France requests EU help in wake of Paris attacks
Defence minister invokes mutual assistance article in Lisbon treaty for first time as warplanes bomb Islamic State targets in Syria.
Jon Henley
Faint signs of hope as Greece is bailed out once again
Greece’s stock market has rallied since the country’s creditors reached an outline agreement on the latest bailout.
Barcelona’s homeless profit from handwritten fonts
A project to turn the handwritten signs of the city’s rough sleepers into fonts is raising funds for a foundation that cares for the homeless.
Cocaine city’s makeover
Once notorious Medellin, Colombia’s second city, is being held up as an example of how urban dynamics can be changed.
Improved treatment for humans courtesy of veterinarians
Doctors of animal and human medicine are increasingly sharing their disciplines’ findings. Jon Henley reports.
In tough times, Greeks bear gifts
Citizens in Greece have forged ingenious new economic models to survive by pulling together and selling necessities such a vegetables at cost price.
Beyond Saro-Wiwa the martyr
A book by the late Nigerian activist’s daughter details the truth of life with Ken.
Has your extra virgin been deflowered by canola?
The website Olive Oil Times reported last month that two Spanish businesspeople had been sentenced to two years in prison.
Angela Merkel: World’s most important person?
As the protagonist in a looming global crisis, her critics say she is simply not up to the challenge.
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World’s most wanted title now available
So who will be on the list of accomplished criminals now that Osama Bin Laden is dead?
The trouble with the untroubled man
Twenty-two years after his first appearance, Inspector Kurt Wallander is working his last case.
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Weil’s disease a threat to rowers, anglers, swimmers
Weil’s disease, believed to have caused the death of Olympic gold medal-winning rower Andy Holmes, is the acute human form of a bacterial infection.
Getting fat on low-fat food
Michael Pollan is desperate to end our addiction to processed food. <b>Jon Henley</b> hears why.
Facebook fugitive continues to taunt police
"You’ll have a laugh with me," he promised on his Facebook page. "But it will end in tears. It always does." It hasn’t yet, though.
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The art of the matter
Roman Polanski’s arrest on a 32-year-old charge of having sex with a minor has outraged the French government and film community, reports Jon Henley.
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Land of milk and Lego
It’s quite easy, wandering around the small town of Billund, to start believing in the existence of a Lego god.
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Europe and the veil
Spilling out of their school in Saint-Ouen, north of Paris, they are so keen to get a word in that, on a bitter afternoon, they are queuing up on the pavement to march. Most are against the law banning Muslim headscarves from schools. A few are in favour, and happy to say so. France is not the only Western state to face the demands of an increasingly radical Islam.
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Discovering the hidden greats
Director Wim Wenders tells Jon Henley how he came to make the film Buena Vista Social Club.
