Stories for 2015

Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 06:29 UTC
Maradona thanks the Queen and Houses of Parliament for their confidence

Diego Maradona has thanked the Queen and the Houses of Parliament for giving him the chance to provide “true justice” as head of an organization designed to help young children.
Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 05:57 UTC
UK's new polar ship to be built in Britain; delivery scheduled for 2019

The U.K. Government announced on Monday that Cammell Laird in Birkenhead has been selected as the preferred bidder to build the nation’s new £200 million polar research ship. The decision follows a 12-month competitive tender process that involved bids from companies in the U.K., Spain, Norway, Singapore and South Korea.
Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 05:44 UTC
Michelle Obama christens USS Illinois, 13th Virginia Class submarine

USS Illinois (SSN 786), the 13th submarine of the U.S. Navy’s Virginia Class, was christened Saturday at builder General Dynamics Electric Boat’s Groton shipyard.
Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 05:41 UTC
Disappointing China: September's imports slump 20% in dollars

China's September imports fell a more-than-expected 17.7% in Yuan-denominated terms, while exports fell 1.1% from a year earlier, official figures show. The numbers leave the country with a trade surplus of 376.2bn Yuan ($59.4bn)
Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 08:02 UTC
Argentine presidential candidate Macri calls for the 'helpful vote' to defeat Kirchnerism

Argentine conservative presidential candidate Mauricio Macri, which opinion polls have him as a solid runner up, has called on the 'helpful vote' arguing that third placed Sergio Massa, has “no chances of making it to a run-off”. The latest polls show incumbent Daniel Scioli with 37/38% of vote intention followed by Macri with 27/28% and Massa 20/21%.
Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 07:53 UTC
Scioli needs to convince some non-Peronist voters to reach the 'magic 40%'

With less than three weeks to Argentina's presidential election, the government's candidate Daniel Scioli has chances of avoiding a runoff but he still needs a couple of points, according to Fabian Perechodnik, head of pollster Poliarquía. In Argentina the winning candidate needs 45% of the votes or 40% but with a ten-point difference over the runner up.
Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 07:48 UTC
Economics Nobel for Scottish born Angus Deaton: understanding consumption great and small

The 2015 Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to Scottish-born economist Professor Angus Deaton, 69, who is currently professor of economics and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, in New Jersey.
Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 07:38 UTC
Cash strapped London police lifts standing watch for Assange at Ecuadorian embassy

London's cash-strapped police will no longer keep officers stationed outside the Ecuadorean embassy to catch WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up inside for over three years, the force said.
Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 07:26 UTC
The 'big three' credit rating agencies questioned by UN for their 'subjectivity'

Credit ratings agencies have been questioned by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), who says they favor countries with a certain ideological bent.
Tuesday, October 13th 2015 - 07:13 UTC
Pacific Alliance members outstand in Latin American performance, says IMF

Brazil is still by far the largest economy in Latin America despite its recession and the impact of the devaluation of the Real, according to the latest report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which said Venezuela dropped to the position of the region’s seventh-largest economy with a GDP that’s now half the size of Colombia’s.