cinema
Cannes: Almodovar and Banderas reunite in horror thrillerWhat better place than the Cannes film festival for actor Antonio Banderas and film-maker Pedro… 19/05/11 23:14 CET
Cannes: Un Certain RegardRestless Veteran director Gus van Sant is in Cannes presenting his latest film, Restless, which… 19/05/11 17:58 CET
Cannes drops Lars von TrierThe Cannes festival has declared Danish film maker Lars von Trier unwelcome, and expelled him… 19/05/11 16:03 CET
corporate
LinkedIn: shares soar but are they bubblicious?Shares of LinkedIn shot up in value as they went on sale in New York on Thursday. The social… 19/05/11 19:26 CET
Glencore shares make debutGlencore has made a steady market debut with its shares trading just above the widely expected… 19/05/11 16:43 CET
economy
Quake knocks Japan back into recessionJapan has slipped back into recession after the economy shrank much more than expected in the early… 19/05/11 20:21 CET
Spain enjoys modest growth from exportsSpain’s economy remains weak, but it is growing and it expanded by 0.3 percent in the first three… 19/05/11 19:51 CET
Gold investors favour bars and coinsThe World Gold Council has said there was an increase in the purchase of gold bars and coins in the… 19/05/11 16:43 CET
Royal wedding and sunshine boost UK retail salesThe royal wedding holiday and the warmest April weather on record helped drive up Britain’s retail… 19/05/11 16:43 CET
hi-tech
A chip to power the bionic eye systemA tiny microchip is the missing link for scientists building a bionic vision system. Perfecting the… 19/05/11 08:46 CET
le mag
When music is your businessMany bands are grateful for the support of their fans but when they say thank you do they really… 19/05/11 13:13 CET
musica
Bonus Daniel Barenboim & Zubin MehtaHere are some more extracts from our discussion between lifelong friends Daniel Barenboim and Zubin… 19/05/11 12:12 CET
Barenboim and Mehta – a harmonious friendshipSpringtime in Florence and that means the most prestigious classical music festival in Italy — the… 19/05/11 12:08 CET
pictureoftheday
TEPCO releases new photos of the Fukushima power plantCars are washed away by a tsunami at Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO)‘s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear… 19/05/11 12:34 CET
reporter
Europe’s big screen battleMichele Berrebi owns a small cinema in the south of France in Provence. The cinema was set to… 19/05/11 18:04 CET
science
Twin troubles: what is an epigenetic profile?Twins have the same DNA but they do not always look identical. What makes them look and act… 19/05/11 17:41 CET
world news
Back in the Day: beginnings of the blue jean*May 20, 1873.* Clothing merchant Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis receive a US patent for an… 19/05/11 20:56 CET
Taliban kill 35 road workers in east AfghanistanThe Taliban has killed at least 35 construction workers in Afghanistan. Militants opened fire… 19/05/11 23:13 CET
Strauss-Kahn to be freed on bail with conditionsThe former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been granted bail by a court in New York. He will… 19/05/11 22:13 CET
Obama vows fresh start with Arab worldUS President Barack Obama has promised a new program of economic aid to support the people’s… 19/05/11 20:13 CET
Irish ex-PM Garret FitzGerald diesGarret FitzGerald has died. Ireland’s most popular elder statesman twice served as prime minister… 19/05/11 20:01 CET
Mass rally in Lisbon over bailout and austerity cutsA lack of jobs and the bite of austerity measures prompted thousands of people to take to the… 19/05/11 19:44 CET
EU looks at European crime victims supportHolidays are for relaxing and having fun. But, for EU citizens who become victims of crime while… 19/05/11 19:22 CET
Strauss-Kahn’s legacy at the IMFThe International Monetary Fund that Dominique Strauss-Kahn took over in autumn 2007 was a markedly… 19/05/11 19:05 CET
Spanish youth protests go internationalAfter the Arab Spring, could a European Summer of pro-democracy protests be on the way? Young… 19/05/11 18:33 CET
Strauss Kahn set for new rape case bail hearingDominique Strauss-Kahn has arrived earlier than expected for his second bail hearing in New York… 19/05/11 18:13 CET
Britain’s Queen visits Irish horse heartlandFor a monarch passionate about horses, it was surely one of the highlights of her four-day trip… 19/05/11 16:43 CET
Race is on to replace DSK at IMFFollowing the resignation of its Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the International… 19/05/11 16:23 CET
Posthumous bin Laden recording hails Arab revolutionsAmid reports of a power struggle to succeed him, al Qaeda’s late leader looks to have spoken from… 19/05/11 15:33 CET
Deadly bombings in KirkukThree bombs have killed more than 27 people in Iraq’s disputed northern oil city of Kirkuk… 19/05/11 14:03 CET
Obama’s Arab ‘reconnection’ speechBarack Obama is set to present a new US strategy for relations with the Arab world. He will try to… 19/05/11 12:33 CET
Queen Elizabeth talks of “shared values” at Dublin banquetBritain’s Queen has acknowledged the turbulent history between her country and Ireland on day two… 19/05/11 11:43 CET
DSK resigns as head of the IMFFrom his prison cell in New York, Dominique Strauss-Kahn has announced his resignation as head of… 19/05/11 11:43 CET
Deadly bombings in Kirkuk, IraqUp to 25 people have been killed in at least two bomb explosions in Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk… 19/05/11 11:03 CET
Spanish protest turns into sit-in in Madrid SquareIn Spain, thousands of young people have spent another night on the streets. Anti-government… 19/05/11 09:43 CET
Plane crash in Patagonia kills 19A plane has crashed in the remote Patagonian region of Argentina, killing all 19 passengers and… 19/05/11 08:14 CET
Strauss-Kahn quits as IMF chiefFrom his prison cell in New York Dominique Strauss-Kahn finally decided to resign as head of the… 19/05/11 06:53 CET
Al Qaeda sends last audio message of Bin LadenA voice from beyond the grave – an audio recording from the former al Qaeda leader has been posted… 19/05/11 05:33 CET
Sarkozy biopic amuses Cannes critics – slightlyStars of a biopic on President Nicolas Sarkozy lined up on the red carpet in Cannes as critics… 19/05/11 04:33 CET
Gaddafi’s wife and daughter said to be in TunisiaContradictory reports have emerged over the whereabouts of the Libyan leader’s wife and daughter… 19/05/11 03:03 CET
Freed journalist tells of beatings in a Syrian jailA journalist for Al Jazeera has spoken of her harrowing ordeal while being held for nearly three… 19/05/11 01:53 CET
Young Spaniards rally in election boycott callThousands of young Spaniards angry over high unemployment have defied a ban to demonstrate in… 19/05/11 00:44 CET
