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Petrol price rigging inquiry contacts oil traders
Glencore and Vitol among those receiving 'request for information' as part of cross-border investigationGlencore and other big oil trading companies have been asked to provide information to the...
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This is Syria's great chance for change | Jonathan Steele
It is crucial that all sides approach June's international conference with hope as well as cautionWhen Ban Ki-moon opens the promised international conference on Syria in Geneva next month, the...
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Now that Tumblr's hit it big, who's next in line on the New York tech scene?...
The high price Yahoo paid for Tumblr acts as validation – and encouragement – for New York's burgeoning tech companiesBarely had the ink dried on Yahoo's announcement of its $1.1bn acquisition of...
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United completes first Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight since grounding
Flight from Houston to Chicago is first commercial operation since grounding over incidents caused by smoldering batteriesA United 787 flight which took off from Houston on Monday morning and landed in...
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Letters: Act on Guantánamo, Obama
President Obama's broken promise on the Guantánamo detention camp doesn't have to define his term of office, he just needs the political will to walk the talk (Report, 17 May). Obama has executive...
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Multinational CEOs tell David Cameron to rein in tax avoidance rhetoric
Burberry, Tesco, Vodafone and BAE Systems join CBI chief in lobbying PM to stop moralising on tax ahead of G8 talksThe bosses of some of Britain's largest multinational corporations have urged David...
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US attorney in Arizona improperly leaked 'Fast and Furious' memo
Justice Department's inspector general says evidence points to retaliation as Dennis Burke's motivation for alleged leakThe US attorney in Arizona violated Justice Department policy by providing Fox...
View ArticleYahoo-Tumblr acquisition announcement: live stream
Yahoo is giving more details of its $1.1bn acquisition of the picture-sharing social network Tumblr at a press event in New York starting at 4pm ET
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Apple accused of 'highly questionable' billion-dollar tax avoidance scheme
Senators claim Apple has avoided paying billions in US tax by creating offshore entities that are not tax resident anywhereApple uses a "highly questionable" web of offshore entities to avoid paying...
View ArticleShould we send animals into space? | Poll
Almost half the animals onboard a Russian spacecraft died during a study of the long-term effects of weightlessness. Should space agencies experiment on animals?
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Conservative party: a spiral of irrelevance | Editorial
If the Tories do not pull themselves together very soon the party will have forfeited its case for re-electionWhat, and for whom, does today's – and tomorrow's – Conservative party stand? In various...
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Placeta Joe Strummer inaugurated in Granada
New square reverberates to Clash songs as musicians gather in Spanish city to celebrateIt is a small square, set away on the far side of the magnificent Alhambra complex, but friends say the Placeta...
View ArticleHuge tornado rips through Oklahoma – watch live video here
Live television footage shows extensive damage to schools and homes in city of Moore with tornado warning issued for two counties in central Oklahoma
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Syria: no place for back-seat drivers | Editorial
Having rejected the diplomatic option of talking to Assad, neither the US nor Britain can lead from behindIt was only a matter of time before a proxy war between regional powers turned into a...
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William Hague seeks to change arms embargo on Syria
British foreign secretary warns of regional 'catastrophe' as al-Qaida and Hezbollah clash in battle for QusairBritain is seeking to amend the EU arms embargo on Syria to press Bashar al-Assad into...
View ArticleMPs debate gay marriage bill: Monday 20 August as it happened
Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of all the day's political developments as they happened, including MPs debating the gay marriage bill at report stage and latest developments in the 'swivel-eyed...
View ArticleYahoo announces Tumblr acquisition deal – as it happened
Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer announces deal to buy blogging platform for $1.1bn – and gives Flickr a revamp, tooAmanda Holpuch
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Gay marriage bill survives after Ed Miliband votes against amendment
Labour leader votes against amendment extending civil partnerships to heterosexual couples after appeal by Tory whipsThe gay marriage bill has been saved after Ed Miliband agreed at the last minute to...
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Mile-wide tornado near Oklahoma City causes massive damage
Oklahoma City suburb of Moore flattened by mile-wide twister, with TV footage showing schools and homes reduced to rubble• Follow the latest developments in our live blogA devastating mile-wide tornado...
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Sudden infant death risk greater when parents share bed with babies
Bed-sharing newborns five times more likely to die suddenly than those who sleep in a cot, study showsThe controversy over whether parents should share a bed with newborns has been reignited by...
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