USA Earthquake hits Los Angeles; no injuries or damage A moderate earthquake has hit Los Angeles, but there are no initial reports of injury or damage. The US Geological Survey originially measured the 29/07/2008
Business BA and Iberia merger talks Willie Walsh and Fernando Conte – the chiefs of British Airways and Spanish national airline Iberia – have announced consolidation talks which are 29/07/2008
Business WTO trade liberalisation talks collapse Marathon talks on trade liberalisation have collapsed at the World Trade Organisation. Participants blamed a failure to compromise over measures to 29/07/2008
Business Merrill Lynch's shocking writedowns Merrill Lynch has said it expects to take a 3.6 billion euro pretax write-down in the third quarter due to losses on its sale of mortgage 29/07/2008
Business Bertelsmann may sell its share of Sony-BMG Sony has reportedly started negotiations to gain full ownership of its US venture Sony-BMG Music, in an effort to become more competitive in the 29/07/2008
Business Alcatel-Lucent sheds heads Alcatel-Lucent’s top bosses are quitting as it announced a sixth straight quarterly loss. Chairman Serge Tchuruk – architect of the merger between 29/07/2008
Business US consumer sentiment boost European shares European shares reversed earlier losses and finished the session positive on Tuesday after the latest US consumer confidence data exceeded 29/07/2008
world news Karadzic arrest may ease Serbia's path to EU While Radovan Karadzic remained a fugitive from UN prosecutors, his freedom proved a major obstacle in the way of closer relations between Serbia and 29/07/2008
world news German milk prices on the menu at top-level talks A humble glass of milk proved hard to swallow in Germany as farmers, distributors and the government met to discuss arguments over prices. At root is 29/07/2008
world news Serbia The war crimes tribunal in Bosnia has sentenced seven Bosnian Serbs for a mass killing of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in 1995 to four decades each 29/07/2008
World From Garden of England to mega greenhouse Britain’s biggest greenhouse complex – Thanet Earth – is currently under construction in Thanet in Kent and will very soon be growing salad 29/07/2008
World Wagner fest leaps into the 21st century Opera lovers are spolit for choice this month – if they have deep enough pockets – with the Salzburg Festival in Austria and the Bayreuth Festival of 29/07/2008
Cinema Brendan Fraser returns as Mummy-slayer It has lain dormant for seven years but now the franchise has come back to life with The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. 29/07/2008
world news Belgium's illegal immigrants demand right to stay Illegal immigrants have taken their campaign to stay in Belgium into the skies above Brussels. Stepping up their protest, about 15 people climbed 29/07/2008
world news UK to reform law on domestic violence The British government has unveiled plans to overhaul laws relating to domestic violence. Women who kill abusive partners could escape a life 29/07/2008
world news No new deep-dive record at Lake Baikal Russian divers have taken two mini-submarines deep into Lake Baikal in Siberia, but said they failed to set a new record for the deepest fresh-water 29/07/2008
world news Blue skies forecast for Beijing Olympics, or else Beijing says the skies over the capital are looking bluer every day — relatively. The Chinese insist that special efforts to thin out pollution ahead 29/07/2008
world news British girl wins right to wear religious jewellery A British teenager, suspended from school for wearing a religious bracelet has won her High Court battle. 14-year old Sarika Singh was sent home for 29/07/2008
world news Pro-Karadjic rally before warcrimes extradition A mass protest against extraditing Radovan Karadzic is planned in Belgrade later today. His lawyers have tried to delay his transfer to the war 29/07/2008
World Helping Europeans be sun-smart Clearer labelling has been introduced for sun protection products to help holiday-makers “Be sun-smart” this summer. The European health and consumer 29/07/2008
World Air travel: new rights for reduced mobility passengers About a third of Europeans need help to get around through either disability, age or reduced mobility. How are those needs being accomodated in the 29/07/2008
world news Alcatel-Lucent dumps top executives The telecoms company Alcatel-Lucent is ditching both its chairman Serge Tchuruk and chief executive, Pat Russo, to try to preserve the fragile merger 29/07/2008
Serbia Film reveals secret life of Karadzic The latest amateur footage of Radovan Karadzic has emerged, while he was hiding from UN war crimes investigators. Shot on the 22nd of June this 29/07/2008
USA Virgin Boss launches space tourist aircraft British Business Tycoon Richard Branson has unveiled an aircraft aimed at sending tourists into space. The high-altitude jet, nicknamed Eve after 29/07/2008
Germany Milk farmers threaten fresh demo in Germany Milk farmers have held demonstrations in several federal states across Germany, as their protest over prices gathers pace. It comes ahead of 29/07/2008
France French government drops challenge to Tapie payout The French government has agreed to pay the flamboyant former businessman Bernard Tapie 285 million euros, ending a 13-year row over the sale of his 29/07/2008
Turkey Deliberations continue over the future of Turkey's AK Party Turkey’s Constitutional Court is set to continue deliberations over whether to close down the governing AK Party for alleged anti-secular activities 29/07/2008