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The Americans are the happiest people on the planet. The British, Irish and Swedes are also fairly happy. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the French, Germans and Italians are amongst the most unhappy in the world. 65% of Americans are optimistic about the future, and 55% of Brits. Again, the French...

After the years of being embarrassed about our past, people want to sing Land of Hope and Glory By Alice Thomson (Filed: 27/07/2005) This week, in a West London swimming pool, I watched as two large West African women plunged into the water topless in their knickers. No one commented until one...

How 10 quadrillion sums a second will make computer the world's fastest Justin McCurry in Tokyo Tuesday July 26, 2005 The Guardian In the world of computers, it promises to be the biggest, fastest, and most mindboggling, of them all. Officials in Japan yesterday announced that they intend to...

From The Times - Why we must all learn to love Brussels By Rosemary Righter 25th July 2005 AFTER WEEKS of behaving with all the rationality of a bear with a hangover, alternately wailing about “Europe in crisis” and hinting that the poor, deluded French and Dutch voters must have...

Europe's biggest city is getting bigger. How London may look in 2012, as it prepares for the Olympics - The New London Architecture, the first ever permanent exhibition space dedicated to the future of London's architecture, is opening on July 26. Here we preview some of the 31 major new...

EU and Canadian militaries lag behind US and UK Britain is the only country in Europe with a decent and strong military. France, Germany and the rest are falling behind the US and the UK militarily. It's now becoming more and more obvious that "European Armies" are just the extension of...

Former British Prime Minister from 1970-1974, who took Britain into the EU, died yesterday. From The Times - July 18, 2005 Sir Edward Heath dies at age 89 By David Charter, Chief Political Correspondent The man who led Britain into the European Common Market The first Conservative...

From The Times - July 18, 2005 Chirac to be served the best of British From Nicci Smith in Brussels BRITAIN is to wreak revenge on President Chirac for disparaging British cuisine by serving the French leader national dishes and English and Welsh wine each time he comes to Brussels. M...

Britain is increasing its defense spending by $6.8 billion (£3.7 billion) over the next three years to a total of $65.1 billion (£35.2 billion), the longest period of sustained real growth in planned defence spending for over 20 years. Additional resources are being made available to modernise...

From The Sun - English our top export By GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON Deputy Political Editor SELLING the English language is set to be Britain’s biggest export by 2020 — earning £20billion a year. Gordon Brown wants to cash in on China’s huge demand for English teaching. The Chancellor...

Plans by an alliance of ''rightwing extremists'' and football hooligans to exact "revenge" on Muslims after last week's bomb attacks are being monitored by police. The Guardian has learned that extremists are keen to cause widespread fear and injury with attacks on mosques and high-profile...

World's 4th largest economy could become the world's high-technology superpower. UK 'could become hi-tech titan' The UK could become one of the world's hi-tech titans, a report has said. Compiled by analysts Deloitte, it says the UK could be a world-beater in technology if it harnessed...

British fishermen have been crippled by sticking to rules that other states break FRANCE has been fined the largest amount imposed by the highest court of the European Union for flouting EU fisheries law over 20 years on a scale that posed a serious threat to fish stocks. Paris was fined €20...

I read an article in Friday's Daily Mail saying that the brother of the German ambassador to London said that the London Olympics will be disastrous for world peace. He also complained about the prosperity of the British, how we now dress well and drive expensive cars (in other words, he's...

I'm not saying Canada shouldn't be. I just thought I'd post something that I found. BELOW, THE BIG BOY CLUB GDP Economic Rank G8 Attendee $ Millions 2004 GDP/Capita Representative Title Status 1 United States 11,667,515 $37,800 George W. Bush President Member G6 2 Japan 4,623,398 $28,200...

Today's news that London won their 2012 Olympic bid has led to a severe shortage of hankerchiefs and Kleenex in Paris and other French cites. Due to an epidemic of crying, local stocks have vanished. Please, open you hearts and bring hankies and facial tissue to the nearest French embassy or...

From The Mirror - 5 July 2005 10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JACQUES CHIRAC French President Jacques Chirac has ridiculed Britain during talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder - accusing us, among other things, of having lousy food. But here's a...

First Berlusconi, then Chirac insults the Finns. But this time whilst insulting the British. Mon Jul 4, 2005 11:44 AM BST Printer Friendly | Email Article | RSS PARIS (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac cracked jokes to Russian and German leaders about bad British food and mad cow...

London 'poised to snatch victory in race for Olympics' By Simon Hart in Singapore (Filed: 03/07/2005) www.telegraph.co.uk . . . Sebastian Coe and his London campaign team are growing increasingly confident that they can leapfrog odds-on favourite Paris to land the 2012 Olympic Games when the...

Ireland may soon become richest country in the world. Europe is divided into 2 blocs - the prosperous, fast-growing economies of New Europe (Ireland, Britain, the Scandinavian nations and Eastern European nations) and the slow-growing (if even that), cash-strapped countries that are falling...