Stories for 2013

Monday, June 24th 2013 - 18:00 UTC
Extreme energy, extreme implications: interview with Michael Klare

Interview by James Stafford of Oilprice.com - If oil and gas is a profoundly dynamic phenomenon, then so too must be environmental risk and conflicts over natural resources—and we are not getting the full picture from the mainstream media, according to Michael T. Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, TomDispatch blogger.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 15:46 UTC
Google is in a borderline crisis with European Union

By Thomas Richardson - Google has reached a settlement with regulators of the European Union after antitrust charges were levied against the company. The EU accused Google of selectively displaying results based on its preferences. Google, which owns a virtual monopoly on Internet queries in Europe, is also accused of favouring the use of its own products in search results, which has drawn complaints from competitors, and the attention of regulators.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:24 UTC
Supreme Court Justice and anti-corruption champ has become symbol of Brazilian protests

Joaquim Barbosa the black magistrate from Brazil’s Supreme Court and who won national acknowledgement as inflexible with corruption cases has become the preferred candidate for 2014 presidential elections by the thousands of protestors who took to the streets these last two weeks.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:22 UTC
Three out of four Brazilians fed up with poor public services support street protests

An overwhelming majority of Brazilians, 75% supports the two weeks street demonstrations demanding improved public services and complaining about the huge sums invested in stadiums for football world cups, according to a public opinion poll from Ibope and which was released in the latest edition of the weekly magazine Epoca.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:20 UTC
Ecuador confirms Edward Snowden has formally requested for asylum

Ecuador's foreign minister said his country was “analyzing” a request for asylum by fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden who is currently in Moscow
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:18 UTC
Francis will meet indigenous leaders abused and persecuted in northern Argentina

Following a request made by Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Pope Francis is scheduled to meet on Monday with Félix Díaz, the chief of the La Primavera Qom indigenous community from northern Argentina.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:17 UTC
UK and China sign three year currency swap to make business in Yuan

The Bank of England and its Chinese counterpart have signed a deal likely to boost trade between the UK and China in the Yuan. The BoE and the People’s bank of China have signed a three year currency swap arrangement worth 200bn Yuan (33bn dollars), the UK central bank confirmed.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:15 UTC
End of near-zero interest rates; governments must do more for economic recovery and reform, says BIS

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says banks have done their bit to help economic recovery and governments must do more. The Basel bases organization, known as the “central banks' central bank” says it is time for them to stop pumping funds into their economies.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:13 UTC
Europe remains divided as to how to bail-out failed banks; next try Wednesday

Europe failed to agree on how to share the cost of bank collapses, as Germany resisted attempts by France to water down rules designed to spare taxpayers in future crises.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 03:13 UTC
LAN and TAM Airlines awarded as Best South American Airlines by Skytrax

LAN Airlines and its affiliates and TAM Airlines, members of LATAM Airlines Group, were once again recognised as the Best Airlines in South America, receiving first and second place, respectively, according to World Airline Survey, conducted yearly by Skytrax, the prestigious English company dedicated to the world airline and airport industry.