US states study carbon trading schemes

US states study carbon trading schemes
Budweiser piles pressure on Fifa
Pastor turns against Brazil’s World Cup
Le Pens feud over anti-Semitism claims
Karachi attack blow to Taliban deal hopes
Visit lifts hope for Turkey-Iran thaw
India launches Chinese-style revival plan
Nigeria’s Jonathan battered by crises
Five sentenced for Politkovskaya murder
Bulgaria deals Russia pipeline setback

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:25 AM PDT

The nascent national cap and trade system looks set to expand as governments look for ways to meet new greenhouse gas emissions targets

Budweiser piles pressure on Fifa

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 10:21 AM PDT

Of top six World Cup partners – Visa, Sony, Emirates, Adidas, Hyundai and Coca-Cola – all but Emirates gave statements demanding response to allegations

Pastor turns against Brazil’s World Cup

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 04:01 AM PDT

Antônio Carlos Costa is mobilising residents of the Rio favela of Jacarezinho against the football tournament, which is expected to cost Brazil R$30bn

Le Pens feud over anti-Semitism claims

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 07:38 AM PDT

Uproar threatens to undermine efforts to shed anti-immigration party's racist image while talks are held over construction of FN-led group in European parliament

Karachi attack blow to Taliban deal hopes

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 05:42 AM PDT

Politicians defend protracted negotiations with militants despite early indications they were not willing to embark on an enduring agreement

Visit lifts hope for Turkey-Iran thaw

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 11:14 AM PDT

Centrist president was accompanied by 90 businessmen, as well as the economy, oil, and transport and telecoms ministers and the central bank governor

India launches Chinese-style revival plan

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 02:47 AM PDT

New government has outlined an ambitious programme ranging from the creation of a high-speed rail network to tax reform and an end to crushing poverty

Nigeria’s Jonathan battered by crises

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:40 AM PDT

Ruling party and opposition politicians are using the insurgency to capitalise on the cleavage between the predominantly Muslim north and mostly Christian south

Five sentenced for Politkovskaya murder

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:01 AM PDT

Two men get life sentences and another three will serve between 12 and 20 years for the 2006 killing of renowned Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya

Bulgaria deals Russia pipeline setback

Posted: 09 Jun 2014 09:23 AM PDT

Plamen Oresharski, Bulgaria's Socialist prime minister, says he will suspend construction of the pipeline to ensure the plan complies with EU law