world news Taiwan quake: Developer arrested in collapsed building probe Witnesses at the scene of the collapsed Golden Dragon building in Tainan say they have seen cans of cooking-oil packed inside wall cavities exposed by the damage, apparently having been used as buildi 09/02/2016
Korea North Korea plutonium production resumed - US intelligence chief North Korea, which launched a long range rocket on Sunday in defiance of international warnings, has restarted plutonium production, according to 09/02/2016
Sport Paris 2024 unveil new Eiffel Tower-inspired Olympic bid logo The Paris 2024 Olympic bid committee unveiled on Tuesday their new Eiffel Tower-inspired logo at a ceremony in the French capital. The design 09/02/2016
USA US election: Expect the unexpected in the New Hampshire Primary With the White House in the distance, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Yet many in New Hampshire – the second state to pick its party nominees for the 09/02/2016
Germany 'Human error responsible' for deadly Bad Aibling train crash - sources German media, quoting sources close to investigation, cite human error as cause of collision At least 10 dead 81 injured, 18 in serious condition Two 09/02/2016
Sport Hadlow retains King-of-the-Air Kitesurfing title Some 13 thousand spectators lined the shores of Big Bay Beach in Cape Town, South Africa to watch the world’s best compete in the King-of-the-Air 09/02/2016
Business French and German finance chiefs discuss economic weakness and eurozone recovery Even as stock market indexes slid further, French and German finance chiefs meeting in Paris warned against over-reacting to signs of economic weakness. 09/02/2016
Hungary EU refugee crisis: "Like it or not, we have to work together" “The re-evaluation of core European values is inevitable if we are seriously committed to integrating refugees,” says György Tatár, international 09/02/2016
Sport Tour of Qatar: Kristoff wins stage two Norway’s Alexander Kristoff claimed stage two of the Tour of Qatar on Tuesday after holding off the challenge of Mark Cavendish in a sprint finish 09/02/2016
Russia Moscow demolishes illegal metro kiosks in night of long shovels Moscow has begun the large-scale demolition of kiosks and small shopping centres. Sergei Shogurov, head of the capital’s real estate inspectorate 09/02/2016
Spain Spain: Princess Cristina and her husband in court, as defendants testify in fraud case Spain’s Princess Cristina, the first member of the country’s royal family ever to face trial returned to court in Mallorca on Tuesday. Cristina one 09/02/2016
Sport American Athletes warned over Zika risks at Rio Olympics The Director of the United State’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has warned American athletes about the risks of travelling 09/02/2016
Sport Raptors continue fine form with victory over Pistons Kyle Lowry starred as the Atlantic Division-leading Toronto Raptors beat the Detroit Pistons on home court in Michigan. There was nothing much to 09/02/2016
Business To Russia with cash: Chinese tourists offset fall in Western visitors Russia is enjoying a tourism boom of Chinese visitors who have become the largest group of foreign visitors with numbers more than doubling last year compared with 2014. 09/02/2016
Sport Famed Cuban baseball brothers believed to have defected to US Two high-profile baseball playing brothers from Cuba have reportedly abandoned a team travelling in the Dominican Republic with national media 09/02/2016
brussels bureau Varoufakis' new pan-Europe party aims to strengthen democracy “We want to strengthen democracy and prevent the EU’s disintegration.” The message from former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, as he 09/02/2016
Ukraine Eastern Ukraine struggles to survive across rebel dividing line No jobs. Little left standing. A long wait to cross a frontier made by a war few Ukrainian farmers understand, and which cuts them off from their market...if they could grow anything. Near Luhansk, li 09/02/2016
Business International Energy Agency says oil glut is poised to worsen The International Energy Agency thinks oil prices won't rise significantly this year as declines in US output take time and OPEC is unlikely to agree with other producers to cut output. 09/02/2016
Business Sanofi earnings to be 'stable' despite declining sales French drugmaker Sanofi has pledged its 2016 earnings will be stable despite declining sales of diabetes and cancer treatments. 09/02/2016
Business TUI shifts destination focus over security concerns in Turkey and North Africa Tour operator TUI is to develop new destinations as bookings drop to countries like Turkey, Egypt and Tunisia after terrorist attacks. 09/02/2016
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jailed Bosnian Serb General Zdravko Tolimir dies in detention Bosnian Serb General Zdravko Tolimir, serving a life sentence for genocide during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, has died in detention in the Hague 09/02/2016
