behindmarkets
Glencore to the max over XstrataGlencore, the world’s biggest commodities trader, will not raise its offer for Xstrata any further… 10/09/12 19:08 CET
cinema
Zeitlin’s Beasts rampages through DeauvilleNew Yorker Benh Zeitlin clocked up two more awards for his Beasts of the Southern Wild. The film… 10/09/12 18:25 CET
corporate
BP Gulf of Mexico sale raises cash for damagesThe oil giant BP has sold some of its oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico to an independent… 10/09/12 13:52 CET
economy
Temperatures rise in Germany’s euro-feverIn Germany, a close ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel has called into question the independence of… 10/09/12 17:16 CET
Cooling world economy turns the heat up in ChinaThe world’s financial woes are impacting on the mighty Chinese economy according to the latest… 10/09/12 15:27 CET
More disappointment for Italian economyThere has been more gloomy news on the already shaky Italian economy. Latest figures show it… 10/09/12 13:52 CET
europa
Rasmussen defends US Bagram plansDespite the hand over of Bagram to Afghan authorities the US has said it will keep control of at… 10/09/12 20:03 CET
generationy
Want to study abroad? Comenius is for youAre you 14 or more and would you like to spend some time in a school abroad? The Comenius… 10/09/12 16:14 CET
Studies abroad booming trend in EuropeSixteen-year old Elea is off to school. But this isn’t any old school day for this young French… 10/09/12 16:02 CET
hi-tech
From micro smartphone projectors to paper speakersBrighter, smarter and thinner; that’s how scientists in Germany describe the new type of projector… 10/09/12 12:13 CET
le mag
New York Fashion: Hilfiger and von FurstenbergTommy Hilfiger embraced the sailing life in his 2013 women’s collection at New York Fashion Week… 10/09/12 18:25 CET
markets
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pictureoftheday
Surviving the earthquake in ChinaA five-year-old survivor receives medical treatment at a temporary hospital in Luozehe town after… 10/09/12 12:50 CET
womenandwar
Somalia: one woman’s struggle for peaceIs there any room for hope in Somalia, long-since written-off as a ‘failed state’? Hawa Aden… 10/09/12 13:32 CET
world news
Hollande promises he is acceleratingWith his popularity flagging, French President François Hollande has set out to recast his image as… 10/09/12 19:26 CET
Kosovo independence supervision endsA 25 nation group that has been monitoring Kosovo’s first few years of independence has officially… 10/09/12 23:23 CET
West Bank Palestinians protest at cost of livingWest Bank Palestinians showed their anger at price rises and a worsening economy on Monday when… 10/09/12 22:33 CET
Fourteen killed in Pakistan car bomb attackAn unknown militant group has claimed responsibility for a car bomb which killed 14 people in… 10/09/12 22:03 CET
Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia go freeAfter 14 months in jail Ethiopia has pardoned two Swedish journalists it had found guilty of… 10/09/12 20:17 CET
Merkel’s EU power grab bad for democracy warns CDU dissidentIn power for almost seven years, the political stature of Angela Merkel is without equal among the… 10/09/12 20:06 CET
Dutch Princess Maxima takes part in charity swimPrincess Maxima of the Netherlands has taken part in the Amsterdam City swim to raise money for… 10/09/12 19:57 CET
Japan Banking Minister found dead in apartmentAfter just three months in the job, Japanese Finance Minister Tadahiro Matsushita has been found… 10/09/12 19:48 CET
Corsica supermarket bombingsA series of explosions rocked seven supermarkets on the French island of Corsica on Sunday night… 10/09/12 19:37 CET
Dutch Election: Parties won’t speculate on coalition partnersDutch voters go to the polls on Wednesday knowing that they can expect similar levels of austerity… 10/09/12 19:04 CET
Syria: UN Human Rights chief concerned over “war crimes” by both sidesSyrian state television is reporting the deaths of at least 17 people in two bomb attacks in the… 10/09/12 18:53 CET
No “explosive substances” found at UK home of French Alps shooting victimsA British bomb squad has left the Surrey home of the victims of the French Alps shootings after… 10/09/12 17:26 CET
South Africa miners ignore calls to return to workLess than ten percent of striking South African platinum miners have turned up for work at the… 10/09/12 16:53 CET
Afghanistan government takes control of Bagram prisonThe Afghan flag was hoisted during a ceremony handing over control of US-built Bagram prison… 10/09/12 16:50 CET
Afghan Taliban threaten to kidnap and kill Prince HarryThe Afghan Taliban said on Monday they were doing everything in their power to try to kidnap or… 10/09/12 16:24 CET
Italian Alcoa workers protest against plant closureEmployees of an Italian aluminium plant threatened with closure have protested in Rome. US owners… 10/09/12 15:46 CET
Fugitive Iraqi vice president denounces death sentenceIraq’s fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi has refused to return to Baghdad where he faces the… 10/09/12 15:29 CET
Bomb squad at UK house of French Alps shooting victimsWhat have been described as “potentially explosive substances” have been found in the Surrey home… 10/09/12 13:33 CET
Hong Kong democrats dealt election blowHong Kong’s pro-democracy parties won a third of the seats up for grabs in the former British… 10/09/12 12:05 CET
A message of peace for Middle East during Pope’s visit to LebanonPope Benedict XVI travels to Lebanon on Friday, bringing a message of peace for the whole of the… 10/09/12 11:37 CET
Iraqis react to Hashemi death sentenceIraqis have been reacting to yesterday’s death sentence handed to the country’s fugitive vice… 10/09/12 10:33 CET
Millions of Cubans left in the dark after power cutFive million people have been left in the dark after a huge power failure in western Cuba. The… 10/09/12 08:13 CET
Obama gets a surprise lift in FloridaPresident Barack Obama got an unexpected boost in Florida when his campaign bus tour stopped at a… 10/09/12 07:21 CET
Filling a Warsaw housing gapConstruction has begun on what could be the narrowest house in the world. The new abode will… 10/09/12 07:21 CET
Lufthansa cabin crew agree not to strikeLufthansa’s cabin crew will not go on strike for the next six weeks. Although unions had planned… 10/09/12 07:21 CET
More deaths and destruction in AleppoThe bloodshed has continued in the northern city of Aleppo with both sides involved. Syrian state… 10/09/12 03:33 CET
Troika rejects parts of Greek austerity planProtesters gathered outside the Greek finance ministry in Athens while crucial bailout talks went… 10/09/12 01:57 CET
Hollande outlines austerity plan for FranceFrench President Francois Hollande has given himself two years to turn round France’s economy as… 10/09/12 00:34 CET
