The latest challenge from Kerself is aimed at Borsa Italiana (the Italian Stock Exchange), with the company in the process of upgrading to the market reserved for high requirement companies with a high level of liquidity, known as the STAR.

Kenyan farmers can now insure some of the costs of growing crops against bad weather by using mobile phone technology that links solar-powered weather stations to an insurance company

Concomitantly lauded as an indispensable design classic and a sign of the growing mono-culture, the iPhone is rapidly redefining what we expect from mobile communication

An attack on one of the great cities of the world is almost inevitable. But with better detection technologies, a new international alliance could still prevent catastrophe

The US spends $6.5bn a month on Afghanistan, where a large part is meant to aid government authority

Cuban’s decision to free 52 political prisoners enables Castro to reduce friction both inside and outside Cuba

While Chavez struggles to revive the battered bolivar, die-hard supporters want to get rid of it

“Fatherland, Socialism or Death!” scream the red letters on a pro-government street painting

A photo opportunity during the country’s Carnival is an essential for any Brazilian politician running for office

The New Economy looks into the Pentagon’s spending on major weapons programmes recently

Brazil granted an environmental license for the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon

Aid agencies will launch an appeal for $550m to help survivors of the earthquake in Haiti, a UN spokeswoman said