cinema

• Sandler stars in Disney’s Bedtime Stories

  Adam Sandler’s latest film, Bedtime Stories, is a departure from his usual goofy, slapstick fare… 16/12/08 17:57 CET

corporate

• Goldman Sachs posts first loss in nine years

  The financial crisis has finally caught up with Wall Street leader Goldman Sachs. The… 16/12/08 21:18 CET

economy

• Fed cuts US interest rate to 0.25 percent

  The US Federal Reserve has again lowered interest rates and in a surprise move it has cut them by… 16/12/08 21:20 CET

• Fed cuts US interest rate to 0.25 percent

  The US Federal Reserve has again lowered interest rates and in a surprise move it has cut them by… 16/12/08 21:19 CET

• OPEC mulling deep output cuts

  OPEC has promised to make another deep cut in oil supplies at its meeting in Algeria as the… 16/12/08 21:18 CET

europa

• Protest against overwork danger

  Some 4,000 trade unionists from several EU countries have been marching in Strasbourg ahead of a… 16/12/08 20:48 CET

• Chinese Sakharov no-show

  Hu Jia can not come to accept the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought this… 16/12/08 20:48 CET

• French EU style out, Czech EU style in

  A crisis-driven six months of French European Union Presidency draws towards a close. President… 16/12/08 20:48 CET

le mag

• Titi Robin’s musical journey

  French guitarist Thierry “Titi” Robin’s new album Kali Sultana blends music from the East and West… 16/12/08 17:57 CET

world news

• Athens police station attacked by students

  Street protests in Greece moved to the airwaves on Tuesday when a group of young people broke into… 16/12/08 20:25 CET

• Italian police bust Palermo Cosa Nostra

  Italian police today arrested suspected members of the Cosa Nostra crime syndicate in Palermo… 16/12/08 20:12 CET

• Athens police station attacked by students

  Street protests in Greece moved to the airwaves on Tuesday when a group of young people broke into… 16/12/08 19:47 CET

• Breakaway party challenges ANC

  South Africa’s ruling ANC party faces its greatest post-apartheid challenge, with the rise of a… 16/12/08 19:47 CET

• Police anti-ETA raids earn Madrid’s praise

  Spain’s government has expressed its satisfaction after anti-ETA raids netted police four suspected… 16/12/08 19:47 CET

• Death toll rises in Israeli bus crash

  Russian media reports say 30 people have died and another 33 have been injured, 23 seriously, in a… 16/12/08 19:05 CET

• Hoax bombers paralyse central Paris

  A previously-unknown terrorist group has brought the centre of Paris to a standstill, planting… 16/12/08 18:14 CET

• Iraqi doctor guilty of UK car bomb plots

  An Iraqi doctor has been convicted of conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions over… 16/12/08 16:06 CET

• Bombs found in Paris department store

  Five bombs have been found at a large department store in the centre of Paris. A group calling… 16/12/08 14:20 CET

• Italian mafia hit by police crackdown

  Italian police have launched a crackdown on suspected mafia mobsters, arresting around 100 people… 16/12/08 13:39 CET

• Sarkozy sums up France’s 6 months running Europe

  French President Nicolas Sarkozy today made his final speech to the European parliament as rotating… 16/12/08 13:39 CET

• Madoff fallout hits charities

  Shockwaves from the alleged Bernard Madoff investment fraud continue to spread around the world… 16/12/08 13:39 CET

• Four arrested in latest anti-ETA crackdown

  Four people have been arrested in northern Spain in a police operation targeting a suspected… 16/12/08 13:39 CET

• Calls for German far-right crackdown after stabbing

  As German investigators probe the stabbing of a police chief in a suspected neo-Nazi attack, there… 16/12/08 13:39 CET

• Spain suffers financial fraud fall-out

  In Spain, investors are contemplating the loss of up to three billion euros in funds managed by… 16/12/08 07:55 CET

• Pound under pressure; record low against euro

  The pound fell to a record low against the euro and, at some exchange outlets, travellers heading… 16/12/08 07:55 CET

• No going back on peace says Middle East Quartet

  The Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators says there is no turning back on Israeli-Palestinian… 16/12/08 07:55 CET

• Another Kennedy could soon grace political circles

  Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the assassinated President John F. Kennedy may be in the running… 16/12/08 07:55 CET

• Chu got the energy job

  US President-elect Barack Obama, who has promised a pro-active approach to the environment and… 16/12/08 07:55 CET

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