Credit rating agency Moody's has downgraded 12 British financial institutions, including Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland, claiming the government has become less inclined to step in when banks get into trouble.
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) may be consigned to history as increasingly complex communications technologies require a more accurate system of measuring the time.
Every day, maternal health innovations are improving the chances that babies will survive to see the light of day. This week we take a look at some of the revolutionary research techniques being used to give the next generation the best chance at life.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Fri. 30/09/11. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh gives an interview to Time and the Washington Post - his first since returning to Yemen last week. China launches a space module, the first step towards a plan to build a space station around 2020. China Daily assures there is no hidden motive and that the space flight is in service of science.
As forces loyal to Libya’s National Transitional Council were reported to have stormed Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron were treated to a "rock star's welcome" in Benghazi.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron paid tribute to a "free Libya" on Thursday during a visit to the former rebel stronghold of Benghazi, where they were given a rapturous welcome.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron have vowed to support Libya's new rulers on the first visit to Tripoli by foreign leaders since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.
The British Parliament said Tuesday it would recall James Murdoch (pictured), the chairman of News Corp’s UK newspaper arm, for further questioning in the tabloid phone hacking scandal after employees contradicted his claims of innocence.
Prime Minister David Cameron (pictured) has launched a probe to be headed by retired judge Peter Gibson into British involvement in the secret rendition of terror suspects to Libya following the September 11 attacks on the United States.
As anti-Gaddafi fighters look to seize the former leader’s remaining strongholds, European countries eye Libya’s oil reserves. It's a favourite tourist destination for Germans, yet the Mecklenberg West Pomerania region has become a haven for far right groups. A Dutch TV game show sees illegal immigrants go head to head for cash prizes.
