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U2 to headline Glastonbury festival

AFP - Tuesday, November 24

LONDON (AFP) - - Irish rockers U2 will headline Glastonbury Festival next year, making their first appearance at the event as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, organisers said Monday. More »

  • Backdropped against the horizon of Earth, astronauts Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik (centre) are seen during the second space walk on November 21. NASA said astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis began the third and final spacewalk of their mission.

    Atlantis astronauts begin final spacewalk

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis began the third and final spacewalk of their mission aimed at building the International Space Station, NASA reported on Monday.

  • French former co-president of European aerospace group EADS Noel Forgeard (left) arrives at a hearing in Paris. France's markets watchdog have begun hearings into claims 17 current and former EADS aerospace executives made huge profits with inside information about delays in the Airbus A380 project.

    Executives testify in Airbus insider trading probe

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    PARIS (AFP) - - France's markets watchdog began hearings on Monday into claims 17 current and former EADS aerospace executives made huge profits with inside information about delays in the Airbus A380 project.

  • People walk past a shop in central London in October. Top industrialised economies broke free of recession in the third quarter despite falling output in Britain, OECD data showed, but the IMF warned that the recovery was

    OECD area shakes off recession with fragile rebound

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    PARIS (AFP) - - Top industrialised economies broke free of recession in the third quarter despite falling output in Britain, OECD data showed Monday, but the IMF warned that the recovery was "vulnerable" and markets sent a similar message.

  • A handout photo from the Census of Marine Life shows a

    Murky ocean depths hide abundance of life

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Thousands of animal species thrive in the ocean depths beyond the reach of sunlight, between 200 to 5,000 meters below the surface, an international team of scientists has reported after nearly 10 years of research.

  • Labourers work on the main terminal of Berlin's new airport, the Berlin-Brandenburg International Airport (BBI), in June. The head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said that although the worst of the global financial storm had passed, the world economy remains

    IMF head says world economy 'highly vulnerable'

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    LONDON (AFP) - - The head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn said here on Monday that although the worst of the global financial storm had passed, the world economy remains "highly vulnerable."

  • A man checks his laptop in front of a stock index monitor in Taipei. Taiwan plans to restrict Chinese stock investment in strategic sectors, as it seeks to keep control of its economy amid rapidly growing ties with the mainland, local media said Monday.

    Taiwan to curb China investment: report

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan plans to restrict Chinese stock investment in strategic sectors, as it seeks to keep control of its economy amid rapidly growing ties with the mainland, local media said Monday.

  • Swimmer Ryan Lochte poses for photos on the red carpet during the 2009 USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggles Awards on November 22, 2009 at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. Lochte beat out superstar Michael Phelps and veteran Aaron Peirsol for male swimmer of the year at the awards on Sunday.

    Lochte ends Phelps's reign as swimmer of year

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Ryan Lochte beat out superstar Michael Phelps and veteran Aaron Peirsol for male swimmer of the year Sunday at USA Swimming's Golden Goggles awards.

  • British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh, pictured in January 2009, warned his cabin crew Monday that he will not compromise on cost-cutting measures ahead of possible strike action next month.

    BA warns cabin crew over strike: report

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    LONDON (AFP) - - British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh warned his cabin crew Monday that he will not compromise on cost-cutting measures ahead of possible strike action next month.

  • After wind, sun, currents and tides, a company is preparing to make clean electricity by harnessing another natural phenomenon, the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater.

    Harnessing the power of salt, Norway tries osmotic power

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    OSLO (AFP) - - After wind, sun, currents and tides, a company is preparing to make clean electricity by harnessing another natural phenomenon, the energy-unleashing encounter of freshwater and seawater.

  • With Spain facing its worst recession in decades, the government will approve this week a sweeping package of reforms aimed at changing the nation's economic growth model, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, pictured on November 19, said Sunday.

    Spanish PM vows sweeping reforms to boost economy

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    MADRID (AFP) - - With Spain facing its worst recession in decades, the government will approve this week a sweeping package of reforms aimed at changing the nation's economic growth model, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Sunday.

  • People walk through a pedestrian bridge while shopping at stores in a Brooklyn mall in October 2009 in New York City. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has voiced confidence that the US economy will make a strong recovery and poured cold water on talk of dropping the dollar as the key global currency.

    US economy will 'bounce back': Indian PM

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has voiced confidence that the US economy will make a strong recovery and poured cold water on talk of dropping the dollar as the key global currency.

  • The shore of Deception Island in Antarctica, in 2008. The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global warming, has lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2006 and could boost sea levels in the future, according to a new study.

    Antarctic ice loss vaster, faster than thought: study

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    PARIS (AFP) - - The East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global warming, has lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2006 and could boost sea levels in the future, according to a new study.

  • Obama health drive clears key Senate hurdle

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - President Barack Obama's planned overhaul of the US health care system headed Sunday for another major political battle after it cleared a key Senate hurdle that allows for debate on the proposal.

  • Crisis forcing hard-up Spaniards to sell their hair

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    MADRID (AFP) - - Cash-strapped Spaniards are pulling their hair out over the economic crisis -- literally.

  • A woman holds a sign reading

    EU recession over, but sharp contrasts in east

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    WARSAW (AFP) - - The European Union may have inched out of its sharpest recession since the global slump of the 1930s, but green shoots are not emerging uniformly across the 27-nation bloc's eastern member states.

  • A person is seen being vaccinated against the flu. Swine flu vaccines are still effective despite reported cases of mutations in the A(H1N1) virus, health experts in Europe and North America said Saturday.

    Swine flu vaccine effective despite mutations: experts

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    PARIS (AFP) - - Swine flu vaccines are still effective despite reported cases of mutations in the A(H1N1) virus, health experts in Europe and North America said Saturday.

  • Interactive graphic on the Airbus A380, the world's largest civilian airliner, as an Air France super-jumbo makes its first Transtlantic flight with production and delivery delays still plaguing Airbus.

    First Air France A380 reaches New York

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    NEW YORK (AFP) - - The world's largest airliner, an Air France A380, touched down in New York on Friday after completing the superjumbo jet's first Atlantic crossing from Europe to the United States.

  • A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva. The world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said.

    CERN atom-smasher restarts after 14-month hiatus: official

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    GENEVA (AFP) - - The world's biggest atom-smasher, shut down after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, restarted on Friday, a spokesman for the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said.

  • Participants are seen under the World Economic Forum logo in Davos in January 2009. The impact of the global financial crisis is still in its

    Crisis fallout still in 'first half': forum

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    DUBAI (AFP) - - The impact of the global financial crisis is still in its "first half," but there is only a brief opportunity to bring tough reforms, the World Economic Forum warned on Friday.

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