2015-09-15

Germany

Quotas or funds? Germany increases the pressure over migrants

Germany’s Interior Minister is increasing pressure for refugees and migrants to be distributed across Europe by quota. Thomas de Maizière says

15/09/2015

Real Economy

How do countries decide how much they can afford to borrow?

Debt sustainability has become a critical issue for both governments and international investors during the past half-decade of financial crisis. As

15/09/2015

Korea

North Korea restarts nuclear fuel reactor

15/09/2015

Hungary

'First arrests made' as Hungary cracks down on immigration

Tough, new laws have come into effect giving police in Hungary the authority to arrest and charge migrants attempting to enter the country illegally

15/09/2015

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Protests in Chile on Pinochet anniversary

15/09/2015

Business Series

Stick or twist: the Fed's interest rate dilemma

The US Federal Reserve is facing different daunting scenarios ahead of its crunch meeting on interest rates. The countdown has begun to one of the

15/09/2015

Kuwait

Kuwait court sentences seven to death over mosque attack

A court in Kuwait has sentenced seven people to death over a suicide bombing in June, according to state news agency KUNA. The attack, at a Shi’ite

15/09/2015

USA

State of emergency declared: 23,000 displaced in California wildfires

Around 23,000 people have been displaced and a state of emergency declared in California as wildfires rage in the north of the US state. An elderly

15/09/2015

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Riotous scenes of colour at Portugal festival

15/09/2015

United Kingdom

A 'radically different international policy': Jeremy Corbyn explained

15/09/2015

World News

Turnbull sworn in as new Australian prime minister

Australia has a new prime minister after Malcolm Turnbull attended a swearing in ceremony at Government House in Canberra. #BREAKING: Malcolm

15/09/2015

USA

Trump in Texas

Front-runner in the Republican race to do battle for the White House, Donald Trump, received a standing ovation at a campaign rally in Texas. Trump

15/09/2015

Greece

No coalition with New Democracy warns Tsipras ahead of Greek poll

Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras and his political rival Vangelis Miemarakis took part in a TV debate ahead of Sunday’s Greek general election. Greek

15/09/2015

Hungary

Hungary seals border with razor wire

Hungary has sealed its border with Serbia. A razor wire fence was moved into position around 1am CET. #Europe: Barbed wire gate at the train track.

15/09/2015

World News

Emergency meeting on migrant crisis reveals EU divisions

There was a rally in favour of helping the waves of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe in Brussels on Monday as EU Interior Ministers held an

15/09/2015

Austria

Germany and Austria beef up border checks

Austrian authorities have followed Germany’s lead and imposed additional border checks on its eastern border. Train services from Hungary via Austria

15/09/2015

Yemen

Aircraft pound Sanaa as coalition forces close in on Yemeni capital

Gulf Arab-led coalition aircraft bombed the Yemeni capital Sanaa intensively on Monday as ground forces engaged Houthi fighters in the neighbouring

15/09/2015

Estonia

Estonian farmers protest at falling prices

Taking their tractors to Tallinn, Estonian farmers are demanding more support from the government. Farmers Europe-wide have been hit by slumping

15/09/2015

USA

Evacuations continue in fire-ravaged California with no end to inferno in sight

With hundreds of properties now burned to the ground, some 23,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in northern California where two huge

15/09/2015

Japan

Protesters in Japan reject government's plan to allow foreign military operations

Thousands of protesters have rallied in Tokyo against government moves to enact legislation that would allow Japanese troops to fight abroad for the

15/09/2015