News
Lloyds Banking Group share price reaches the breakeven rate
The share price in the state-backed Lloyds Banking Group reached the breakeven price on Friday, solidifying the view that the bank may again be privatised to partially return the public funds spent in bailing the bank out. The banking group has had a 39% public stake [Read More]
Clegg warns gay marriage bill may be hijacked
The deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has warned that an amendment allowing heterosexual couples the right to civil partnerships could “derail” the current Marriage Bill. The bill allowing same-sex marriage was voted through with a comfortable 225-vote majority [Read More]
Leading Pakistani politician shot dead outside her home
On Saturday night Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior Pakistani politician associated with the Imran Khan party, was shot dead in the financial centre of Pakistan, Karachi. Hussain was ambushed by two individuals on motorcycles while standing outside her home in the upper-class [Read More]
French same-sex marriage laws legally signed in
France’s president, François Hollande, has signed a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children. This move has been surrounded by controversy as right-wing groups have organised the biggest street protests in 30 years to protest against the marriage for [Read More]
Bombs kill 76 in Iraq leading to fear of civil war
A series of bombs which exploded throughout Sunni regions in Baghdad and its surrounding areas on Friday have killed at least 76 people on the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months. The attack followed another blast, which targeted a Shiite community the previous [Read More]
Salmond and Farage clash after run-in with Scottish protesters
Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has brushed aside calls by Nigel Farage for him to condemn protesters who forced the UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader to flee a pub in Edinburgh yesterday. Nigel Farage, who eventually left the scene by police escort, has described [Read More]
EU polls suggests homophobic abuse still a cause for concern
The European Union’s (EU) Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) have conducted their largest survey throughout Europe’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, seeing 93,000 participants from the 27 member states and Croatia answer over 150 questions [Read More]
Anti-UKIP protests cause Farage to flee
The leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage faced a swarm of protesters yesterday as he left a pub in Edinburgh. Demonstrators protesting outside the Canon’s Gait pub, where Mr Farage was holding a press conference, chanted “UKIP scum, off our [Read More]
Iran bans female candidates running for President in June elections
Female candidates have been banned from running in the presidential elections in Iran this year, according to a report. Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, a clerical member of the Guardian Council, Iran’s constitutional watchdog group, yesterday remarked how “the constitution [Read More]
Ceiling collapse kills workers in Cambodian shoe factory
At least two people have been killed and nine injured after the ceiling of a shoe factory, the Wing Star, in the southern province of Kampong Speu in Cambodia, collapsed Thursday morning. The local district police chief, Khen Pannara, stated: “The ceiling collapsed as it [Read More]
Copyright © 2013 FL MEDIA LTD All rights reserved // Design by