Young, qualified and jobless: plight of Europe's best-educated generation
Twentysomethings missing out on the homes, pensions, independence and confidence that come with steady employment"All your life," says Argyro Paraskeva, "you've been told you're a golden prince. The...
View ArticleRafael Correa not considering Snowden asylum: helping him was a 'mistake'
Ecuador's president reveals travel pass was granted 'without authorisation' and says whistleblower is now Russia's problemEcuador is not considering Edward Snowden's asylum request and never intended...
View ArticleEgypt in turmoil as defiant Morsi stands firm over 'coup' threat
President retains US backing and refuses to bow down to two-day ultimatum from the head of the nation's armed forcesEgypt was thrown into fresh turmoil on Monday when President Mohamed Morsi's aides...
View ArticleBolivian president's jet rerouted amid suspicions Edward Snowden on board
France and Portugal accused of refusing entry to their airspace, while plane lands in Vienna with no sign of Snowden• Read live updates on the diplomatic crisisBolivia reacted with fury after a plane...
View ArticleEnvironmental groups to Kevin Rudd: don't undermine green safeguards
Prime minister urged to reject push by business leaders and state governments to wind back federal environmental lawsEnvironment groups claiming 1.5 million supporters have written to Prime Minister...
View ArticleLabour should embrace an EU referendum and offer a better Europe | Neal Lawson
Instead of looking as if it is being dragged to a referendum against its will, Labour must change the terms of debateLabour is getting itself stuck on the hook of Europe. Should it back an in-out...
View ArticleObama delays healthcare insurance requirement on employers till 2015
Businesses welcome announcement that key Obamacare provision will not be implemented until after next electionThe US administration has announced that it will not require employers to provide health...
View ArticlePortuguese prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho: 'I won't resign' - video
Portuguese prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho says he will not step down despite the resignation of his foreign and finance ministers
View ArticleJapanese men's pocket money at 30-year low
Decline in monthly allowances usually doled out by wives suggests workers have yet to feel benefits of AbenomicsEven as Japan's economy emerges from almost two decades of drift, spare a thought for the...
View ArticleOutspoken Flybe chief executive stands down after 12 years
Former easyJet executive Saad Hammad will take reins at struggling regional airline as Jim French moves to chairman roleFlybe chief executive Jim French is to stand down after 12 years in charge, the...
View ArticleSumatra, Indonesia rocked by earthquake - video
Thousands of homes are left damaged in Indonesia after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake
View ArticleWeinstein Company will fight The Butler title ruling
Producers have hired top lawyer David Boies to contest decision that awards rights to Warner Bros due to 1919 short filmHarvey Weinstein has hired a high-profile lawyer to appeal against a ruling that...
View ArticleHong Kong journalists fear erosion of press freedom
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong's residents "celebrated" the 16th anniversary of the city's return to Chinese rule on Monday with a street protest that has become something of an annual rite.The people...
View ArticleClimate change can't be ignored in wildfire firefighting
Tragic death of 'Hotshot' firefighting team in Arizona renews debate about global warming's influence on wildfiresIn the wake of the tragic news that 19 heroic members of an elite "Hotshot"...
View ArticleKim Dotcom has fiery exchange with New Zealand PM at surveillance inquiry
Internet entrepreneur attacks proposed expansion of spying powers in New Zealand after NSA scandalThe internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has exchanged caustic words with New Zealand's prime minister at a...
View ArticleRussian Islamist Doku Umarov calls for attacks on 2014 Winter Olympics
Supporters must use maximum force to ensure Sochi Games do not take place, rebel leader says in videoThe leader of Russia's Islamist movement has lifted a moratorium on attacks inside Russia and called...
View ArticleMan admits killing New Zealand journalist
A man has pleaded guilty to murdering veteran New Zealand journalist Derek Round in May last year. He died from multiple skull fractures after being beaten.Michael Umanui Werahiko was arrested the day...
View ArticleAngela Merkel: NSA snooping claims 'extremely serious'
German chancellor says fight against terrorism is essential but methods used must be proportionateAngela Merkel has responded angrily to claims of widespread US spying in Europe, calling it "an...
View ArticleKevin Rudd: Abbott doesn't have the 'ticker' to debate me on policy
'He's the boxing blue,' prime minister says in TV interview, 'I'm the glasses-wearing kid in the library'Kevin Rudd has questioned whether Tony Abbott - the former boxer - has the "ticker" to debate...
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