Argentina’s Central Bank chief has resigned, saying he could do no more to protect the nominally independent institution from the president’s efforts to control its dollar reserves.

SPANISH Roman Catholic bishops have for the first time accepted the use of condoms to prevent AIDS, re-igniting a moral and religious debate but drawing a sharp response from the Vatican.

Talks designed to change the face of farming around the world collapsed tonight amid differences between rich and poor nations – the second failure for the World Trade Organisation in four years.