cinema
Hollywood A-list at Palm Springs film festivalThis year’s 23rd edition of the Palm Springs International Film Festival appeared to attract most… 09/01/12 12:35 CET
corporate
2011 bumper year for Rolls-RoyceRolls-Royce, the British-based luxury carmaker, which is owned by Germany’s BMW, has announced… 09/01/12 14:57 CET
economy
Detroit Auto Show opens amid signs of recoveryAs the Detroit Auto Show opens the US car industry is celebrating a total turn-around, gearing up… 09/01/12 19:29 CET
Swiss central bank chief quits over wife’s forex dealThe head of the Swiss National Bank, Philipp Hildebrand, has resigned because of a controversial… 09/01/12 17:10 CET
Shaky start for UniCredit rights issueShares in UniCredit slumped again on Monday— so much that they were briefly suspended from trading… 09/01/12 14:57 CET
Investors pay to lend money to GermanyGermany is the latest country that investors are paying to lend it money. As it sold 3.9 billion… 09/01/12 14:57 CET
europa
France and Germany push controversial Tobin taxThe idea of taxing financial transactions has resurfaced with both Paris and Berlin agreeing such a… 09/01/12 19:17 CET
le mag
Going underground: Western music in IranWestern music faces tight restrictions in Iran but that has not stopped bands like Bomrani and The… 09/01/12 15:57 CET
pictureoftheday
Holy Bathing in IndiaStudents hold ceramic pots filled with water as they take a holy bath ahead of the Magh Mela… 09/01/12 12:23 CET
science
Giant lizard breeding programme halts species’ declineIt was once thought that the Hierro giant lizard had gone the way of the dodo. The reptile, which… 09/01/12 14:51 CET
silentdisasters
Reporter’s blog: Dog eat dog in downtown Port-au-PrinceHaiti is both beautiful and blighted; access to housing, education, sanitation, healthcare… 09/01/12 15:00 CET
Sport
Messi completes Ballon d’Or hat-trickArgentina and Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has won FIFA’s Ballon d’Or for a third year running on… 09/01/12 18:09 CET
Rest day in the DakarA makeshift bivouac in the desert surrounding Copiapo in Chile provided a welcomed shelter for… 09/01/12 07:02 CET
world news
Second place gold medal suspense in New HampshireMitt Romney and his campaign team roll in to New Hampshire with confidence. The US Atlantic… 09/01/12 17:22 CET
US primaries: how it worksAccording to the US constitution to stand any chance of becoming President of the United States of… 09/01/12 12:05 CET
Breast implant scare prompts calls for tighter regulationAs the PIP breast implant scandal intensifies, there are growing calls for tighter EU regulations… 09/01/12 23:23 CET
Contaminated chickens in Germany raise health debateA survey in Germany has shown half the number of fresh chickens bought in shops in five cities were… 09/01/12 22:53 CET
Split in Syria’s opposition over road map for futureSyrian opposition groups continue to try and agree on a common strategy for change in their… 09/01/12 19:53 CET
Clashes after Yemen’s cabinet backs Saleh amnestyThere have been clashes in Yemen after the cabinet approved a draft law that would give President… 09/01/12 19:33 CET
Baghdad bomb blasts kill at least 15 peopleTwo bomb attacks have killed at least 15 people in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The bombs exploded… 09/01/12 19:03 CET
Opposition mounts to financial transaction taxGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and the French President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted on Monday that… 09/01/12 18:31 CET
Press conference ends with attempted suicideWhat started as a normal press conference ended with an attempted suicide. Col Mikolaj Przybyl had… 09/01/12 17:54 CET
Three dead in Nigeria fuel strike clashesThree people have been shot dead during a nationwide strike in Nigeria against the government’s… 09/01/12 17:44 CET
Financial tax backed by Germany and FranceGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy appeared relaxed when they… 09/01/12 16:34 CET
Guinea-Bissau leader Sanha dead at 64Malam Bacai Sanha, the president of Guinea-Bissau, has died in Paris after a short illness, media… 09/01/12 16:23 CET
Spanish fishermen protest cancelled EU deal with MoroccoAbout 2,000 fishermen and their families were out on the streets of Barbate to express their anger… 09/01/12 15:54 CET
Unions strike in Nigeria over fuel subsidy cutsTrade unions in Nigeria staged a nationwide strike on Monday over the government’s scrapping of… 09/01/12 14:04 CET
Back in the Day: the world’s first underground railway*January 10, 1863* The world’s first underground railway opens in London. Initially around six… 09/01/12 13:45 CET
Pilot strike grounds Iberia flightsSpanish airline Iberia has cancelled hundreds of flights due to fresh pilot strikes on Monday and… 09/01/12 12:44 CET
China and S Korea discuss trade and changing neighboursWhilst South Korea’s president Lee Myung-bak is in China on a state visit, nuclear envoys from both… 09/01/12 12:33 CET
NZ: residents warned off beach after broken ship spills its cargoAs goods from the Rena cargo ship wash onto New Zealand beaches, police have closed parts of the… 09/01/12 11:41 CET
US-Iranian man to be executed for being a spyA court in Tehran has given a death sentence to an American man of Iranian descent. After a trial… 09/01/12 11:03 CET
American ‘spy’ sentenced to death in IranA US-man of Iranian descent has been sentenced to death in Iran for spying for America… 09/01/12 09:34 CET
Sodomy case against Malaysia opposition leader droppedMalaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has been acquitted of sodomy charges. In a surprise… 09/01/12 08:33 CET
Ahmadinejad rallies support in VenezuelaIran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has arrived in Venezuela at the start of a tour of Latin… 09/01/12 06:03 CET
Romney still favourite to win New HampshireUS Republican front-runner Mitt Romney emerged dented but not seriously wounded after back-to-back… 09/01/12 04:03 CET
Musharraf to make a political comebackThe exiled former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf has told supporters he will return to the… 09/01/12 01:33 CET
Chinese tourists snap up luxury goods in SpainRecession? What recession? Luxury goods in Spain appear to by flying off the shelves despite the… 09/01/12 00:04 CET
