cinema
Bieber fever grips L.A.The city of Angels has been shaking with Justin Bieber fever. The 16-year old Canadian was in… 10/02/11 16:27 CET
corporate
Financial market landscape shiftsPlans by NYSE Euronext and Deutsche Boerse to get together and create the world’s largest stock… 10/02/11 18:39 CET
Capital hike means Credit Suisse misses Q4 forecastCredit Suisse has cut its profitability target and 2010 dividend for shareholders after missing… 10/02/11 15:49 CET
Rolls-Royce upbeat, says Qantas incident behind itRolls-Royce is predicting better profit this year and said most of the costs related to last year’s… 10/02/11 15:49 CET
Renault targets emerging markets for growthFrench carmaker Renault has just released its 2010 financial results and revealed its long-term… 10/02/11 15:49 CET
economy
UK interest rates held steady despite inflation riskDespite rising inflation, Britain’s central bank has kept its key interest rate at a record low 0.5… 10/02/11 15:49 CET
OPEC raises oil output and predicts higher demandOPEC said it raised oil output in January to the highest level in two years. In a monthly… 10/02/11 15:49 CET
europa
French justice in proportionThe European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice said in a recent report that France’s budget… 10/02/11 18:51 CET
Nine out of 10 MEPs anti-StrasbourgA survey of European Parliament members has shown that nine out of ten of them think it is time to… 10/02/11 16:43 CET
hi-tech
Hi-tech robot to restore limb movementScientists at the University of Tsukuba in Japan have dubbed it HAL for Hybrid Assistive Limb. This… 10/02/11 14:49 CET
interview
Tunisia, Egypt and the Internet. Interview with Dominique CardonIn the light of the recent revolts in Tunisia and Egypt, the internet has been championed as one of… 10/02/11 20:38 CET
le mag
Major restoration at ancient Khmer templeMore than a thousand temples of all sizes draw some 2 million tourists to Cambodia’s Angkor Wat… 10/02/11 14:49 CET
pictureoftheday
Chile faces worst drought in 50 yearsThe central and northern regions of Chile are facing one of the worst droughts in recent years… 10/02/11 12:33 CET
reporter
China accelerates in EuropeNew motorways in Poland, co-financed by the EU, are being built by Chinese companies. Outraged… 10/02/11 15:14 CET
Digging up the truth in KosovoThe field of grief – that is what they call the biggest Albanian cemetery of civilian victims from… 10/02/11 14:49 CET
world news
Deserting tourists hit Egypt’s economyFor how long can the Egyptian economy keep going without tourists? The Giza pyramids have been… 10/02/11 17:57 CET
Mubarak stays despite huge passionate protestsEgyptian President Hosni Mubarak has refused to leave office, despite huge demonstrations calling… 10/02/11 23:53 CET
French judges intensify anti-Sarkozy ‘strike’Members of the French judiciary have deserted courts nationwide in a defiant stand against… 10/02/11 18:51 CET
Poison fears in hunt for missing Swiss twinsInvestigators in the international rescue effort for two missing six-year-old twins say their… 10/02/11 17:03 CET
Dutch caps and French letters enter Belgian politicsBelgian women are being urged to go on a national sex-strike in the hope it will tie the country’s… 10/02/11 16:33 CET
Egypt: Mubarak going nowhere for nowEgyptian President Hosni Mubarak has defied protesters’ demands that he quit, after a day of high… 10/02/11 16:27 CET
Iran cracks down harder on KarroubiOne of Iran’s most prominent opposition leaders, Mehdi Karroubi, has had his house arrest in Tehran… 10/02/11 16:03 CET
Attention focused on Egyptian army neutralityThe role of the Egyptian army is falling increasingly into the spotlight. The United States had… 10/02/11 14:54 CET
North Korea refuses more military talks with SouthAfter the formalities, came the collapse of key military talks between the two Koreas. And now the… 10/02/11 13:33 CET
UK parliament defies Europe on prison votesBritain’s parliament has backed a motion to refuse prisoners the right to vote, putting the… 10/02/11 13:31 CET
China, Saudi Arabia break ranks on EgyptThe Egyptian people may have to effect change on their own if the latest statements on the crisis… 10/02/11 12:33 CET
French judges step up “strike” against SarkozyAn unprecedented revolt by members of the French judiciary has reached a climax with nationwide… 10/02/11 11:43 CET
UK: French far-right leader praises Cameron speechA speech by British Prime Minister David Cameron condemning the promotion of multiculturalism as a… 10/02/11 10:49 CET
Egypt hardens its stance against demandsThe Egyptian government appears to be digging in its heels and bracing itself for another extension… 10/02/11 10:03 CET
Hostage set free by FARC rebelsColombia’s FARC rebels have released a kidnapped local politician. He is the first of five hostages… 10/02/11 08:42 CET
Taliban strikes against Pakistani armyAt least 31 army cadets have been killed in the garrison town of Mardan in north-western Pakistan… 10/02/11 08:23 CET
Suicide blast kills Pakistan army recruitsA schoolboy suicide bomber has killed at least 20 soldiers and injured several others in north-west… 10/02/11 06:03 CET
Egyptians’ economic and political demands mergeUnrest is spreading out beyond the Egypt’s capital but often it is linked with more specific… 10/02/11 04:23 CET
Mother of missing twins makes a TV appealThe mother of missing six-year old twins Alessia and Livia Schepp has made an emotional appeal on… 10/02/11 03:03 CET
Egypt government unmoved as pressure growsThe Egyptian government appears to be digging in its heels and bracing itself for another extention… 10/02/11 01:33 CET
Jordan swears in new governmentIt may have looked like a routine swearing in of a new government, but Jordan’s King Abdullah is… 10/02/11 01:03 CET
Cuba ‘goes digital’More than five decades after the Cuban revolution, the Caribbean island has embraced the digital… 10/02/11 00:53 CET
