cinema
DiCaprio and Crowe team up for Body of LiesLeonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe team up in Ridley Scott’s spy thriller Body of Lies, about a… 23/10/08 18:04 CET
economy
Sweden slashes interest againSweden’s central bank has cut its key interest rate by half a percent, more than economists were… 23/10/08 20:13 CET
Lukewarm response to French sovereign wealth fund planFrance is to create a sovereign wealth fund to invest in the country’s industries. The idea, as… 23/10/08 20:13 CET
Industrial orders fall as carmakers cut backIn another big sign that Europe has fallen into recession, new industrial orders in the euro zone… 23/10/08 20:13 CET
europa
EP votes airport x-ray stripping too close for comfortPossible x-ray stripping of air passengers in future has tripped a European Parliament scandal… 23/10/08 20:17 CET
EU court rules Iranian opposition assets unfrozen but group to stay bannedThe People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran will stay on the EU blacklist of suspected terrorist… 23/10/08 20:17 CET
Hu’s Sakharov Prize prompts Chinese ireHuman rights matters threaten to heighten EU-China diplomatic friction. Beijing has called the… 23/10/08 20:17 CET
le mag
Rembrandt in MadridOne of the world’s great masters, Rembrandt is nonetheless not very well represented in Spain; the… 23/10/08 17:40 CET
markets
Mixed day for European stocksHaving spent most of Thursday in the red Europe’s stock markets trimmed those losses late in the… 23/10/08 20:14 CET
world news
China “dissatisfied” with EU choice for Human Rights prizeChina has reacted angrily to the award of a top EU human rights prize to its jailed dissident Hu… 23/10/08 20:32 CET
Rumours of Joerg Haider’s secret gay lifeSpeculation over a secret double life of Austrian far-right politician Joerg Haider has come into… 23/10/08 19:43 CET
Iraqi “triangle of death” safe to be handed backUS forces have handed over an area of Iraq they once described as “the triangle of death”. Amid the… 23/10/08 19:03 CET
EU asks China to work as oneChina finds itself under increasing pressure to help save the world economy. EU chief Jose Manuel… 23/10/08 18:11 CET
Italian army helicopter crashes in FranceAn Italian army helicopter has crashed in eastern France, killing all eight people on board. The… 23/10/08 18:04 CET
Italian student strikes continueStudents in Italy have vowed to continue their campaign against funding cuts in education, despite… 23/10/08 17:50 CET
Mideast peace on hold until US electionDespite the enforced hiatus of the American election, and the uncertainty surrounding its own… 23/10/08 16:41 CET
Darling speaks to next generation of votersThe UK Chancellor Alistair Darling has gone back to school, trying to explain the global financial… 23/10/08 16:05 CET
Jailed Chinese dissident wins EU human rights prizeThe Chinese dissident Hu Jia has won the European Union’s top human rights prize. It is a move… 23/10/08 15:06 CET
EU asks China for financial crisis cooperationChina and other major Asian economies are being urged to join in taking responsibility for… 23/10/08 13:31 CET
Baghdad car bomb kills 9A suicide car bomber has killed nine people in a convoy carrying an Iraqi government minister in… 23/10/08 13:31 CET
Early voting in Florida indicates record turnoutA key battleground in the race to the White House, Florida has seen a massive wave of early voting… 23/10/08 13:31 CET
Has Palin power turned sour for US Republicans?With election day approaching and opinion polls not telling them what they want to hear, America’s… 23/10/08 13:31 CET
Global markets tumble on recession fearsOn Wall Street, US stocks fell as they did in Europe and Asia with would-be investors spooked by… 23/10/08 07:31 CET
Argentine stocks dive on news of pensions nationalisationArgentina’s surprise move to nationalise its private pension system has put local markets into a… 23/10/08 07:31 CET
Czech government survives no-confidence voteThe Czech Republic’s centre-right government has narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence. Ninety… 23/10/08 07:31 CET
Al Pacino wins Italian cinema awardAl Pacino has accepted a lifetime achievement award at this year’s Rome film festival. The… 23/10/08 07:31 CET
Campaign continues for US presidential hopefulsWith less than two weeks to go before the US Presidential election, Republican hopeful John McCain… 23/10/08 07:31 CET
