cinema
Brendan Fraser returns as Mummy-slayerIt has lain dormant for seven years but now the franchise has come back to life with The Mummy… 29/07/08 18:18 CET
corporate
BA and Iberia merger talksWillie Walsh and Fernando Conte – the chiefs of British Airways and Spanish national airline Iberia… 29/07/08 21:24 CET
WTO trade liberalisation talks collapseMarathon talks on trade liberalisation have collapsed at the World Trade Organisation. Participants… 29/07/08 21:13 CET
Bertelsmann may sell its share of Sony-BMGSony has reportedly started negotiations to gain full ownership of its US venture Sony-BMG Music… 29/07/08 21:13 CET
Alcatel-Lucent sheds headsAlcatel-Lucent’s top bosses are quitting as it announced a sixth straight quarterly loss. Chairman… 29/07/08 21:13 CET
US consumer sentiment boost European sharesEuropean shares reversed earlier losses and finished the session positive on Tuesday after the… 29/07/08 21:13 CET
Merrill Lynch’s shocking writedownsMerrill Lynch has said it expects to take a 3.6 billion euro pretax write-down in the third quarter… 29/07/08 21:13 CET
hi-tech
From Garden of England to mega greenhouseBritain’s biggest greenhouse complex – Thanet Earth – is currently under construction in Thanet in… 29/07/08 18:18 CET
le mag
Wagner fest leaps into the 21st centuryOpera lovers are spolit for choice this month – if they have deep enough pockets – with the… 29/07/08 18:18 CET
questions for europe
Helping Europeans be sun-smartClearer labelling has been introduced for sun protection products to help holiday-makers “Be… 29/07/08 12:52 CET
Air travel: new rights for reduced mobility passengersAbout a third of Europeans need help to get around through either disability, age or reduced… 29/07/08 12:52 CET
world news
Earthquake hits Los Angeles; no injuries or damageA moderate earthquake has hit Los Angeles, but there are no initial reports of injury or damage… 29/07/08 21:35 CET
Karadzic arrest may ease Serbia’s path to EUWhile Radovan Karadzic remained a fugitive from UN prosecutors, his freedom proved a major obstacle… 29/07/08 20:36 CET
German milk prices on the menu at top-level talksA humble glass of milk proved hard to swallow in Germany as farmers, distributors and the… 29/07/08 20:29 CET
Bosnia sends seven Serbs to prison for 40 years for war attrocitiesThe war crimes tribunal in Bosnia has sentenced seven Bosnian Serbs for a mass killing of Bosnian… 29/07/08 18:39 CET
Italian army to provide police backup on city streetsTroops will appear on Italy’s city streets from next week, a move the centre-right government says… 29/07/08 17:46 CET
Belgium’s illegal immigrants demand right to stayIllegal immigrants have taken their campaign to stay in Belgium into the skies above Brussels… 29/07/08 16:39 CET
UK to reform law on domestic violenceThe British government has unveiled plans to overhaul laws relating to domestic violence. Women… 29/07/08 16:14 CET
No new deep-dive record at Lake BaikalRussian divers have taken two mini-submarines deep into Lake Baikal in Siberia, but said they… 29/07/08 14:48 CET
Blue skies forecast for Beijing Olympics, or elseBeijing says the skies over the capital are looking bluer every day — relatively. The Chinese… 29/07/08 14:13 CET
British girl wins right to wear religious jewelleryA British teenager, suspended from school for wearing a religious bracelet has won her High Court… 29/07/08 14:13 CET
Pro-Karadjic rally before warcrimes extraditionA mass protest against extraditing Radovan Karadzic is planned in Belgrade later today. His lawyers… 29/07/08 13:32 CET
Alcatel-Lucent dumps top executivesThe telecoms company Alcatel-Lucent is ditching both its chairman Serge Tchuruk and chief… 29/07/08 11:34 CET
French government drops challenge to Tapie payoutThe French government has agreed to pay the flamboyant former businessman Bernard Tapie 285 million… 29/07/08 07:38 CET
Film reveals secret life of KaradzicThe latest amateur footage of Radovan Karadzic has emerged, while he was hiding from UN war crimes… 29/07/08 07:38 CET
Virgin Boss launches space tourist aircraftBritish Business Tycoon Richard Branson has unveiled an aircraft aimed at sending tourists into… 29/07/08 07:38 CET
Milk farmers threaten fresh demo in GermanyMilk farmers have held demonstrations in several federal states across Germany, as their protest… 29/07/08 07:38 CET
Deliberations continue over the future of Turkey’s AK PartyTurkey’s Constitutional Court is set to continue deliberations over whether to close down the… 29/07/08 01:36 CET
