Market boost from Spain bailout hint

Market boost from Spain bailout hint
Gu Kailai murder trial set for next week
US labour market stabilises
Mortars kill 20 in Damascus
Italians head for beach as clouds gather
China attacks Clinton’s Africa comments
India’s Mars ‘fantasy’ defies earthly woes
Russian sympathy grows for Pussy Riot
Obama focuses on crucial win in Ohio
Red tape threat to guru’s platinum day

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 12:08 PM PDT

Acknowledgement by Madrid that a request to the EFSF to buy Spanish debt is an option is a reversal for the Spanish prime minister

Gu Kailai murder trial set for next week

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 08:40 AM PDT

The announcement of a date suggests Beijing is trying to demonstrate some degree of openness in a case linked to conflicts in the ruling party

US labour market stabilises

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 10:39 AM PDT

July's rise in non-farm payrolls beat expectations of 100,000 extra jobs after a June rise of 64,000. The unemployment rate rose from 8.2 to 8.3%

Mortars kill 20 in Damascus

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 04:28 AM PDT

The UN is preparing to vote on resolution condemning the Syrian government's use of heavy weapons

Italians head for beach as clouds gather

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 08:46 AM PDT

Mario Monti, PM, will take a modest one-week holiday, enough time to work out how Italy can avoid going cap in hand to Brussels for a bond market intervention

China attacks Clinton’s Africa comments

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:29 AM PDT

The US secretary of state has angered Beijing with her warning to African leaders about working with countries that want to exploit their resources

India’s Mars ‘fantasy’ defies earthly woes

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 09:28 AM PDT

Satellite project plan generates reactions from scorn to pride as power shortages, poor sanitation and disappointing monsoon rains demand more attention

Russian sympathy grows for Pussy Riot

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 09:57 AM PDT

Signs are growing that opinions on the punk protest trial defendants are softening, with Vladimir Putin suggesting they should be shown leniency

Obama focuses on crucial win in Ohio

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 11:03 AM PDT

The US president has opened a poll lead over his Republican rival in the pivotal swing state whose diverse economy has shown signs of recovery

Red tape threat to guru’s platinum day

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 09:11 AM PDT

Members of Hindu temple had difficulty borrowing 175lb of white metal, worth $3.9m, to place on an ornate scale as a counterbalance