cinema
Sex strike and gender revolution in The SourceFed up with their arduous daily task of fetching water, the women in a remote north African village… 02/11/11 15:40 CET
corporate
Sony warns of another annual lossSony has surprised investors by warning it is heading for its fourth straight annual net loss… 02/11/11 15:21 CET
economy
Federal Reserve lowers US growth forecastThe US central bank has slashed its forecast for economic growth there, raised its projections for… 02/11/11 19:43 CET
German jobless risesGerman unemployment unexpectedly rose in October adjusted for seasonal factors. That was the first… 02/11/11 15:22 CET
Euro zone factory data boosts recession fearsThere has been another indicator that the debt crisis is dragging the euro zone’s economy back into… 02/11/11 15:21 CET
europa
Papandreou punt turns drama into crisisThe Greek economic drama has once again turned into a political horror show following Prime… 02/11/11 19:06 CET
hi-tech
Portuguese researchers resurrect the airshipThe airship was one of mankind’s first flying machines. Its so-called Golden Age began in 1900 but… 02/11/11 14:17 CET
interview
Catherine Ashton: time to put pressure on SyriaFariba Mavaddat, euronews: Over the past year, Middle East and North Africa have seen monumental… 02/11/11 15:48 CET
le mag
Bros’ Matt Goss finds fame in VegasMatt Goss has come a long way since his days as one third of British boy band Bros. The 43-year-old… 02/11/11 16:04 CET
“Pink fluffy kittens would give me more nightmares”==Charlie Adlard== has been drawing ??The Walking Dead?? since issue #7, when he replaced Tony… 02/11/11 11:26 CET
musica
Bonus interview: Placido Domingo and Antonio PappanoHere are some extra excerpts from our interview with Placido Domingo (in Spanish) and Antonio… 02/11/11 09:02 CET
Celebrations embrace Placido Domingo at Covent GardenOthello is a tragic hero on the stage and in opera and is the protagonist of Verdi’s masterpiece… 02/11/11 08:41 CET
pictureoftheday
G20, everything but seriousAn anti-G20 demonstrator reacts near French gendarmes dressed in riot gear during a protest march… 02/11/11 12:27 CET
Sport
Arsenal and Chelsea both drawSpanish side Valencia thumped Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 in their Champions League group E clash while… 02/11/11 07:53 CET
wise
Bonus – French insight on world educationInterview with Luc Chatel, French Minister of Education 02/11/11 20:06 CET
WISE Summit Arab Spring and educationThe WISE education Summit in Doha, Qatar, brought together 1,300 education experts from 120… 02/11/11 19:36 CET
world news
US troops feel they leave Iraq more stableA definitive departure of American forces from Iraq has started at Al Assad US military airbase… 02/11/11 18:13 CET
Archbishop backs ‘Robin Hood’ taxThe Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has given his support to a multi-billion-pound… 02/11/11 23:14 CET
Ban Ki-moon visits Libya with promisesThe UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has made his first visit to Libya since the fall of Muammar… 02/11/11 23:13 CET
Pilot error to blame for ice hockey plane crashA plane crash which wiped out an entire ice hockey team has been blamed on pilot error. The Yak-42… 02/11/11 20:17 CET
Archbishop of Caterbury calls for ‘Robin Hood’ taxThe Archbishop of Caterbury, Rowan Williams, has given his support to a muti-billion pound so… 02/11/11 20:16 CET
G20 crisis meeting ahead of summitAngela Merkel has rushed with other senior figures to a pre-G20 summit working dinner, hosted by… 02/11/11 20:03 CET
G20 protestors invade NiceAs a security ring of steel is thrown around the French riviera town of Cannes for the G20 summit… 02/11/11 19:34 CET
Belarus rights activist on trial for tax evasionThe head of a human rights group has gone on trial for tax evasion in Belarus in a case activists… 02/11/11 19:04 CET
Pilot error blamed for Russian ice hockey plane crashRussian investigators have blamed pilot error for a plane crash that killed 44 people, including… 02/11/11 18:09 CET
‘Fission’ scare hits Japan’s crippled nuclear plantA radioactive gas has been found at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, raising… 02/11/11 17:46 CET
French tell Greeks to hurry up on debt dealA Greek crisis meeting has been held in Paris with French Finance Minister Francois Baroin, Prime… 02/11/11 17:17 CET
Germany & Turkey celebrate 50 years of migrationGermany and Turkey have been celebrating 50 years of their ground-breaking Labour Pact, the process… 02/11/11 17:03 CET
New Zealand: fresh fears stricken ship could break upSalvage teams off New Zealand are preparing for the worst amid fears a cargo ship grounded on a… 02/11/11 17:01 CET
Turks in Germany then and nowIbrahim Esen is one of the 710,000 ‘gasterbeiter’ or guestworker Turks who were recruited for… 02/11/11 16:51 CET
Assange to decide on final appealWikiLeaks’ Julian Assange has 15 days to appeal against his extradition to Sweden. London’s… 02/11/11 15:03 CET
Jenni wins France’s top literary awardAlexis Jenni has won France’s most prestigious literary prize, the 108-year-old Prix Goncourt, for… 02/11/11 14:43 CET
The Occupy Movement: what’s your slogan?The Occupy Movement has grown from a small gathering of a thousand or so people in Wall Street to a… 02/11/11 14:20 CET
Greece: political turmoil and a military shake-upA crisis cabinet meeting in Greece went on until the early hours and it was far from plain sailing… 02/11/11 13:33 CET
‘Fortress’ Cannes braces for G20 summitForget the film festival. The French Riviera resort of Cannes is shedding its black tie image for… 02/11/11 12:03 CET
WikiLeaks founder Assange loses extradition fightThe WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition from Britain to… 02/11/11 11:34 CET
Back in the Day: Soviets send a dog to space*November 3, 1957.* A three-year-old stray dog named Laika (translated as ‘Barker’ in Russian)… 02/11/11 11:29 CET
Greece may hold early bailout referendumGreece’s planned referendum on its latest bailout deal may be held earlier than expected, according… 02/11/11 11:13 CET
French satirical magazine office torchedThe office of Charlie Hebdo, one of France’s leading satirical magazines, has been attacked over… 02/11/11 10:13 CET
Firebomb attack on satirical French magazineA molotov cocktail has partially gutted the offices of the French weekly satirical magazine Charlie… 02/11/11 08:13 CET
Turning the clock back on growing oldFrench scientists have managed to turn the clock back on cells taken from people as old as 100… 02/11/11 07:47 CET
Nepal finally agrees on a peace dealNepal’s main political parties have at last agreed on the future of 19,000 former Maoist fighters… 02/11/11 07:47 CET
Papandreou wins cabinet backing for debt gambleAfter a marathon seven hour emergency meeting Greece’s cabinet has decided to back Prime Minister… 02/11/11 06:03 CET
Sarkozy to tell Greeks to push through bailout dealA surprised city of Cannes is being asked to host a series of emergency meetings a whole 24 hours… 02/11/11 03:23 CET
Israel takes punitive measures after UNESCO voteIsrael has decided to speed up Jewish settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem one… 02/11/11 02:03 CET
Germany honours its Turkish “guest workers”Special ceremonies are being held in Germany to honour what became known as the country’s “guest… 02/11/11 01:04 CET
Syria says it agrees to Arab League planSyria says the regime of President Bashar al-Assad as reached agreement with the Arab League on a… 02/11/11 00:33 CET
