Bargain, surrender or fudge

Bargain, surrender or fudge
Shutdown puts key trade talks on ice
UN body strikes deal on airline emissions
Italy’s Berlusconi nears ‘end of the road’
Italy urges EU assistance on migrant issue
Fifa to consult over Qatar World Cup
Dutch act to free Greenpeace activists
Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnamese general
Syria war hits Lebanon’s exclusive shops
Scandal hits Dutch pensioners’ champion

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:33 PM PDT

With the stakes in Washington rising and little time to go, here are four scenarios that could lead to a resolution of the US fiscal crisis

Shutdown puts key trade talks on ice

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 12:55 PM PDT

Trans-Pacific deal was one of main pillars of Obama second term and Brussels talks were seen as way to boost economies on both sides of Atlantic

UN body strikes deal on airline emissions

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 11:28 AM PDT

The International Civil Aviation Organisation supported the need for a global mechanism that could cut airlines' carbon emissions from 2020

Italy’s Berlusconi nears ‘end of the road’

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 10:17 AM PDT

The 'loyalists' who sought out the former PM were not there to seek counsel but to deliver a declaration which threatens a schism in centre-right politics

Italy urges EU assistance on migrant issue

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 10:22 AM PDT

Italy interior minister Angelino Alfano warned Europe would continue to witness tragedies unless EU states agreed to find a common solution to the problem

Fifa to consult over Qatar World Cup

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 07:41 AM PDT

Sepp Blatter seems to have ruled out the idea of the tournament being taken away from Qatar. 'The Fifa World Cup 2022 will be played in Qatar,' he says

Dutch act to free Greenpeace activists

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 10:46 AM PDT

Arbitration procedure builds pressure on Russia after an international outcry over piracy charges for activists who protested at offshore oil platform

Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnamese general

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 09:23 AM PDT

One of the 20th century's greatest military commanders and the chief architect of the defeat in his country of the French and Americans

Syria war hits Lebanon’s exclusive shops

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 05:12 AM PDT

According to recent World Bank report, tensions linked to Syria will wipe $1.5bn off Lebanese economy between 2012 and 2014

Scandal hits Dutch pensioners’ champion

Posted: 04 Oct 2013 08:29 AM PDT

Head of Dutch party 50Plus, which fights for pension benefits, quits over failing to pay mandatory pension contributions for his employees