Spain makes EU’s reform message its own

Spain makes EU’s reform message its own
US farm drought hits growth
Romney swing to right sows campaign woes
Thein Sein pledges ‘irreversible change’
China pours $58bn into money markets
Carnival adds colour to Brazil scandal
Indian temperatures predicted to soar
US to ease Myanmar import ban
Radical Islamists unite under new name
Iranian newspaper closed over cartoon

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:24 AM PDT

Madrid stresses that its measures to lift the economy follow, and go beyond, recommendations from the EU, in the hope of reassuring markets

US farm drought hits growth

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:26 AM PDT

A decline in farm inventories contributed 0.2 percentage points of the cut in second-quarter growth rate to 1.3%, reflecting the damage to crops

Romney swing to right sows campaign woes

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:25 AM PDT

The poll will still be close but Mr Romney is losing an election that by historic standards he should be a short-priced favourite to win

Thein Sein pledges ‘irreversible change’

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Myanmar president praises opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a speech at the UN in which he pledges 'unprecedented and irreversible' change

China pours $58bn into money markets

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 10:31 PM PDT

Beijing injects record amount over 3 days in an effort to alleviate the cash crunch that has driven up borrowing costs, the largest weekly figure in history

Carnival adds colour to Brazil scandal

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:12 AM PDT

Trial over alleged vote buying includes some elite personalities, not least senior government figures under ex-president Lula da Silva

Indian temperatures predicted to soar

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:19 AM PDT

Report, which focuses on Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, by UK and Indian scientists highlights vulnerability rising sea levels and changing rainfall patterns

US to ease Myanmar import ban

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 08:20 PM PDT

Secretary of state Hillary Clinton says gradual lifting of ban is response to continued implementation of reforms by the south-east Asian country

Radical Islamists unite under new name

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:20 AM PDT

Ansar al-Sharia – Partisans of Islamic law comprises of groups from North Africa to Yemen that are ultraconservative and wish to impose sharia law

Iranian newspaper closed over cartoon

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:21 AM PDT

Depiction that authorities say insults volunteer veterans of the war with Iraq has prompted the closure of a reformist daily newspaper