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  • Friday, April 11th 2014 - 04:31 UTC

    China's foreign trade falls sharply in March confirming economy's slowdown

    However the March figures left a surplus of 7.7bn compared to the 23bn February deficit

    China's exports and imports fell sharply in March, adding to recent indicators pointing to a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. The country's exports fell by 6.6% in March when compared with the previous year, while imports dropped by 11.3% in the same month, when compared with the same time last year.

  • Friday, April 11th 2014 - 04:27 UTC

    Japan/Australia trade agreement cracks tariffs on frozen and chilled beef

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to visit Australia later this year to sign the deal

    United States beef shipments to Japan may drop after the largest Asian buyer inked this week a deal with Australia to begin reducing import tariffs as early as next year, the Japanese agriculture ministry said.

  • Friday, April 11th 2014 - 04:22 UTC

    Bank of England leaves interest rates unchanged as UK recovery picks up

    According to IMF the UK economy would be the fastest-growing in the G7 this year.

    UK interest rates have been held at their record low of 0.5% for another month by the Bank of England. On Thursday the Bank also kept the size of its bond-buying stimulus program unaltered at £375bn. No changes had been expected to either rates or the bond-buying measure, despite recent evidence that the UK economy is continuing to recover.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2014 - 06:22 UTC

    Venezuela invites Cardinal Parolin to become “mediator of good will”

    The current Vatican Secretary of State was Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela

    The Venezuelan government formally invited today the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to join the exploratory talks with the opposition as “mediator of good will” in order to find a solution to the violent situation in the country.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2014 - 06:07 UTC

    Gibraltar after closer political and cooperation links with Malta

    Chief minister Picardo with Maltese Parliament speaker Farrugia

    Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo met with top officials from Malta this week during a two day visit focused on building links with the island state. The officials included Foreign affairs minister George Vella, Speaker of the Maltese Parliament Angelu Farrugia and Financial Services and Gaming Minister Albert Isola.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2014 - 06:02 UTC

    Mas defies Madrid: Catalonia will go ahead with the independence referendum

    Mas already has a date for the referendum, November 9

    Catalonia President Artur Mas said he would forge ahead with his region's plans to hold a referendum on independence in November after Spain's parliament overwhelmingly rejected the petition. After a seven-hour debate in Madrid, and despite heavy support for the separatist movement in the wealthy northeastern region, 299 lawmakers voted against, 47 voted for and one abstained.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2014 - 05:46 UTC

    Pope Francis joins the lynching outbreak debate in Argentina

    “The worst that can happen to us is to forget about that scene,” the pontiff said.

    In a letter addressed to two Argentine humanists living in Sweden, Pope Francis deeply regretted the murder of an 18-year-old who was beat to death by a group of Rosario citizens after he had allegedly stolen a woman’s purse. “The worst that can happen to us is to forget about that scene,” the pontiff said.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2014 - 05:37 UTC

    China has become Latam's banker loaning 102bn dollars from 2005 to 2013

    Venezuela's Maduro is the main debtor but pays with oil

    China loaned 102 billion dollars to Latin America between 2005 and 2013, mainly to Venezuela and Argentina, while Mexico seems to be going the same way, according to a release from the Global Economic Governance Initiative which depends from the University of Boston.

  • Wednesday, April 9th 2014 - 19:44 UTC

    Renewable energy keeps advancing despite a drop in overall investment

    The falling cost of solar photovoltaic systems was partly responsible for a lesser sum of investment.

    Renewable energy's share of world electricity generation continued its steady climb last year despite a 14% drop in investments to 214.4 billion dollars, according to a new report released on Monday and produced by the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

  • Wednesday, April 9th 2014 - 17:26 UTC

    HMS Portland, first Royal Navy visit to Sao Tomé and Príncipe in 29 years

    The vessel hosted a visit from PM Dr. Gabriel Costa and several ministers

    HMS Portland on Atlantic patrol, became the first Royal Navy Ship to visit São Tomé and Príncipe in 29 years when she anchored off the islands for a two day visit. The last Royal Navy Ship to visit the former Portuguese colony was the survey vessel HMS Herald in 1985. Prior to that, the last recorded visit of a Royal Naval Warship was in 1889.