2013-08-29

Day two of the Venice Film Festival opened on Thursday with a distinctly female presence. Italian feature film Via Castellana Bandiera revolves

The Champions League draw for this season was made on Friday in Monaco. David Moyes makes his bow in Europe’s top club competition as his

What do the next five years promise for Zimbabwe? At 89, Africa’s oldest leader and still in charge after more than three decades, President

Michael Morkov of Saxo-Tinkoff recorded the biggest win of his career on Thursday when the Danish rider won stage six of the Tour of Spain. But it

Wildfires continue to affect Portugal, despite the efforts of over a thousand firefighters who continue their dangerous work. At least ten fires are

Western warplanes have joined the macabre diplomatic dance around Syria. The Incirlik air base in Nato member Turkey, for instance, is seeing

British telecoms company Vodafone has confirmed it is in talks with Verizon to sell its stake in their US joint venture Verizon

The Queen and King of Jordan have been at the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis. The three spoke privately for 20 minutes about the crisis in Syria

The government workers union in Greece has staged the first of what is planned to be a series of strikes to protest against job cuts in the civil

Members of the feminist group Femen have held co-ordinated demonstrations in front of the Ukrainian embassies in several European countries following

The Salzburg Festival celebrates the bicentenary of Verdi’s birth with three of his operas: ‘Don Carlo’ is one of them – the longest, the most

English Premier League side Chelsea announced on Thursday they have signed Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o on a free transfer from Russian club Anzhi

Slightly more people were out of work in Germany in August than a month ago, but the unemployment rate was just 6.8 percent of the workforce – near

The US American country group ‘The Band Perry’ have announced a world tour to promote their new album ‘Pioneer’. The siblings Neil, Reid and sister

Sandra Bullock and George Clooney were the stars of the opening night of the 70th edition of the Venice Film Festival. The jury at the

The British House of Commons has been debating whether or not “in principle” to support foreign military intervention in Syria following an alleged

A 33-year prison sentence has been overturned in Pakistan of a doctor who was instrumental in finding Osama bin Laden. Dr. Shakil Afridi helped

In Amman, Jordan, many Syrians hope the British parliament will support a government resolution paving the way for a military strike against

Academy award nominee Melanie Griffith takes on her first role in while in the psychological erotic thriller ‘Dark Tourist’. The movie is about a

Brazil’s Rafaela Silva thrilled the home crowd by giving the hosts their first women’s gold medal of the World Judo Championships on Wednesday in Rio

Bahrain has one of the most vibrant arts scenes in the Gulf. Each summer it puts on a summer festival in Manama, the country’s capital. The annual

After two years, Spain’s recession seems to be close to ending. The latest official reading of the economy showed that between April and June it

Hollywood A-listers Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have separated after 13 years of marriage. According to friends of the couple no

A video has been released by Israeli TV network Channel 2 apparently showing Israeli Defense soldiers dancing with Palestinians at a wedding party in

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the UN weapons inspection team will continue their investigations until Friday. They plan to leave Syria on

Carrefour’s shares surged after the world’s second biggest retailer posted a sharp improvement in earnings at its core French business. Its

Electronic cigarettes may be as harmful as normal tobacco, according to the September issue of the French magazine ’60 Million Consumers’. The

British telecoms company Vodafone has confirmed it is in talks with Verizon to sell its stake in their US joint venture Verizon

Josef Ackermann has resigned as chairman of Zurich Insurance over the apparent suicide of its chief financial officer, Pierre Wauthier. Ackermann –