cinema
Blistering barnacles! It’s Spielberg’s TintinHergé‘s Tintin has finally been brought to the big screen, courtesy of dream team director Steven… 17/10/11 18:17 CET
corporate
Dexia in the doldrums as rescue is probedThe European Commission is to investigate Belgium’s part of the nationalisation of Dexia. It… 17/10/11 19:45 CET
Philips cuts more jobs, TV division sale delayedAs it announced falling third-quarter profit and 4,500 more job cuts, Philips Electronics appears… 17/10/11 16:40 CET
- Dexia deeper in the doldrums
Dexia’s shares started the week with a big sell-off, slumping close to 10 percent. That was… 17/10/11 16:16 CET
economy
Germany dampens euro zone crisis hopesGermany’s has lowered expectations of a breakthrough in the euro zone’s sovereign debt crisis at… 17/10/11 19:56 CET
Gloomy outlook for PortugalPortugal can expect a recession of 2.8 percent next year – its worst in three decades. It is… 17/10/11 19:51 CET
Portugal’s latest cuts debatedPortugal’s parliament has been getting its first official look at the 2012 draft budget as the… 17/10/11 16:16 CET
europa
EU steps up pressure on Kiev over TymoshenkoThe EU is stepping up the pressure on Kiev to free Yulia Tymoshenko ahead of Ukrainian President… 17/10/11 19:46 CET
focus
Towards a complete nuclear test banForty years of Soviet nuclear testing turned a large area in Kazakhstan into a radioactive… 17/10/11 20:45 CET
‘What if..?’ 7th Women’s Forum has the answer‘What if…’ is the theme of the Seventh Women’s Forum, a bit like Davos but without the… 17/10/11 17:29 CET
pictureoftheday
Containers leaning dangerously over the oceanThe 47,230 tonne Liberian-flagged Rena lists, about 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Tauranga, on the… 17/10/11 13:54 CET
science
Iceland volcano on brink of major eruptionSeismologists in Iceland are warning of another volcanic eruption, this time at Katla or Hekla… 17/10/11 15:57 CET
world news
Madrid boycotts San Sebastian ETA meetingETA, which stands for “Basque Homeland and Freedom” in the Basque language, last set off a bomb in… 17/10/11 19:34 CET
Hollande, the French Socialists ‘Clark Kent’?The man who will compete with Nicolas Sarkozy for the French presidency next May (it’s expected)… 17/10/11 16:54 CET
New laws for Italian police following riotsItalian police have carried out raids in several cities, following the most violent riots Italy has… 17/10/11 23:35 CET
Worldwide anti-capitalism protests continueProtesters occupying a square in London’s financial district, are now into their third day of… 17/10/11 20:23 CET
French Socialist presidential hopeful hits the roadThe man French Socialists hope will oust Nicolas Sarkozy in next year’s presidential vote has… 17/10/11 19:45 CET
Al Shabaab advancing for combat in SomaliaSomalia’s al Shabaab rebels are advancing for a confrontation with Somali and Kenyan government… 17/10/11 19:17 CET
International push to end ETAFollowing a meeting attended by international political figures in Spain, mediators have called for… 17/10/11 19:06 CET
12 arrested after Rome riotsItalian police have arrested 12 people after a peaceful protest against the excesses of the… 17/10/11 18:36 CET
Joy and sorrow among Palestinians at prisoner swapNot all Palestinians are rejoicing at the prisoner exchange. In Ramallah in the West Bank, the… 17/10/11 18:30 CET
Party coalition snub prompts demo in LatviaAn estimated 2,000 people have protested outside the Latvian parliament angry that a prominent… 17/10/11 16:04 CET
Jordan’s King shakes up government againAn eminent Jordanian judge Awn Khaswaneh has been named the country’s new prime minister in a major… 17/10/11 15:40 CET
Preparations ready for Gilad Shalit’s homecomingThe home town of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier due to be exchanged for more than 1,000… 17/10/11 15:04 CET
Greece sees biggest strikes so farMuch of Greece is expected to shut down this week as the country prepares for a 48 hour strike… 17/10/11 14:33 CET
French Socialists square up to SarkozyLet battle commence – France’s Socialist party says it is ready to oust Nicolas Sarkozy now it has… 17/10/11 12:44 CET
Back in the Day : radio revolution*October 18, 1954.* the Regency TR-1, the world’s first commercially-produced transistor radio is… 17/10/11 12:42 CET
French court puts Bettencourt riches in daughter’s handsA court in France has ruled that the country’s richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt, be placed under… 17/10/11 12:33 CET
Swedish minister criticised as journalists face Ethiopian trialSweden’s foreign minister has been criticised for supposedly neglecting the plight of two Swedish… 17/10/11 11:33 CET
Bloody weekend in Sanaa as UN debates YemenMachine gun fire and shelling rocked the Yemeni capital Sanaa overnight as a bloody weekend drew to… 17/10/11 11:04 CET
Heavy rains flood Central AmericaScores of people have been killed in floods and landslides throughout Central America triggered by… 17/10/11 09:53 CET
UK driver killed in multiple IndyCar crashThe British racing driver Dan Wheldon has been killed in a multiple pile-up at an IndyCar race in… 17/10/11 08:43 CET
Tunisians defend their right to free speechAn estimated 2,000 Tunisians have marched through the capital Tunis to defend their right to free… 17/10/11 05:23 CET
Palestinian prisoner swap to go ahead TuesdayIt has been confirmed that a Palestinian prisoner swap for the captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit… 17/10/11 03:54 CET
Arab League calls for dialogue to end Syrian crisisThe Arab League has given Syria a 15-day deadline to enact a cease-fire and to begin a dialogue… 17/10/11 01:53 CET
Obama dedicates new Martin Luther King memorialUS President Barack Obama has used a dedication ceremony of a new memorial to Martin Luther King in… 17/10/11 00:33 CET
