Merkel swaps back to supporting Juncker

Merkel swaps back to supporting Juncker
ECB poised to cut interest rates
Ukraine and Russia gas talks go to wire
Brussels welcomes Google measure
Military hospital scandal claims department head
Beijing family defend their ‘nail house’
Iran hampered over access to oil revenues
Drugs and sex add £10bn to UK economy
John Major regrets Chilcot decision
Brazil teaches Amazon’s cows to be green

Posted: 30 May 2014 09:55 AM PDT

German chancellor supports European People's party leader for European Commission presidency, seemingly casting aside doubts she voiced a few days before

ECB poised to cut interest rates

Posted: 30 May 2014 11:59 AM PDT

Central bank to get backing to cut interest rates as way of tackling threat of Japanese-style deflation – including taking deposit rate below zero

Ukraine and Russia gas talks go to wire

Posted: 30 May 2014 11:13 AM PDT

Negotiations break up without agreement but the two sides will meet again on Monday after Kiev tries to defuse crisis by making $786m payment

Brussels welcomes Google measure

Posted: 30 May 2014 09:19 AM PDT

Viviane Reding, EU justice commissioner, says officials will examine Google's application but stresses that it is a move in the right direction

Military hospital scandal claims department head

Posted: 30 May 2014 10:00 AM PDT

Barack Obama accepts resignation of Eric Shinseki after a government report found widespread mismanagement in the care of returned soldiers

Beijing family defend their ‘nail house’

Posted: 30 May 2014 08:31 AM PDT

Amid pneumatic drills, a lone family strives to defend the ancestral home from the demolition that is sweeping through China's cities

Iran hampered over access to oil revenues

Posted: 30 May 2014 07:36 AM PDT

'Complicated procedures' in financial transactions and US banking sanctions had hampered Iran's ability to release oil revenues, says Akbar Torkan

Drugs and sex add £10bn to UK economy

Posted: 29 May 2014 06:24 AM PDT

As part of an overhaul of the national accounts, radical changes to the way the economy is measured will swell its official size by up to 5%

John Major regrets Chilcot decision

Posted: 30 May 2014 04:56 AM PDT

Iraq war inquiry agreement to accept information revealing only the 'gist' of Bush and Blair dialogue will allow suspicions to fester, says Sir John Major

Brazil teaches Amazon’s cows to be green

Posted: 30 May 2014 09:41 AM PDT

The new forestry code limits the amount of land ranchers can clear, forcing them to find a new business model based on improved productivity