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Africa’s battle for agricultural development
While policymakers hope small-scale farmers can drive Africa’s development, there are clear obstacles to greater productivity.
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China is globe’s most prolific executioner
China, Iran, North Korea, Yemen and the United States carried out the most executions last year.
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UN warns of climate change threat to human progress
The UN warned that a continued failure to tackle climate change was putting at risk decades of progress in improving the lives of the poor.
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Lawyers open cache of unpublished Kafka manuscripts
Swiss bank opens four safety deposit boxes containing manuscripts by the author of <i>The Trial</i> for expert inspection.
Korea’s line in the sand
Pyongyang has told its military to ready itself for battle with the South. But the North Korean army
is ill-prepared and morale is low.
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Microsoft delves into internet telephony
Microsoft on Wednesday directly challenged Google in the burgeoning internet telephony market by buying Teleo, a firm that allows users to make calls from their computers to normal telephones. Microsoft’s entry into Internet telephony follows the launch earlier this month by Google, the world’s leading search engine, of Google Talk.
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There may be rouble ahead for Chelsea
The British government is to seek the swift introduction of a self-regulatory regime in football to ensure that only ”fit and proper persons” are able to take control of English clubs.
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Blair seeks to defuse Arab anger
Tony Blair today waded into the battle for hearts and minds in the Arab world by arguing that the United States and Britain were right to go to war in Iraq.
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‘We’re sure as hell looking at a crisis’
European and Asian shares fell sharply in early trading on Thursday after Wall Street slumped to levels not seen since 1997 amid renewed concern about United States accounting methods.
