International

Saturday, April 28th 2018 - 10:22 UTC
Bees victory: EU votes for a near total ban on insecticides

European Union countries voted on Friday for a near-total ban on insecticides blamed for killing off bee populations, in what campaigners called a “beacon of hope” for the winged insects. Bees help pollinate 90 percent of the world’s major crops, but in recent years have been dying off from “colony collapse disorder,” a mysterious scourge blamed on mites, pesticides, virus, fungus, or a combination of these factors.
Saturday, April 28th 2018 - 07:44 UTC
The model of Western democracy is broken: unemployment stats questioned

By Gwynne Dyer - If the model is broken, should you try to fix it, or scrap it and get a new one? In questions of technology, increasingly the answer is: scrap it. Computer repair shops are dying out: if your laptop doesn't work, just buy a new one. What applies to consumer technology, however, does not necessarily apply to politics.
Saturday, April 28th 2018 - 07:30 UTC
Koreas leaders in historic summit agree to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons

Friday's summit between the leaders of North and South Korea was a “historic meeting” paving the way for the start of a new era, North Korea's media say. North's Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in of South Korea agreed to work to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons.
Saturday, April 28th 2018 - 06:59 UTC
St Helena airport shrugs off ‘world’s most useless’ tag

Andreas Spaeth (*) The airport on the remote British Overseas Territory island St Helena, once dismissed as the “world’s most useless airport” by British media, is proving to be a reliable asset.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 13:09 UTC
Taking action where we can to stop cybercrime

By Yury Fedotov is Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (*) - Cyber. It is the inescapable prefix defining our world today. From the privacy of individuals to relations between states, cyber dominates discussions and headlines – so much so that we risk being paralyzed by the magnitude of the problems we face.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:46 UTC
Prince Louis Arthur Charles will be known as His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge

The prince born on Monday morning at the London Lindo Wing hospital and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge third baby, --fifth in line to the throne after Princes Charles, William, George and Princess Charlotte--, has a name.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:36 UTC
UK economy grows at its slowest since 2012 in Q1; pound falls to US$ 1.380

The UK economy grew at its slowest rate since 2012 in the first quarter of the year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. GDP growth was 0.1%, down from 0.4% in the previous quarter, driven by a sharp fall in construction output and a sluggish manufacturing sector.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:30 UTC
Pompeo swears as Secretary of State and flies to meet leaders of “invaluable”

Twelve hours after being sworn in U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went straight to NATO headquarters in Brussels in what European allies saw as strong support for an institution that U.S. President Donald Trump once called obsolete.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:12 UTC
Tories divided on the customs union and PM May on the brink

British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered her biggest Brexit blow so far when MPs on Thursday backed a call in the House of Commons for Britain to stay in a European customs union. A debate, promoted by the main opposition Labour Party, was agreed unanimously after a four hour discussion in the House of Commons.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 11:58 UTC
Korean leaders agree to end “state of war” and denuclearize the peninsula

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed on Friday to finally end a seven-decade war this year, and pursue the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula.