India toll rises from ‘Himalayan tsunami’

India toll rises from ‘Himalayan tsunami’
Erdogan sees ‘same protest game’ in Turkey and Brazil
Snowden fallout hits China and Russia
‘Climate bomb’ warning over China coolant release
Central banks told to head for exit
Spanish frustration with Germany grows
Stinging French attack on Barroso
Malaysia declares emergency in haze areas
Cleaner air boosts hurricane frequency
Nine tourists dead in Pakistan attack

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 08:04 AM PDT

India's northern state of Uttarakhand is battling to rescue thousands amid speculation flood disaster is partly linked to overdevelopment of region

Erdogan sees ‘same protest game’ in Turkey and Brazil

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 04:50 AM PDT

Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells rally of supporters in Samsun town that the same outside forces are behind protests in both his own country and Brazil

Snowden fallout hits China and Russia

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 10:45 AM PDT

Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden's leaks on cyber surveillance are raising tensions between the US and its big geopolitical rivals

‘Climate bomb’ warning over China coolant release

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 04:25 AM PDT

Some of the world's leading refrigerant producers are threatening to release large amounts of a byproduct that is one of the most potent greenhouse gases

Central banks told to head for exit

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 10:21 AM PDT

Bank for International Settlements' annual report calls on members to re-emphasise focus on inflation and press governments to do more on return to growth

Spanish frustration with Germany grows

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 09:44 AM PDT

Surveys highlight a feeling in Spain that Germany has become too powerful in Europe, and at the same time too reluctant to help the periphery

Stinging French attack on Barroso

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 10:39 AM PDT

Leftwinger Montebourg says the EU has become 'immobile, paralysed' and 'does not respond to any popular aspirations in the areas of industry, the economy and budgets'

Malaysia declares emergency in haze areas

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 05:52 AM PDT

Schools in and around the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur will remain closed and a state of emergency has been declared in parts of Johor

Cleaner air boosts hurricane frequency

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 08:21 AM PDT

Link between higher numbers of Atlantic hurricanes and cleaner air in Europe and North America uncovered by scientists at UK's Met Office

Nine tourists dead in Pakistan attack

Posted: 23 Jun 2013 10:24 AM PDT

Islamic militants wearing police uniforms killed nine foreign tourists and one Pakistani in a remote mountainous area of north Pakistan