2012-11-05

Public transport workers in Greece have been voicing their anger at more planned austerity cuts. Their walkout is just the beginning. A week of

Just hours before millions of Americans started casting their votes to decide who will occupy the White House for the next four years, euronews’

Former CSC Team captain Tyler Hamilton revealed on Sunday that Bjarne Riis, his manager at the time, was the man who introduced him to the

Few places around the world are likely to be more directly affected by the outcome of the US election than Iran. Under Obama the US has cranked up

One of the areas in which the American voters’ choice of president is not expected to make much difference is the United States’ relationship with

The closest US presidential campaign in recent memory is entering the final stages. Rather than staying in New Hampshire on polling day as planned

The last day of campaigning by the US presidential candidates took them to different states where neither has enough of an advantage. They were

Ryanair’s shares took off on Monday, boosted by better-than-expected first half results. Europe’s biggest budget airline owes its strong

Obama or Romney? If Europeans could vote, Barack Obama would be re-elected with an overwhelming majority. That’s the outcome of an opinion poll

Fitch has upgraded the credit rating of Turkey in a move that Ankara says will boost growth. The bump up to investment grade – for the first time

An Australian court has ruled that Standard & Poor’s misled investors in the way that it rated some investments. The agency gave its highest

A new wave of violence has swept through several cities in Syria today. In Damascus a car bomb exploded in a busy square in the Mezzeh 86 area of

“Rust and Bone” is the gritty, moving and emotional love story from Cannes Grand Prix winner Jacques Audiard. The movie stars Academy Award-winning

The first lady of the United States is a privileged position that can turn the woman who holds it into an instant American icon. Each wife that has

France must dramatically slash its labour costs to become more competitive. That is the conclusion of a review by French industrialist Louis

Two people died after five bombs exploded in Bahrain on Monday according to government officials. The Interior Ministry said the people who were

Two nuclear reactors in South Korea have been closed down because many components were not certified. The government says the shutdown at the

Venom from snakes is highly needed, both for producing antidotes and for scientific research. In fact, each year snake bites kill more people than

The number of people out of work in Spain has climbed again. An extra 128,000 people were unemployed in October, according to the latest figures

A 14-year-old boy is going to compete in the 2013 Masters. Guan Tianlang of Guangzhou, China won the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championship in Thailand

The Netherland’s new centrist government has been sworn in by Queen Beatrix. Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberals have taken five weeks to form a

A man who lost his right leg in a motorbike accident has climbed to the top of one of the world’s tallest buildings. Zak Vawter wore a

Toyota sold 7.4 million vehicles worldwide in the first nine months of the year, beating GM and Volkswagen to regain the top seller title. The

HSBC has said is likely to face criminal charges in the US over a failure to prevent money laundering. Europe’s biggest bank also anticipated a

As the huge clean-up after superstorm Sandy continues many people are speculating as to what the effect might be on Tuesday’s US presidential

Ukraine’s opposition parties are protesting in central Kiev over allegations of vote-rigging in the country’s recent parliamentary election. They

China’s ruling Communist Party is investigating allegations that the family of Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has amassed a secret billion dollar fortune

Unions have timed a three-day general strike in Greece to coincide with two key parliamentary votes this week. Public transport workers in Athens

Spain’s unemployment rate continues to worsen, after recently hitting a record 25 percent. The latest Labour ministry figures show more than