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Culture news

Emin and Stone honeymoon in Hong Kong with new show

“I Cried Because I Love You” is the title of British artist Tracey Emin’s exhibition in Hong Kong. Once the “enfant terrible” of the Young British

Culture news

Ostrer portraits of offal celebrities in "Ego System" show

Donald Trump as seen by British artist James Ostrer is a dogs’ dinner of raw meat and surfaces with an unhealthy, microbiotic sheen. The

Cinema

Hiddleston takes on Hank Williams in "I saw the light"

Tom Hiddleston may be hot property right now but his portrayal of American music icon Hank Williams in “I saw the light” has not been without

Cinema

Will "Eddie the Eagle" fly at the box office?

Ridiculed at the time by fellow competitors and the public alike, in the late 1980s Briton Michael Edwards became a household name when, against the

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Culture news

Hemingway's "The Fifth Column" revived in London after 70-year curtain

If it has Ernest Hemingway’s name on it it will fill a theatre, and that is what the Southwark Playhouse in London is gambling on until mid-April

Sport

Murray needs new ball after blowing up at umpire

Andy Murray advances in Miami despite a break point strop with the umpire over a womens’ ball that mistakenly got in the mix. Murray lost that game

World News

US and Russia seek to speed up Syrian peace talks

Russia and America tried to ease the logjam on Syrian peace talks in Geneva on Thursday. US Secretary of State John Kerry met with President Vladimir

Netherlands

No-one in Bosnia satisfied with Karadzic sentence

In Srebrenica, scene of an appalling massacre of Bosnian Muslim men and boys by the Serbs during the Yugoslav war, survivors and victims’ family

World

Netanyahu offers Belgium Israel's help in fight against terror

Following comments by several of his ministers after the Brussels attacks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assured Belgium of his

Argentina

Obama adds Argentina to South America reset list

US President Barack Obama has promised a new era in relations with Argentina, with US firms announcing more than two billion dollars of new

Belgium

France and Belgium hail Abdeslam capture

France’s Defence Council has met following the arrest in Belgium of the main surviving suspect in the Paris attacks and a number of other people in

World

Taking the Tunisian Revolution into the schools: forging a 21st century system

Tunisia gets its Learning World two-year report card as Maha Barada returns to see if the Arab Spring has blown a wind of change through the country's classrooms

Economy

No change in Fed interest rate, half point rise expected by year's end

The US Federal reserve has left interest rates unchanged, but says that moderate growth and what it called “strong job gains” means it will be able

Economy

European carmakers report strong February sales figures

New car sales in Europe jumped by 14% in February, the 30th straight month of growth. Only the Greek and Dutch markets declined. Even Volkswagen

Economy

IMF says Ivory Coast close to hitting growth targets

The IMF says the Ivory Coast economy continues to grow and will post 8.5% this year, a tad down on last year’s 8.6%. Inflation is also forecast to

Business Series

US Senate says national rules needed for driverless vehicles

A US Senate panel has recommended federal laws covering the entire country be put in place for the oncoming driverless car revolution, and has warned

Business Series

LSE and Deutsche Boerse go to the altar again but NY may steal the bride

European traders are wondering if it will be third time lucky after previous failed attempts, but the London and Frankfurt stock exchanges have again

Sport

Leicester City on the verge of a football fairytale

It is high time we talked about Claudio Ranieri and Leicester, now sitting on the top of the English Premier league holding a five point lead with

Sport

Goals galore, upsets, and seeing red in The Corner

We are not even in the final stage of the season but we already have a Ligue champion. Paris Saint-Germain won their fourth consecutive French title

Next Series

Replacing oil in plastics production with organic waste

Oil is vital for far more than just energy; it is at the heart of the plastics family, but as waste it is highly polluting. Now Spanish scientists are creating a new generation of organic plastics tha

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