Lloyd Gedye takes a tour of BMW’s Munich research and development laboratory.
Russia did not want a revived arms race with the United States, and has been forced to start a new weapons programme in response to Washington’s planned missile shield in Europe,…
One of Germany’s greatest treasuries of books, the Bavarian State Library in Munich, said on Tuesday it had set a robot to work ”reading” the books and storing more than…
Formula One team McLaren-Mercedes will not appeal against the -million fine and exclusion from the 2007 constructors’ championship over the Ferrari spying charges, Mercedes said…
Airbus plunged into its first-ever operating loss in 2006 and will be in the red again this year, parent company Eads said on Friday in another twist of the crisis at the…
Revolutions are rarely announced so far in advance. But after years of tinkering and publicising, Nintendo’s new games console has finally hit the market. The Wii, long known on…
A former manager from German engineering and electronics giant Siemens who was arrested this month has admitted paying massive bribes to the regime of late Nigerian dictator Sani…
Car makers are developing increasingly sophisticated driver-assistance systems to boost safety, comfort and the fun factor. Some technology that is already standard in many…
This World Cup, which was expected to provide a festival of youth, has turned into a celebration of experience. While Kaka faded, Lionel Messi was deprived of his rightful chance…
Luiz Felipe Scolari says Portugal can be proud of its football team despite their agonising loss to France, as he goes about the difficult task of picking them up for a…
Zinedine Zidane fired France into their second World Cup final appearance in eight years on Wednesday, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 semifinal victory over Portugal. The French…
Laptops aren’t great for note-taking. But who wants to write everything down and then decipher their scribbles before typing it all into their computer? Enter Tablet PCs,…
Germany are starting to get that championship look. It took the hosts a mere 12 minutes to break down Sweden 2-0 on Saturday, becoming the first team to reach the World Cup…
Another 2-0 deficit wasn’t enough to stop orange-clad Côte d’Ivoire from stomping away in its elephant dance. Taking advantage of two handballs by Milan Dudic, Côte d’Ivoire…
Coming into the World Cup, Côte d’Ivoire was widely regarded as the most talented team coming out of Africa. Now Ghana is the lone African team with a chance to qualify for the…
Defender Radhi Jaidi headed an injury time equaliser on Wednesday as Tunisia scrambled a 2-2 draw with Saudi Arabia, which left both teams waiting for an elusive World Cup win.…
Germany got the win they wanted at the start of the World Cup. The hosts beat Costa Rica 4-2 on Friday in the opening match of the tournament, hoping to inspire enough confidence…
An army of police and stadium guards met tens of thousands of partying soccer fans at the World Cup’s opening games on Friday — and aside from a handful of arrests the biggest…
The 2006 World Cup officially began on Friday, kicked off by a colourful ceremony celebrating football lore and the 32 nations taking part in the globe’s biggest single sporting…
Hours to go before the World Cup started on Friday, the streets of Munich were alive with exuberant fans singing, showing their colours and waiting for the whistle to blow as…
