businessweekly
Under new management: the ECB in uncertain timesThe business world is going through turbulent times of a kind seldom seen before. The prospect… 04/11/11 18:19 CET
cinema
Ceylan’s Once Upon a Time in Anatolia sent to OscarsOnce Upon A Time In Anatolia is Turkey’s official submission in the Best Foreign Language Film… 04/11/11 15:51 CET
corporate
‘Too big to fail’ banks namedAt the Cannes summit of the world’s leading economies, 29 banks have been named as being so… 04/11/11 19:02 CET
economy
US jobs numbers hint at improvementUS employment rose less than expected in October with 80,000 new hires whereas economist had… 04/11/11 17:55 CET
europeweekly
Europe Weekly: Have Europe’s leaders done enough to save the euro?EU heads held two emergency summits this week aimed at saving the euro. Slicing Greece’s debt in… 04/11/11 18:53 CET
learningworld
WISE education summitThe World Innovation Summit on Education, WISE, has become one of the leading global education… 04/11/11 17:50 CET
le mag
Bosch’s Romeo & Juliet premieres at BurgtheaterA new interpretation of Romeo and Juliet has premiered at the prestigious Vienna Burgtheater in… 04/11/11 15:50 CET
pictureoftheday
G20: a complicated situationUS Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (front) and the European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario… 04/11/11 14:35 CET
Sport
Thorpe fails to shineFive-times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe made a low-key return to competitive swimming with a… 04/11/11 18:52 CET
world news
Several killed by flash floods in Genoa, ItalyAt least six people were killed as flash floods tore through the Italian city of Genoa. Water… 04/11/11 23:53 CET
Papandreou victory in Greece confidence voteGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou has won a crucial parliamentary confidence vote. His… 04/11/11 20:19 CET
Berlusconi defiant as coalition crumblesItaly’s prime minister has been thrown a potential lifeline as cracks spread within his… 04/11/11 19:33 CET
Smaller parties likely to gain in Spain electionThe first full day of campaigning for elections in Spain began on Friday with good news for the… 04/11/11 18:44 CET
G20 summit ends with pledge to boost IMFG20 leaders have ended their summit in Cannes after two days dominated by Greek turmoil and the… 04/11/11 18:05 CET
Anxiety in Spain ahead of electionsCampaigning for the upcoming elections in Spain is defined by economic conditions and unemployment… 04/11/11 17:55 CET
Millions of Muslims begin Hajj pilgrimageMore than a million Muslims have been arriving in Saudi Arabia’s sacred city of Mecca for the… 04/11/11 17:24 CET
Tibetan sets himself on fire in New DelhiA Tibetan activist has suffered burns to his legs after setting himself on fire outside the Chinese… 04/11/11 16:25 CET
Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid flotillaIsraeli marines have reportedly boarded an Irish-Canadian flotilla bound for Hamas-ruled Gaza… 04/11/11 16:03 CET
Isolation experiment in Moscow ends after 520 daysThey are pale and thin, but a team of volunteers kept in isolation to simulate a long voyage to… 04/11/11 15:43 CET
Sarkozy pushes financial transaction tax ideaSpeaking at the G20, President Sarkozy said there was agreement on the need to be firm on Greece… 04/11/11 15:33 CET
Fact or fiction: US media keep tabs on would-be presidentsIt is not unknown for politicians to bend the truth. Sometimes they are ‘taken out of context’ or… 04/11/11 15:05 CET
Referendum dead as Greece PM faces crucial voteWill some clarity emerge from the chaos in Greece? At the end of a week that has yo-yoed between… 04/11/11 15:03 CET
Cyber attack fail as hacker gets his Dax wrongA website for a second division French rugby team is up and running again after an attack by a… 04/11/11 14:46 CET
New aid flotilla nears Hamas-ruled GazaAn Irish-Canadian flotilla bound for Hamas-ruled Gaza in a bid to break the Israeli blockade and… 04/11/11 14:33 CET
IMF to monitor Rome as pressure increases on BerlusconiEuropean G20 leaders are pushing Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to make urgent economic… 04/11/11 13:13 CET
G20 struggles to keep a grip on fast-moving crisisNicolas Sarkozy is hoping for some last-minute deals on reforming the global economy, but the… 04/11/11 12:43 CET
Japanese govt approves Tepco bailout planJapan’s beleaguered atomic energy firm Tepco is set to receive an eight-billion-euro bailout. The… 04/11/11 12:03 CET
Back in the Day: a Mexican hero is made*November 7, 1907.* Mexican railroad engineer Jesus Garcia Corona drives a dynamite-laden train… 04/11/11 10:35 CET
Jury out in trial of Michael Jackson’s doctorA jury today starts its deliberations in the manslaughter case against Michael Jackson’s doctor… 04/11/11 10:14 CET
Number of the Week: 520*520* – That is the number of days that seven volunteers spent enclosed in a space capsule in… 04/11/11 09:53 CET
Yet another deadly mine accident in ChinaJust five days after 29 workers were killed in a mine explosion in China, a new deadly accident has… 04/11/11 08:13 CET
Pilgrims flock to Mecca for HajjUp to three million Muslims are expected to descend on the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia for… 04/11/11 06:53 CET
Crucial vote for Greece and EuropeGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou faces a knife-edge vote of confidence today. It comes after… 04/11/11 05:33 CET
Centre-right on course for victory in Spanish pollIf the opinion polls are right then Spain’s ruling socialist party looks like losing power in a… 04/11/11 03:53 CET
Cuban house market opens upFor the first time since the revolution in 1959 the Cuban government is allowing people to buy and… 04/11/11 02:33 CET
Greek politicians urged to unite over debt crisisUnhappy with the Prime Minister’s refusal to stand down, protesters were out on the streets of… 04/11/11 01:23 CET
G20 Summit overshadowed by euro crisisIt was a case of carry on smiling as world leaders posed for a group photo at the G20 summit in… 04/11/11 00:53 CET
