2012-09-05

Television executives in Russia have a new censorship headache. But this time it is not critical news coverage that is in the government’s

London’s once iconic Battersea power station is set to be transformed after numerous failed attempts to redevelop the decaying site. After buying

Thousands of striking miners in South Africa are refusing to end their protest over pay and conditions. Violence flared over at the Lonmin platinum

Tsunami warnings have been issued – and then cancelled – following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Costa Rica. The powerful tremor hit the Central

The Munich games in 1972 were the first organised in Germany nearly three decades after the Second World War. The Germans wanted a pacifist event

The 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill continues to haunt BP with the US Justice Department now accusing the British oil giant of “gross negligence and

It looks increasingly likely that British oil giant BP will face trial over the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Despite months of settlement

Russian energy giant Gazprom has refuted allegations it broke European competition law, after the EU launched an investigation into the firms

A memorial service has been held to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre when Palestinian gunmen killed 11 Israelis. Both

“It’s not fair, we worked hard, we paid our dues, and now our pensions are being slashed as part of austerity measures” – the complaint of Greek

All eyes are on former US president Bill Clinton as he prepares to give a speech to the Democrat party convention in Charlotte, North

Like water from a faulty tap, power leaks from all electronic devices – whether in use or not. The fact is a portion of our energy bill goes down the

Under pressure to slash the borrowing costs of the eurozone’s weakest member states, ECB chief Mario Draghi is due to unveil his latest bond-buying

European countries fill five of the top six slots in the latest tally of the world’s most competitive economies. Switzerland was top for the fourth

Chicago-born, a lawyer with degrees from Princeton and Harvard, “mom-in-chief” of Malia and Sasha and the first African-American First Lady of the

The US embassy in Brussels was temporarily evacuated while Belgian authorities investigated a suspicious car which held a gas container. A bomb

Libya’s former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi is being held in Tripoli after being extradited from Mauritania. He was escorted off the plane by

A unnamed 62-year-old man is in Montreal police custody following the fatal election night shooting in Canada’s French-speaking province of

Syrian rebels claim to have shot down a government fighter jet in the north of the country. Opposition fighters in northern Idlib province said they

George Michael returns to the stage to resume his “Symphonica” tour, ten months after the gig had to be cancelled as he faced a life threatening lung

I’m Chris Burns and welcome to The Network where we connect into a matrix of newsmakers to get to the heart of an issue.    Let’s take a look at the

“Wadjda” is not only one of the first films to come out of Saudi Arabia, even more significantly it is the first feature written and directed by a

In Uganda today family planning is at the top of the agenda. At the moment there are 34 million citizens but the country has one of the fastest

Officials in Jordan are bracing for as many as 150,000 refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war and are straining to build more camps to accommodate all

Syrian regime forces launch a deadly air strike on the residential area of Myasar in the rebel stronghold of Aleppo, the country’s largest city.

More than 3,000 South African miners took to the streets near Lonmin’s Marikana mine on Wednesday, as they continue to fight for better wages. It

The Afghan army said on Wednesday that it has sacked or arrested hundreds of soldiers over alleged links to insurgent groups. There is growing

Nokia unveiled its most powerful smartphone ever on Wednesday in what may be the struggling Finnish company’s last major shot at winning back a

With buyers literally fighting to get into showrooms and order its cars, General Motors in Uzbekistan is launching a new model. The Chevrolet