2011-07-21

Two elderly people have died at a hospital in north-west England because saline bags were contaminated with insulin. Police said the patients, both

Chile declared a disaster zone on Thursday in several parts of the south of the country following heavy snowfalls. As well as having to cope with

Egypt’s ruling military council announced a cabinet reshuffle on Thursday with Hazem el-Beblawi sworn in as the country’s finance minister. He is

Europe’s leaders say they have reached a deal to tackle the eurozone’s debt crisis. At news conferences within the past hour they’ve confirmed a

Euro zone leaders say they have struck a deal to tackle the bloc’s chronic debt crisis. After a day of emergency talks in Brussels, EU heads

Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck produced a stunning performance to clinch stage 18 of the Tour de France atop the Col du Galibier on Thursday. The 26

The remains of Rudolph Hess, Adolph Hitler’s former deputy, have been exhumed from a grave in the small Bavarian town of Wunsiedal. Officials

With the August 2 deadline approaching, the US central bank the Federal Reserve is actively preparing for the possibility that Congress and President

Nokia has reported a second-quarter net loss of 368 million euros on declining sales of handsets, but the Finnish firm also said it expects its

As Chinese manufacturing output shrank in July, for the first time in a year, the International Monetary Fund, has said Beijing should continue its

King Albert of Belgium led the celebrations on his country’s National Day. It marks the occasion when the then King Leopold took the first

Europe’s leaders appear to have reached a provisional deal to tackle the eurozone’s debt crisis. Though still unofficial, the bloc’s big guns

The summer street scenes in Athens perhaps belie the anxiety that exists over the risk of Greece going bankrupt. The shadow that has been hanging

The hallmarks it would seem of Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi are headlines and a flamboyant lifestyle. On the back of his government’s 70

As Atlantis touched down at the Kennedy Space Centre, it marked the end of NASA’s three decade space shuttle programme. The spacecraft made a

More than 20 people in the Belarussian capital Minsk are reported to have been arrested in what has become a regular weekly protest against the

Thunderstorms in central and north-eastern Poland have claimed one life and injured several people. A 30-year-old woman at home was crushed by the

Six years of Bolshoi Theatre renovations in Moscow are scheduled for completion this autumn, with several thousand builders now on the more than half

All eyes are on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as Europe’s leaders gather in Brussels for talks on the bloc’s on-going debt woes.   Described as a

An Irish Senator has called on the entire hierarchy of the country’s Catholic Church to resign, as a rift appears between the state and the Vatican

Space shuttle Atlantis has touched down at the Kennedy Space Centre, bringing the curtain down on NASA’s 30-year space shuttle project.

A symbol of Afghanistan’s post-Taliban rebirth in flames and under fire. Insurgents attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in the capital Kabul during a

Will the EU’s beloved euro project survive?   With so much uncertainty currently facing the European single currency, comparisons with this year’s

For a while now there has been a new player in the euro debt crisis: Italy.   The country suddenly appeared on the radar screen of the bond markets

A new government, a new international environment and a new approach from Turkey regarding Cyprus. The Turkish Prime Minister paid his first trip

Space shuttle Atlantis has touched down at the Kennedy Space Centre, bringing the curtain down on NASA’s 30-year space shuttle project. The orbiter

A new ultra-powerful Russian space telescope has been launched into orbit by a rocket that blasted off from Kazakhstan on the 18th of July. The

Another summer’s day, another huge tide of green algae along the coast of Brittany in north western France. It is a complex environmental problem

Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis have been treading the red carpet in New York for the world premiere of the the film “Friends with Benefits”. In