2008-01-15

Damaged by the digital revolution, British music company EMI has confirmed it is making major cuts. The new owner, Guy Hands, who heads private

The world’s biggest mobile phone maker, Nokia of Finland, is planning to close its production plant in Bochum, north west Germany, by the middle of

The biggest US bank, Citigroup, has revealed a massive quarterly loss due to writedowns from exposure to subprime mortgages and other risky debt

Beijing has attracted more criticism over its arrest of prominent Chinese dissident Hu Jia. Brussels has said it plans to lodge a formal protest

European Union lawmakers have been debating how consumers in the bloc can get cheaper personal loans, a market worth some 800 billion euros per year

Slovenia has made clear it does not mind that France is getting a head start on major European Union dossiers. The first of the 2004 wave of new

The Vatican has cancelled a planned visit by Pope Benedict to Rome’s most prestigious university, following protests by students and staff. It is

If you like your films stylish and your humour dark then you are in luck – No Country for Old Men, the new movie by the Cohen brothers, is opening in

Dolce and Gabbana decided to go back to their roots and offer what is described as a rustic menswear collection for autumn winter 2008. Apparently

Electrical neurostimulation is not a new technology – it was first used in 1966 – but it is a fast developing one, with more and more

A planned visit by Pope Benedict to Rome’s most prestigious university has unleashed a wave of protest. The Pontiff is due to speak at La Sapienza on

They may be talking peace in Jerusalem, but Israel and the Palestinians are still fighting in Gaza. Israeli forces killed at least eleven people

The day after a suicide attack brought terror to a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital, Kabul, police say they have made four arrests. The Taliban

The United Nations is to ask an independent panel to investigate a bombing that killed 17 UN employees in Algiers on December 11. Secretary-General

George W. Bush has backed his political rhetoric against Iran with the promise of a major arms deal with Washington’s main Gulf allies. The

A UN project aimed at combating terrorism through cross-cultural understanding holds its first forum today in Madrid. The Alliance of Civilisations

It’s Michigan’s turn to be the favourite state of the US presidential hopefuls. Renowned for making cars, Michigan has the highest unemployment rate

Hillary Clinton is all but guaranteed to win today’s presidential primary in Michigan, as rivals Barack Obama and John Edwards have withdrawn. None