Stories for 2011

Wednesday, July 13th 2011 - 00:44 UTC
Sao Paulo and Rio do Janeiro among the 12 most expensive cities in the world

Brazil’s two biggest cities are getting more and more costly and are more expensive places to live in than New York, according to the annual cost of living study released Tuesday by business consulting firm Mercer.
Wednesday, July 13th 2011 - 00:35 UTC
While Obama in office, “real solution” to debt ceiling “unlikely” say Republicans

US President Barack Obama raised the stakes in the third straight day of budget talks Tuesday, warning that senior citizens and veterans may suffer first if the debt ceiling is not raised by Aug. 2.
Wednesday, July 13th 2011 - 00:29 UTC
The year of the seven-billionth baby, up two billion since July 1987

The United Nations marked on Monday July 11, World Population Day, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressing that ending global poverty and inequality was the key to unleashing the great human potential for prosperity and peaceful coexistence.
Tuesday, July 12th 2011 - 23:43 UTC
US and Spain host to most of the 6.5 million that migrated from the Americas from 2003 to 2009

Between 2003 and 2009, nearly 950,000 people per year emigrated from the Americas to countries of the OECD and of this total, nearly half went to the United States, and a fourth to Spain, according to the First Report on International Migration in the Americas.
Tuesday, July 12th 2011 - 23:32 UTC
China secures one of IMF four Deputy Managing Director posts

China has secured its first top-level post at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in recognition of its growing power in the global economy. New IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde appointed Zhu Min to a newly created deputy managing director post.
Tuesday, July 12th 2011 - 21:01 UTC
Brazil’s 2016 Olympics deadline running faster that the high-speed train project

Brazil's ambitious high-speed train project was postponed once again due to a lack of bidders but Brazilian officials anticipated they would hold two separate bids for the project to link Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo on time for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Tuesday, July 12th 2011 - 15:37 UTC
Argentina continues to block sale of Paraguayan power to Uruguay

The sale of power from landlocked Paraguay to Uruguay continues to be delayed because Argentina has come up with more demands before it allows transmission through its grid, according to Paraguayan officials.
Tuesday, July 12th 2011 - 07:39 UTC
HMS York returns to Portsmouth after months on Falklands and South Georgia duty

Type-42 destroyer HMS York returned to cheering crowds of families and well-wishers at Portsmouth Naval Base last week following a varied and wide-ranging deployment to the Falklands in the South Atlantic and Libya.
Tuesday, July 12th 2011 - 07:33 UTC
“A majority (70%) of Buenos Aires City voters do not like to be blackmailed”

Buenos Aires City Mayor, conservative Mauricio Macri said on Monday he was “really surprised” with the large margin victory obtained in the first round of his bid for re-election and considered the result “a good example of the voters’ independency, and how citizens can surprise with their decisions”.
Tuesday, July 12th 2011 - 07:30 UTC
Police reveal former PM Brown could have been victim of Murdoch’s tabloid

Police have said that former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown may have been a victim of phone hacking by an investigator working for British newspapers, his spokeswoman said on Monday.