behindmarkets
Shareholder Spring shakes AvivaAviva, Britain’s second biggest insurance company, is the latest to be shaken up by the so-called… 08/05/12 21:07 CET
cinema
Avengers movie breaks box office recordHollywood’s summer movie season has started with a bang. Marvel’s ‘The Avengers Assemble’ smashed… 08/05/12 16:06 CET
corporate
HSBC top profit forecastsHSBC, Europe’s largest bank, enjoyed better than expected underlying first-quarter profit — the… 08/05/12 13:55 CET
TUI sees brighter summerTUI Travel has said it was on track to meet earnings expectations for the full-year and should… 08/05/12 13:55 CET
economy
Athens still able to borrow despite political uncertaintyUncertainty over Greece’s political future had only a limited effect on Athen’s ability to borrow… 08/05/12 19:58 CET
Demand issues drag down oil pricesCrude prices continue to slide as economic slowdowns on both sides of the Atlantic boost fears of… 08/05/12 15:23 CET
europa
EU warns Greece to stick to austerity planBrussels has warned Athens it has no choice but to stick to the tough budget discipline set out in… 08/05/12 20:32 CET
hi-tech
The molecule that helped hepatitis B patientsEvery year, half a million people around the world catch hepatitis B, a disease that affects the… 08/05/12 13:31 CET
le mag
Street artist exhibits work at London galleryCreations from highly regarded British street artist Stik are fresh, simple and colourful yet… 08/05/12 16:06 CET
pictureoftheday
The Presidents of the French RepublicOutgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy and President-elect François Hollande attend Victory Day… 08/05/12 12:28 CET
Sport
Euro 2012: Loew unveils provisional squadGermany coach Joachim Low has nominated a 27-man provisional squad to compete for his final… 08/05/12 06:53 CET
world news
Netanyahu seems unassailableCancelling an early election date like flicking a switch Benjamin Netanyahu justifies as a move to… 08/05/12 16:42 CET
Berlin’s new airport hit by fresh delaysThe opening of Berlin’s new airport will be delayed by up to three months owing to fire safety… 08/05/12 22:33 CET
Annan warns Syria peace plan could be last chance to avoid warAs violence rages on, Kofi Annan says the world cannot allow Syria to descend into a full-scale… 08/05/12 22:24 CET
Greece extremes unlikely to meetAlexis Tsipras puts a face on Greece’s ascendant new leftists. The leader of the SYRIZA Coalition… 08/05/12 20:05 CET
Ukraine’s Tymoshenko to end hunger strikeJailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko will call off her hunger strike on… 08/05/12 20:03 CET
Greek left to try and form new governmentThe Greek political spotlight has now fallen on the 37 year-old leader of the radical left… 08/05/12 19:04 CET
Netanyahu surprises Israel with unity governmentBenjamin Netanyahu has stunned Israel by forming a unity government that could give him a freer… 08/05/12 18:43 CET
‘Where The Wild Things’ author Sendak dead at 83Children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak has died at the age of 83. The Brooklyn-born… 08/05/12 17:45 CET
Red Cross calls for Palestinian prisoner transferThe International Commitee of the Red Cross on Tuesday called on Israel to transfer six hunger… 08/05/12 17:44 CET
Medvedev back as Russian prime ministerDmitry Medvedev has been re-appointed as Russian prime minister after winning approval from… 08/05/12 17:33 CET
Syria awaits poll results as violence ragesAt first glimpse, Damascus does not look like the capital of a country on the brink of civil war… 08/05/12 17:14 CET
Sarkozy leads final Armistice day celebrationsMay is a month of public holidays in France, and the eighth is the day the country celebrates the… 08/05/12 16:44 CET
Interpol steps in to help locate Iraqi Vice-PresidentInterpol has issued a “red notice” in a bid to locate Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi. He… 08/05/12 16:12 CET
Air India sacks pilots amid row over trainingFurther travel misery is on the cards for Air India passengers. The airline has sacked 10 pilots… 08/05/12 16:12 CET
Russians take a city stroll as an act of protestMembers of Russia’s political opposition have come up with a new form of protest action – mass… 08/05/12 16:07 CET
Tablets containing human flesh seized in South KoreaAuthorities in South Korea are investigating a batch of pills which are said to contain human… 08/05/12 15:13 CET
Tymoshenko stays in jail and consults lawyersJailed former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has refused to be moved to a local hospital… 08/05/12 14:43 CET
Sarkozy leads his final Victory Day paradeMay is a month of public holidays in France, and the eighth is the day the country celebrates the… 08/05/12 13:14 CET
Israel forms unity government in surprise movePlans for an early election in Israel have been called off and a unity government has been formed… 08/05/12 11:44 CET
Tsipras to try and form Greek governmentThe Greeks are without a government after the failure of the leader of the biggest party following… 08/05/12 11:33 CET
Al Jazeera closes Beijing bureauTV broadcaster Al Jazeera has closed its English channel bureau in Beijing. The move comes after… 08/05/12 09:34 CET
Israeli PM forms unity government, according to reportsIsraeli prime minster Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to form a national unity government… 08/05/12 08:43 CET
Romania’s new PM wins parliamentary voteRomania’s new government has won a vote of confidence giving it a mandate to keep an International… 08/05/12 06:52 CET
Israel rules against Palestinian hunger strikersIsrael’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by two Palestinians against detention without trial… 08/05/12 06:52 CET
FARC call for media debate for release of French journalistColumbia’s leftist FARC rebels have called for a debate on freedom of information as a first step… 08/05/12 06:52 CET
Syria election is denounced by the oppositionLarge numbers are said to have turned out for Syria’s 250-seat parliamentary elections yesterday… 08/05/12 05:43 CET
CIA foils al Qaeda-linked bomb plotUS officials claim to have foiled a plot to blow up an airliner using an upgraded version of the… 08/05/12 04:03 CET
Hollande faces crash course in international politicsFrench president-elect Francois Hollande will have to hit the ground running after his win on… 08/05/12 02:23 CET
Facebook kicks off investor roadshowFacebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg kicked-off the company’s investor roadshow on… 08/05/12 00:53 CET
Italian comic has the last laugh in local electionsAn Italian comic who wants his country to default on its debt and return to the lira has made big… 08/05/12 00:03 CET
