2010-09-22

How can we fund the fight against poverty within the context of the global economic crisis? Where can we find the capital to fund the Millennium

Israeli police have entered the al-Aqsa mosque compound to quell violence after the killing of a Palestinian man by an Israeli security guard. The

As top White House economic adviser Larry Summers announced he is quitting to return to academia, President Barack Obama faces growing pressure to

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, attending UN talks in New York, tells euronews he sees his duty clearly concerning the

The creation of new pan-European regulatory agencies to keep watch over the financial services industry has won the approval of the European

A deadly bomb attack has struck a military parade in Iran. At least 12 women and children are dead and 60 others wounded. The event was being

The age-old question of how to distribute aid once rich countries give it, continues to dog the UN millennium goal summit in New York. Side events

How to avoid a new kind of “cold war” breaking out over Arctic oil and gas reserves – that is the focus of an international summit in

World leaders want to spend 30 billion euros to help save the lives of women and children over the next five years. A United Nations summit in New

Greece has approved a law to open up the country’s road freight sector to outside competition. There were angry scenes in Athens after news of the

Spanish fashion group Inditex has posted a better than forecast 68 percent rise in first-half net profit. The world’s biggest clothing retailer

German steel workers are striking for three days after pay talks broke down between the IG Metall union and employers. Thousands of them walked

India is in talks with Research In Motion about accessing corporate emails sent via BlackBerry smart phones. A senior Indian government source said

Daimler has dismissed a newspaper report that it has been talking to Fiat about buying the Italian firm’s truck and tractor business. Analysts

Michael Douglas reprises his role as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, a sequel to Oliver Stone’s 1987 classic Wall Street.

One of the biggest Monet exhibitions ever has just opened in Paris, to huge crowds. The retrospective looks at the career of the world’s leading

Socialite Paris Hilton has left Japan after being denied entry to the country. The 29-year-old was questioned for six hours by officials at Narita

Switzerland has more women cabinet ministers than men for the first time in its history. The Swiss parliament elected Social Democrat Simonetta

A bomb attack on a military parade in northwestern Iran has left at least 11 people dead. The victims are members of the public who turned out to

For almost two decades London’s Royal Opera House has not set foot in Japan. Now it is back in Yokohama and Tokyo, showing, among others, Verdi’s La

Please find some extra interview excerpts with the London Royal Opera House’s Antonio Pappano and soprano Ermonela Jaho.

Clashes have broken out in a district of East Jerusalem after the killing of a Palestinian by an Israeli security guard. Police say the guard

It was first clinically identified back in the early 1900’s. But it is only now,among our post-baby boom, ageing population, that the effects of

An explosion during a military parade in northwestern Iran has left at least nine people dead. The victims are reported to be members of the public

The world’s largest-ever exhibition dedicated to the French impressionist master Claude Monet has opened in Paris. The Grand Palais, just off the

A vigil by protesting truck drivers continues outside the Greek parliament. A vote is expected today on a new law to open up the trucking industry

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Tuesday vowed to do all he can to free the seven hostages seized by Al Qaeda in Niger last week. The

The US Senate has blocked a vote on whether homosexuals should be allowed to serve openly in the military. The support of 60 senators was needed to

A group of asylum seekers on Tuesday continued their protest on the roof of an Australian detention centre where they were being held, saying they