behindmarkets
Mixed fortunes for STMThe European giant of the microchip industry, STMicroelectronics, is our focus on Behind Markets… 10/04/12 19:52 CET
cinema
If you go down to the woods today…...When five friends leave for a weekend in a remote forest, they have no idea what kind of nightmare… 10/04/12 17:01 CET
corporate
Sony continues to drown in red inkJapanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony says it is looking at an annual net loss the… 10/04/12 17:24 CET
Facebook snaps up Instagram for big bucksOne billion dollars is the price that Facebook is to pay for Instagram, a two-year-old… 10/04/12 16:33 CET
economy
Spain warns on bank capitalThe head of Spain’s central bank is warning the country’s lenders may need to raise more capital if… 10/04/12 15:12 CET
French economy stalls in early 2012France’s economy did not grow at all in the first three months of this year and, according to a… 10/04/12 15:12 CET
Surprise Chinese trade surplus in MarchA rise in exports meant China returned to a trade surplus in March – and exports to the United… 10/04/12 15:12 CET
europa
Syrian opposition calls for strong UN actionWith little immediate sign of an end to the violence in Syria, despite UN envoy Kofi Annan’s best… 10/04/12 16:32 CET
hi-tech
France’s tweeting toddlersThey start them young at a primary school at Siarrouy in the Haute-Pyrénées of south-west France… 10/04/12 16:15 CET
le mag
The 4th Biennial in MarrakechTurning the world on its head is what contemporary art is all about, and the 4th biennial in… 10/04/12 18:00 CET
Music in tablet formA group in Estonia has taken live music into the information age by performing, not with… 10/04/12 16:54 CET
newsplus
Syrian actions seen before as peace plan ignoredHere are some of the main points about international diplomatic efforts in Syria. The special… 10/04/12 14:58 CET
Poland’s Smolensk tragedy still smouldersTwo years ago, on 10 April 2010, the plane carrying Poland’s President Lech Kaczyński crashed while… 10/04/12 07:36 CET
pictureoftheday
Tensions rise between Japan and North KoreaPatriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) land-to-air missiles are seen under cherry blossoms in full… 10/04/12 12:05 CET
roadtoeuro2012
Football – a family affairThe male monopoly of the beautiful game is almost history. Last year’s Women’s World Cup, held in… 10/04/12 18:48 CET
world news
Tensions mount over hunger strike in RussiaThere was solidarity on the streets of the Russian city of Astrakhan. As demonstrators took part in… 10/04/12 23:03 CET
Santorum quits US presidential raceFormer US senator Rick Santorum has dropped out of the race to be the Republican Party’s… 10/04/12 22:33 CET
Santorum quits Republican presidential raceFormer US senator Rick Santorum has dropped out of the race to be the Republican Party’s… 10/04/12 20:48 CET
Getting high to lower Spanish debtThe people in the Spanish town of Rasquera are going to the polls. Its a referendum which could… 10/04/12 20:04 CET
Smolensk ceremonies belie Polish divisions over causeA simple ceremony was held in the snow at Smolensk in western Russia, at the site of the plane… 10/04/12 19:44 CET
Silence in Southampton marks Titanic’s departureThe city of Southampton paid tribute to the victims of the Titanic with a one minute silence. It… 10/04/12 19:15 CET
UK can extradite radical cleric Abu Hamza to US, rights judges ruleRadical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects can be extradited to the US from… 10/04/12 19:04 CET
Still time for peace deal in Syria, says envoy AnnanKofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy on Syria, on Tuesday said there is still time for his… 10/04/12 18:27 CET
Brussels transport strike goes on after security plan rejectedPublic transport in Brussels has been at a standstill for the fourth consecutive day after unions… 10/04/12 18:23 CET
Bloodshed on the streets of HomsBloodshed on the streets of Homs in Syria has been spilled again on Tuesday. Rights groups put the… 10/04/12 17:53 CET
Too early to say Syria peace plan has failed: UN envoy AnnanKofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy on Syria, said on Tuesday that there should be no… 10/04/12 16:33 CET
Greek holiday ferries stranded by seamen’s strikeGreek seamen have embarked on a 48 hour strike, consigning passenger ferries to port ahead of one… 10/04/12 16:33 CET
Norway killer Breivik found saneThe latest report on the mental state of Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik has concluded he… 10/04/12 15:37 CET
Hero US kids stop bus crash after driver falls illA security camera captured the moment two American schoolchildren in Washington State stopped their… 10/04/12 15:37 CET
Leipzig commuters coaxed out of cars with free public transportThe eastern German city of Leipzig is allowing anyone who owns a car to use public transport for… 10/04/12 15:37 CET
Kofi Annan visits Syria refugees in southern TurkeyThe UN and Arab League’s envoy Kofi Annan is visiting Syrian refugees in southern Turkey, to see… 10/04/12 14:13 CET
Syria government ceasefire deadline missedThe deadline for the Syrian government to begin withdrawing forces from urban areas as agreed in a… 10/04/12 12:44 CET
Poland still divided on Smolensk on 2nd anniversaryPoland is remembering the victims of the air disaster two years ago to the day that killed 96… 10/04/12 12:37 CET
Beirut funeral for Lebanese journalist shot by SyriaHundreds of mourners have attended the funeral in Beirut of a Lebanese TV cameraman shot dead by… 10/04/12 10:53 CET
Cameron in Japan to encourage trade with UKBritish Prime Minister David Cameron is in Japan as he tours East Asia trying to boost trade… 10/04/12 09:43 CET
Euro court allows US extradition of Abu Hamza from UKThe European Court of Human Rights has decided it is lawful for controversial Muslim cleric Abu… 10/04/12 08:43 CET
Sectarian tensions in PakistanAt least six Shi’ite Muslims have been shot dead in an apparently sectarian attack in Quetta in… 10/04/12 07:45 CET
Closer ties between USA and BrazilBrazil’s emergence as major economic power gave its president the confidence to assert her views at… 10/04/12 05:54 CET
Syrian fighting on border angers TurkeyTurkey has voiced its anger over clashes on its border with Syria between Bashar al-Assad’s forces… 10/04/12 02:33 CET
Violence in Syria leaves hopes for peace plan in tattersOpposition activists claim a military bombardment of a town in central Syria killed 35 people on… 10/04/12 00:53 CET
Poland remembers victims of Smolensk crashPolish nationalists staged a rally in front of the Russian embassy in Warsaw on Sunday on the eve… 10/04/12 00:23 CET
