Japanese manufacturers' sentiment has turned pessimistic due to a strong yen and Europe's debt crisis, the latest Tankan survey finds.

The Indian Olympic Association is to ask London 2012 to drop Dow Chemical as a sponsor.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he accepts the protests against alleged election fraud as long as demonstrators stay within the law.

Ministers and Whitehall officials cannot use private emails on government business to avoid Freedom of Information requests, the Information Commissioner rules.

Ex-News of the World editor Colin Myler says he believed the "rogue reporter" theory on phone hacking, but always feared the possibility of wider illegality.

Silent film homage The Artist leads the field at the 2012 Golden Globes, scoring six nominations in all.

A woman is convicted of murdering her toddler son, whose decomposed and mummified body was found at their home in Renfrewshire.

The merger of two major Latin American airlines is approved, creating the largest carrier in the region, LATAM.