Fiscal union highlights EU divisions

Fiscal union highlights EU divisions
Opposition wanes to Spanish aid request
Union canvasses Latinos for Obama vote
Danish bite back at broken promises
China grapples with great power status
Stakes high in Colombian peace talks
Cuba relaxes exit visa restrictions
S African miners remain militant
Allure of emerging markets fails to dim
Dutch art heist nets Monet, Picasso works

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:45 AM PDT

European summit agenda includes separate eurozone budget and banking supervision yet differences remain between Berlin, Paris and others

Opposition wanes to Spanish aid request

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:09 AM PDT

Under the outlines of the plan being discussed, Spain would request a precautionary credit line from the eurozone's new €500bn European Stability Mechanism

Union canvasses Latinos for Obama vote

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 05:53 AM PDT

Although the US's Latino population leans towards the president, their voter turnout will be essential to swing battleground states in his favour

Danish bite back at broken promises

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 05:39 AM PDT

The Social Democrats have alienated their voters by teaming up with the centre-right opposition and by dropping some pre-election policies

China grapples with great power status

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 06:33 AM PDT

As China's influence grows its foreign policy will have to expand to accommodate it as its new leadership addresses disputes with other nations

Stakes high in Colombian peace talks

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:45 AM PDT

After 12 years of US-sponsored assistance, President Juan Manuel Santos is to open negotiations with Farc rebel commanders

Cuba relaxes exit visa restrictions

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 08:32 AM PDT

Havana announces most Cubans will no longer require exit visas and invitation letters to leave the country, though people deemed valuable will still face curbs

S African miners remain militant

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 07:57 AM PDT

The escalating crisis in the country's mines, which has led to the deaths of up to 50 miners, appears to be no closer to any form of resolution

Allure of emerging markets fails to dim

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 10:10 AM PDT

Multinationals expand to compensate weak home markets, triggering a steady foreign direct investment flow that counterbalances wild swings elsewhere

Dutch art heist nets Monet, Picasso works

Posted: 16 Oct 2012 09:59 AM PDT

Seven paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and other famous artists are missing after overnight raid by thieves on Rotterdam's Kunsthal museum