Kenya elections

After a day of polling that passed off peacefully in the main, technical glitches in a new electronic result transfer system have delayed the release of official results, raising political tensions

Italy elections

The eurozone’s third largest economy is heading for months of political deadlock and instability after voters delivered a resounding electoral rebuff to austerity measures

BP trial

BP is facing multi-district litigation in a civil trial in New Orleans to resolve damages and apportion blame for the Deepwater Horizon disaster of April 20 2010

Horsemeat scandal

Europe-wide supply chains are likely to come under closer scrutiny after the discovery of widespread adulteration of beef-labelled processed food products on supermarket shelves

Eurozone in crisis

The problems in the bloc rumble on as electorates vote against austerity, forcing policymakers to consider measures that will stimulate growth and offset the harsher effects of deficit reduction policies

Battle for Bumi

Nat Rothschild has pledged to soldier on with his campaign to change the board of the Indonesian miner he helped create after shareholders voted resoundingly to rebuff his proposals

Britain in Europe

David Cameron is under pressure from all sides and faces a delicate balancing act in attempting to renegotiate an acceptable UK membership settlement with the EU

Mali intervention

France has intervened militarily in Mali to rid the county of Islamist militants and prevent a growing terrorist threat to the region and wider western world

Libor scandal

Regulators from around the world are looking into possible manipulation of global interbank lending rates by big US and European banks

Bank bonuses

The battle over bankers’ bonuses remains in the political spotlight as the EU moves to introduce a cap of twice salary, effective from January 2014

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