behindmarkets
Heineken has more than an eye on the TigerHeineken’s Asian ambitions found favour on the markets on Monday. The Dutch brewer’s share price… 20/08/12 19:33 CET
corporate
Pernod Ricard chairman Patrick Ricard diesThe global wine and spirits company Pernod Ricard is in mourning, with no details yet for… 20/08/12 15:05 CET
economy
Germany urges no backsliding by AthensGermany is maintaining a hard line with Greece as Athens lobbies for two more years to reduce its… 20/08/12 18:40 CET
French Finance Minister upbeat on growthFrench Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici is in an upbeat mood following the return from his summer… 20/08/12 15:05 CET
Chinese home price data fuels bubble conundrumPrices for new homes in China rose by just 0.1 percent in July from the previous month and they… 20/08/12 14:04 CET
pictureoftheday
Fighting the heat wave in ChinaLifeguards watch visitors crowding an artificial wave pool at a tourist resort to escape the summer… 20/08/12 12:52 CET
world news
Ecuador Assange’s tower in LondonThe standoff with Julian Assange given asylum by Ecuador in its London embassy looks likely to drag… 20/08/12 19:01 CET
Israel rejects role in possible Arafat poisoningIsrael has once again rejected accusations that the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may have… 20/08/12 18:24 CET
Beijing wants Bo Xilai fallout ‘minimised’It took less than two weeks to try, convict and sentence Gu Kailai. That shows how seriously the… 20/08/12 17:41 CET
Cholera outbreak kills 250 in West AfricaAid agencies are warning that a cholera epidemic on the borders of Sierra Leone and Guinea is… 20/08/12 23:33 CET
Fatal blast in Turkish city near Syrian borderAt least eight people are reported killed and sixty wounded in a car bomb attack in southeastern… 20/08/12 23:03 CET
Several killed, dozens hurt in Turkey car bombAt least eight people are reported killed and sixty wounded in a car bomb attack in southeastern… 20/08/12 21:33 CET
Fatal car bomb attack in southeast TurkeyAt least eight people are reported killed and sixty wounded by a car bomb in southeastern Turkey… 20/08/12 20:33 CET
Somali athlete dies trying to make London GamesIt has emerged a Somali Olympic sprinter failed to make the London Games after allegedly dying on a… 20/08/12 20:14 CET
Extended deadline for striking South Africa miners to report for dutySouth African platinum producer Lonmin has extended for a day, a deadline for striking workers at… 20/08/12 20:00 CET
China’s Gu Kailal jailed for Heywood murderChina’s most sensational trial in three decades has ended with a suspended death sentence being… 20/08/12 19:04 CET
Prices warning to Belgium power firms after nuclear shutdownElectricity prices in Belgium should not be raised in the wake of a safety shutdown at a nuclear… 20/08/12 18:12 CET
Italy court confirms steel plant shutdown over pollutionAn Italian court has confirmed an earlier ruling preventing production at a southern steel plant… 20/08/12 18:12 CET
Pakistan inquiry as disabled girl arrested for ‘blasphemy’President Zardari of Pakistan has asked the interior ministry to investigate after a Christian girl… 20/08/12 17:43 CET
Kasparov sues Russian police over alleged beatingRussia’s opposition leader Garry Kasparov is taking legal action against police over beating and… 20/08/12 17:02 CET
Syria shell attack injures young girl in JordanA father in Jordan has told how his young daughter was hurt by shelling from Syria, in another sign… 20/08/12 16:04 CET
Syria opposition row with UN envoy as last monitors leaveLeaders of the opposition Syrian National Council have cast doubt over the new UN peace envoy’s… 20/08/12 15:04 CET
Japan and China clash over disputed islandsJapan has urged China to protect its citizens after thousands of people took to the streets across… 20/08/12 13:53 CET
Gu Kailai jailed for Heywood murder in ChinaA Chinese woman convicted of murdering a British businessman has been given a suspended death… 20/08/12 12:03 CET
South America backs Ecuador over Assange asylumSouth America is standing side by side with Ecuador over its decision to grant asylum to Julian… 20/08/12 11:43 CET
Myanmar says it has abolished media censorshipMyanmar says there will be no more censorship of its national media, in the latest reform since… 20/08/12 09:54 CET
‘Top Gun’ director Tony Scott jumps to death from bridgeHollywood filmmaker Tony Scott, who made a string of big-screen action movies, has jumped to his… 20/08/12 08:36 CET
China: Gu Kailai given suspended death sentence for murderA court in China has handed down a suspended death sentence to the wife of disgraced politician Bo… 20/08/12 05:14 CET
Syria: Assad makes rare public appearancePresident Bashar al-Assad has made a rare public appearance, attending prayers at a Damascus mosque… 20/08/12 01:44 CET
South Africa: Striking miners given deadline to resume workAs striking workers at the Lonmin mine in South Africa mourned their colleagues who were gunned… 20/08/12 00:23 CET
