US to build £8bn super base on Pacific island of Guam
The US is building an £8 billion super military base on the Pacific island of Guam in an attempt to contain China's military build-up.
With Ukraine's blessing, Russia to beef up Black Sea Fleet
Just a year ago Ukraine was insisting that Russia would be required to vacate the Crimean naval base of Sevastopol when its old lease expired in 2017. That would have posed serious problems for Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet, which is headquartered there. But today, after pro-Moscow President President Viktor Yanukovych took office in February, Russia appears completely secure in its military foothold on Ukrainian soil until at least 2042
Iran set to load fuel to core of first atomic plant
Iran will move closer to the start-up of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday when it plans to load fuel into the core of the Bushehr reactor, a senior lawmaker said
Gas Exporting Countries Study OPEC Model
Gas-producing countries are studying OPEC's experience as they try to build a global natural gas market, the head of the recently launched Gas Exporting Countries Forum, or GECF, said Monday.
Strikes costing France '€400m a day'
France's strikes are costing the national economy up to €400m (£355m) each day, the French finance minister said today, as workers continued to block waste incinerators in protest against a plan to raise the retirement age to 62.
Benin suffers worst floods since 1963
Hundreds of thousands of people in Benin have been affected by the country's worst flooding in nearly half a century, aid agencies have warned.
Rubbish fills streets of Marseille
Rubbish is "shoulder-high" in some parts of Marseille after weeks of strike action from waste collectors.
Balcony farmers tasting the fruit of their labors
An increasing number of city dwellers are finding green pastures in the capital - on their balconies.
Kuwait: Pollution, heat, oil slicks cause death of corals reefs
High temperature, humidity and lack of currents are among the causes of the coral reefs bleaching skirting
'Speed justice' in India clears 100,000 cases in one day
India's notoriously slow courts system cleared more than 100,000 cases in one day in a 'speed justice' marathon to try to reduce what is believed to be the world's biggest legal backlog.
Plans for 'world's biggest' solar plant
South Africa is to unveil plans this week for what it claims will be the world's biggest solar power plant – a radical step in a coal-dependent country where one in six people still lacks electricity.
Nicolas Sarkozy most unpopular French president in more than 50 years
Nicolas Sarkozy has become the most unpopular French president in more than 50 years, according to a new poll.
Sony stops selling tape Walkman in Japan after 30 years
The Walkman was the world's first commercial personal stereo system and revolutionised how people listened to music.
U.S. newspaper circulation down
Figures released Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations show that while circulation is no longer in free fall, spending on newspapers is not picking up the way it has for ...
Independent's 20p paper launched
The Independent newspaper launches a new daily title, called "i", aimed at attracting "lapsed readers of quality newspapers".
The changing map of the Middle East
In the centre of the rebuilt Beirut, the massive old Maronite Cathedral of St George stands beside the even larger mass of the new Mohammad al-Amin mosque. The mosque's minarets tower over the cathedral, but the Maronites were built a spanking new archbishop's house between the two buildings as compensation. Yet every day, the two calls to prayer – the clanging of church bells and the wailing of the muezzin – beat an infernal percussion across the city. Both bells and wails are tape recordings, but they have been turned up to the highest decibel pitch to outdo each other, louder than an aircraft's roar, almost as crazed as the nightclub music from Gemmayzeh across the square. But the Christians are leaving.
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