International

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:37 UTC

  Strauss-Kahn resigns to politics; gives account of his “moral failing”

  

  Dominique Strauss-Kahn admitted on Sunday his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid constituted a “moral failing” toward his wife, his children and the French people, in his first public comments since an attempted-rape case led him to resign as International Monetary Fund chief and effectively annihilated his chances of becoming France's president next year.

• Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:31 UTC

  Greece hangs from the cliff while EU leaders can’t agree on rescue or default

  

  Greece’s ability to avoid default hangs in the balance this week as international monitors get set to assess whether Prime Minister George Papandreou can meet the conditions of rescue loans.

• Saturday, September 17th 2011 - 07:13 UTC

  Marines involved in alleged sexual abuse of an Haitian civilian back in Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan marines returned to Uruguay to stand trial for the alleged abuse of an 18-year-old man while on the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti. They arrived Friday at Carrasco Airport and then taken to an undisclosed location.

• Saturday, September 17th 2011 - 05:05 UTC

  Abbas reaffirms he will demand full UN membership for a Palestinian state

  

  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday he would demand full membership of the United Nations when he goes to the UN General Assembly next week, setting up a diplomatic clash with Israel and the United States.

• Saturday, September 17th 2011 - 02:54 UTC

  China loosing edge to Asian neighbours as world’s cheapest place to manufacture

  

  China is losing its edge as the world's cheapest place to manufacture goods, a new report suggests. Indonesia and Bangladesh are benefiting most as rising costs in China force firms to switch production, it says.

• Saturday, September 17th 2011 - 02:28 UTC

  Geithner’s proposal to scale up rescue package gets cool response from EU

  

  US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner drew a cool response from EU policymakers when he urged them to leverage their bailout fund to better tackle the debt crisis and to start speaking with one voice.

• Friday, September 16th 2011 - 16:04 UTC

  Dramatic increase of intermarriage between whites and blacks, shows US census

  

  Marriages between whites and blacks in the United States have become less infrequent, going from being relatively rare 30 years ago to comprising a notable percentage of such unions, a study published Thursday found.

• Friday, September 16th 2011 - 15:59 UTC

  UK wants to end £ 12bn throw-away of edibles, issues new label dates guidance

  

  The British government has issued new guidance for the food industry on the use of food label dates amid growing concerns at the amount of food that is wasted each year by UK households.

• Friday, September 16th 2011 - 15:44 UTC

  Royal Navy unveils the name of its fifth Astute Class submarine: HMS Anson

  

  The name of the Royal Navy's newest, most capable Astute Class submarine has been formally announced Friday, HMS Anson. She’s the fifth in her class, and is being named after Admiral of the Fleet George Anson (1697-1762) who is noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role overseeing the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War.

• Friday, September 16th 2011 - 06:56 UTC

  Police in London arrest suspect linked with 2bn dollars rogue trades at UBS

  

  Police in London have arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with allegations of unauthorised trading which has cost Swiss banking group UBS an estimated 2bn dollar (£1.3bn).