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IMF chief Christine Lagarde escapes formal investigation

French magistrates decided on Friday not to place IMF chief Christine Lagarde under formal investigation over her role in a 285 million euros arbitration payment made to a…

IMF boss Lagarde faces more grilling over payment to tycoon

Family of soldier killed on London street hold emotional press conference

The family of the soldier killed on the streets of South London on Wednesday say they had…
- UK minister defends security services after London soldier killing
UK police arrest two men after security alert on Pakistan plane

Two men have been arrested after British fighter jets escorted a Pakistani passenger plane to Stansted Airport near London. The Pakistan International Airlines craft was en…

BA plane makes emergency landing after engine fire

A British Airways plane was forced to make an emergency landing after smoke was seen coming…
Taliban launch attack in central Kabul

Explosions and gunfire rocked the Afghan capital on Friday as the Taliban launched a…

business

Fed’s stimulus: the beginning of the end?

US lawmakers have accused Apple of avoiding paying billions of dollars in taxes there. But the technology giant – which…
Raiffeisen bank CEO resigns over property deals

european affairs

As workers die, holding multinationals to account

There has been plenty of soul searching and remorse in the wake of last month's deadly tradegy at a Bangladesh clothing…
Could the EU eventually have one army?

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Cinema

The 'Un Certain Regard' section at Cannes often throws up some out-of-the-mainstream jewels, and…

‘Omar’ creates a buzz at Cannes
World news

Cannes has become a victim to its glamour once again, as a second suspected jewellery theft of a…

Cannes: thefts, comebacks and lesbian love scenes
Le mag

Home Opera wows Berlin and heads for Denmark

With high streets across Europe languishing and many spaces shuttered, and with people keen to bring opera…
Le mag

Leipzig comes alive for 200 year anniversary of Wagner

Grandiose, dramatic, harmonic and controversial - 200 hundred years after he was born, German composer…

Space

Every day, 400 kilometres above our heads, there are astronauts living in space. Their home is the…

Living in Space
Science

Croatian officials estimate that since the beginning of the Balkan Wars in 1991, 2,500 people have…

Croatia researchers work on getting honey bees to hunt for landmines
Science

It’s a bug’s eye

Insects have a wide field of view and are acutely sensitive to motion. Their eyes are made up of thousands of…
Hi-tech

Focusing on the future

These days cameras tend to be omnipresent, especially at important moments in our lives. They capture images…

Musica

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All the big names in Russian opera and ballet performed at a recent gala to open the new Mariinsky…

Star-studded gala opens new Mariinsky in St. Petersburg

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tennis

Top seeds ready for French Open

Defending champions Maria Sharapova and Rafael Nadal were joined by Serena Williams and Roger Federer for a promotional event in Paris on Friday -…
football

Wolfsburg win women’s Champions League

Wolfsburg's fairytale run in their debut Champions League campaign ended in stunning success after they beat tournament favourites Lyon in the final…
football

Warming up for European showdown

Borussia Dortmund held their final home training session behind closed doors on Thursday before they leave for London to battle it out with Bayern…
football

UEFA increase sanctions to combat racism

European football's governing body UEFA has toughened up it's stance on racism within the game and introduced a minimum 10 match ban for any players…

football

German football giants to do battle on English soil

This year’s Champions League final at Wembley stadium in London is a showdown between the best of Germany on British soil. In what is known in…
other sports

Basejumper cheats death

He's an experienced base-jumper, but 25-year old Matthew Gough doesn't realise things are about to go not quite as planned. He jumps from 300 metres…