Tokyo International Film Festival to honor Zhang Yimou. Check his achievements, Oscar-nominated moviesZhang Yimou is considered one of the most prominent of China's fabled 'Fifth Generation' of filmmakers. He made 25 movies, and three have b...
11 Oct, 2023, 01.42 AM IST
German housing prices show sharpest drop since 2000 y/yResidential property prices fell by 9.9% year-on-year, the strongest decline since the start of the data collection in 2000. Prices fell by...
22 Sep, 2023, 01.34 PM IST
Nazi-looted French painting put on display in search for rightful ownerThe small untitled artwork by French painter Nicolas Rousseau is back in France.
20 Aug, 2020, 11.48 AM IST
Sale of residential properties up 25% in top 7 cities in H1Around 64,080 homes were sold in top seven cities during the January-June period, compared with 51,452 units in the year-ago period.
04 Aug, 2018, 09.49 AM IST
Food for thought: Cities where dishes from around the world come togetherTruly nowhere else in the world can one find such an eclectic array of food.
30 Nov, 2017, 12.31 PM IST
Angela Merkel joins hands with Shinzo Abe to defend free tradeAngel Merkel pushed back against Trump’s pledge to enact “America First” policies and drew contrast to Japan and Germany.
21 Mar, 2017, 01.14 AM IST
Donald Trump condemns attacks, vows to eradicate terroristsA lorry ploughed into a busy Christmas market in Berlin yesterday, killing several people and injuring over 50 in what police said was a po...
20 Dec, 2016, 05.57 PM IST
- Exhibition of cover illustrations of 'Der Speigel'
'The Art of Der Speigel' kicked off in the capital after its exhibitions in its hometown Hamburg to New York, Berlin, Vienna and Shanghai.
21 Feb, 2013, 03.57 PM IST
German lawmakers say 'Grexit' not just economic riskGermany's raucous internal debate on whether to keep Greece in the euro zone is too narrowly focused on financial factors.
27 Aug, 2012, 11.00 PM IST
- Euro barely changed after weak US data
The European currency has been weighed down recently as Europe continues to struggle with its government debt crisis.
29 Dec, 2010, 07.35 PM IST
- Berlin: Subtle commemorations of history
Berlin is truly one of Europe’s most vibrant capital cities, with much art, culture on display but Prakash Dubey was particularly struck by...
25 Nov, 2010, 04.58 AM IST
- S&P fears investor backlash from US reform bill: report
The head of US ratings agency Standard and Poor's said on Monday he feared investors could use new US financial market rules to blame the a...
05 Jul, 2010, 12.57 PM IST
- German cabinet approves euro crisis fund
The German cabinet has approved the country's part of a trillion-dollar rescue package of loan guarantees for crisis-hit euro countries.
11 May, 2010, 05.46 PM IST
- Greece bailout package likely to top 135 billion euros
As Greece moved closer to bankruptcy, it is clear that the EU bailout package of 30 bn euros would not be sufficient even to service its de...
01 May, 2010, 04.10 AM IST
- German parliament approves financial bailout
Germany's lower house of parliament has approved a $ 675 billion rescue package for the country's financial markets.
17 Oct, 2008, 03.37 PM IST
- US may now support bank debt, deposits
The US government is weighing guaranteeing billions of dollars in bank debt and temporarily insuring all US bank deposits, in a bid to unfr...
11 Oct, 2008, 12.16 AM IST
- US already in recession, says world's richest man Buffet
While economists quibble, the world's richest man has decided: the United States is already in recession.
24 May, 2008, 10.51 PM IST