of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons, Saif-Al Islam, has gone on television with a message of defiance -… 01/09/11 14:43 CET
Huge art forgery case opens in GermanyOne of the biggest art forgery cases ever heard in Germany has begun at a court in Cologne. Two men… 01/09/11 14:13 CET
Ukraine fires another salvo in gas battle with RussiaKiev’s state gas company has signed a deal with Royal Dutch Shell to extract gas from shale… 01/09/11 13:23 CET
Ned Kelly’s remains identified at lastThe mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the remains of Australia’s most infamous criminal has… 01/09/11 12:03 CET
Road to Libyan reconstruction begins in ParisAs the battle rumbles on in Libya, diplomatic moves to rebuild the country are under way in Paris… 01/09/11 11:43 CET
From jihadist to Libyan war heroControversy surrounds the man named as the new military commander of Tripoli. Security experts… 01/09/11 10:33 CET
UK flies in unfrozen Libyan dinarsIt is being described as money from heaven for Libya’s new rulers. Britain’s Royal Air Force… 01/09/11 08:23 CET
Migrant workers live in fear in LibyaIn a small port west of Tripoli around 1,000 migrant workers from African countries are camping… 01/09/11 06:03 CET
Rebels pause to celebrate Eid on the road to SirteA week after rebels overran Tripoli, the fighters have paused in their drive to take Sirte and… 01/09/11 05:23 CET
Gaddafi clan split as rebels zero in on SirteA division appears to have developed within the Gaddafi family with one son, Saif-Al Islam, vowing… 01/09/11 03:13 CET
Russia-Ukraine gas row hots upThe temperature is rising in the latest gas row between Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine wants a… 01/09/11 02:03 CET
