A police programme to restore law and order to the city’s violent favelas has had its successes but a lack of resources is undermining it
A police programme to restore law and order to the city’s violent favelas has had its successes but a lack of resources is undermining it
Mustafa Dabi appears to play down the government’s violent crackdown on protesters after he described the flashpoint city of Homs as ‘calm’
The 76-year-old libertarian-leaning contender faces a deluge of criticism as Republican rivals attempt to whittle down his poll lead
Search group that once saw traditional advertising as its chief rival invests in bid to win converts to its social network and web browser
Russian prime minister says he backs the idea of negotiations, the first time he has made such a gesture since mass demonstrations began
A task force sponsored by the US Federal Reserve is working on a plan to reduce trader dependence on JPMorgan Chase and Bank of New York Mellon
With just two trading days left in 2011, the benchmark US index is down 0.6 per cent for the year
Boost not only for Mario Monti’s technocratic government and its emergency austerity budget but also for the ECB’s liquidity programme for banks
Companies raised $73bn from offerings in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong this year, highlighting the shift in global financial activity from west to east