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Obama revives green agenda with push to end oil industry tax breaks
President plans to spend big on green cars and biofuels as Steven Chu says US wants to lead in clean energy technologyBarack Obama knew a budget proposal to end $40bn in tax breaks for the oil and gas...
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Greece lies bankrupt, humiliated and ablaze: is cradle of democracy finished?
The violence, looting and chaos engulfing the country underlines growing rift between the Greek people and their politiciansGreece got rid of its military dictators in July 1974. But almost four...
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Pakistan politics: contempt for voters | Editorial
Legality of supreme court's move to unseat democratically elected government before its term is highly debatableThe national reconciliation ordinance was a dirty deal, brokered by the Bush...
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Anniversary of Bahrain uprising worries Formula One
• Bahrain Grand Prix due to take place on 22 April• Tuesday marks one year from 'Day of Rage' in BahrainThe worried world of Formula One will be concentrating its attention on events in Bahrain on...
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Obama's election-year budget - as it happened
President Barack Obama's election year budget called for tax increases on the wealthy to support new spending on infrastructure projects. Read below for coverage as it happened• Read our main Obama...
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Martin Rowson on Greece crisis – cartoon
Athens's hopes for quick bailout agreement dashedMartin Rowson
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Supreme court justice Stephen Breyer robbed at Caribbean vacation home
Machete-wielding intruder holds up Breyer, wife, and guests in West Indies; harms no one, but absconds with cashAccording to a spokeswoman for the US supreme court, Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed...
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Liverpool shirt sponsor in 'robust talks' with club over Luis Suárez
• Standard Chartered fears fallout could damage reputation• Bank pays £20m a year for its name on Liverpool kitLiverpool's £20m-a-year shirt sponsor, Standard Chartered, has become the club's first...
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Obama's budget and deficit reductionism | Mark Weisbrot
Good but limited measures on tax reform are sacrificed, once again, to Obama's eagerness to compromise on budget cutsPresident Obama's proposed budget has a few interesting proposals for reforms over...
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Obama's proposed budget trims little from Pentagon spending
Cuts to defence budget to come primarily from the end of the war in Iraq and withdrawal from troops in AfghanistanThe White House proposes only a small cut to the Pentagon's budget next year but says...
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Chelsea players confront André Villas-Boas in training-ground row
• Club tensions mounting following 2-0 defeat at Everton • Owner Roman Abramovich at Cobham on day of rowAndré Villas-Boas sparked a blazing row with some of his senior Chelsea players on Sunday after...
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'Militant secularisation' taking hold of British society, says Lady Warsi
The Tory party chairman will lead an official visit to the pope by calling for Christianity to be given a central role in public lifeLady Warsi is to warn of what she calls the "militant...
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Komen founder Nancy Brinker faces more calls to quit
Editor of the NonProfit Times blasts Brinker in opinion piece as Planned Parenthood backlash enters its third weekThere was more trouble on Monday for Susan G Komen for the Cure and its founder, Nancy...
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TV review: Dispatches – Olympic Tickets for Sale; Storyville – If a Tree...
How money talks in the race for an Olympics ticketAh, the Olympics! Coming too soon to an overcrowded, overstrained and overleveraged metropolis near you. In case you weren't already perturbed enough...
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Google's Motorola takeover could trigger fresh patents battle with Apple
European Commission and US Department of Justice warn about potential abuse of Motorola's patent strength as new battles loom over Android and iPhoneThe European Commission and the US Department of...
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Westminster Dog Show 2012—as it happened
• Wire-haired Dachshund, Dalmatian, Pekingese and German Shepherd win groups on night one• Which breed will be named America's Dog tomorrow?Preamble: What do you get when you crossbreed the seismic...
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China issues new rules to limit foreign television shows
China's media regulator has issued new rules banning foreign television shows from being shown at primetimeChina's television broadcasters will be limited in the number of imported series they can...
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Honduras prison fire kills at least 350
Relatives demanding news clash with guards at jail where firefighters say inmates died in locked cellsSkirmishes have broken out between security forces and relatives seeking news of inmates after more...
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Iran unveils nuclear progress as rhetoric escalates with Israel
President Ahmadinejad claims success in manufacturing fuel rods and advanced centrifuges day after Bangkok bombingsIran has stepped up its defiance against the west over Tehran's nuclear programme,...
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Sean Stone and Islam: what is it about religion and Hollywood?
The director has become a Shiite Muslim. And Julia Roberts announced her conversion to Hinduism in 2010. Are stars more prone to religious conversions than the rest of us?Religious belief is usually a...
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