Germany seeks to halt EU-Turkey talks

Germany seeks to halt EU-Turkey talks
Genes cannot be patented, US court rules
To vote or not is issue as Iran poll looms
UN puts death toll in Syria at 93,000
Mugabe sets date for Zimbabwe election
China’s silence on snooping is golden
Hollande set to tackle pension reform
Greeks strike over closure of broadcaster
G8 ministers pledge to act on antibiotics
Spain’s austerity pain fuels brain drain

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 10:35 AM PDT

Berlin lobbies other members to delay negotiations as Turkish prime minister delivers 'final warning' to demonstrators to quit Gezi Park

Genes cannot be patented, US court rules

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 10:50 AM PDT

The US Supreme Court rules that isolated pieces of DNA are not patentable in a decision with sweeping consequences for biotechnology companies

To vote or not is issue as Iran poll looms

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 08:11 AM PDT

Regime's careful planning to avoid repeat of 2009 unrest has not stopped reformists from uniting behind moderate candidate at last minute

UN puts death toll in Syria at 93,000

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 08:15 AM PDT

Human rights commissioner cautions that the number killed has likely been underestimated because documentation of fatalities is difficult to verify

Mugabe sets date for Zimbabwe election

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 09:31 AM PDT

By using presidential powers to bypass parliament and set July 31 as an election date, Robert Mugabe could provoke a constitutional crisis

China’s silence on snooping is golden

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 07:41 AM PDT

The Snowden leaks have turned the dynamics over cyber security. If Beijing plays it right, it could come to look like the victim of a US smear campaign

Hollande set to tackle pension reform

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 08:44 AM PDT

The stakes rise as the Brussels picks out the French system as requiring an urgent overhaul to bring public accounts under control

Greeks strike over closure of broadcaster

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 06:19 AM PDT

The political mood stayed tense as it was announced that Antonis Samaras, centre-right premier, would not meet socialist and leftwing leaders iuntil Monday

G8 ministers pledge to act on antibiotics

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 10:36 AM PDT

Science ministers see bacterial resistance to drugs as a major health security challenge, and want to curb overuse of existing medicines

Spain’s austerity pain fuels brain drain

Posted: 13 Jun 2013 08:29 AM PDT

Critics accuse the government of hacking away at one of the key pillars of future economic recovery as spending on R&D has been cut by 40% since 2009