Stories for April 2016

Sunday, April 24th 2016 - 09:03 UTC
Anti/slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will command the $20 dollar bill

Anti-slavery crusader Harriet Tubman will become the first African-American to be featured on the face of US paper currency when she replaces President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. She will also be the first woman on US paper currency in more than a century.
Sunday, April 24th 2016 - 08:26 UTC
International major effort to cooperate on tax issues and halt evasion and elusion

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank are joining forces with other international organizations to cooperate on tax issues and develop new tools and standards to halt tax base erosion and evasion.
Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 11:00 UTC
Rousseff avoids the word 'coup' at the UN, but admits the grave moment Brazil is undergoing

With the prospect of an impeachment trial that can have her out of office next May, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff appealed for international support on Friday during a visit to New York, broadcasting her claims that the campaign to oust her from office was little more than a coup d’état.
Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 10:51 UTC
Rousseff's bid for international support backfiring

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff from New York accused her political opponents as “coup mongers” and “conspirators” and insisted she would fight to the very end the impeachment process to remove her from office. But her attacks faced a solid defense in Brazil including from members of the Supreme Court who expressed concern the president was questioning Brazil's institutions before the world.
Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 10:46 UTC
Treasury Secretary Lew praises Argentina for its reintegration to the global economy

United States Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew celebrated Argentina's return to international markets and reintegration to the global economy, following the final settlement with holdout creditors, which it described as a major milestone not only for Argentina but for the global financial system.
Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 10:26 UTC
Judge Griesa pleased and gratified the Argentine 15-year litigation with bondholders is over

US Federal Judge Thomas said on Friday it gave him the greatest pleasure to be able to exercise his discretion and lift the injunction against Argentina which impeded the payment on defaulted debt.
Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 10:20 UTC
Qatar World Cup: FIFA's announcement on “Decent Working Conditions”

The announcement by President Gianni Infantino of FIFA that it will establish an oversight body to monitor working conditions on World Cup stadium sites in Qatar shows that FIFA is beginning to take responsibility for those whose work is essential to the holding of the 2022 event.
Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 07:56 UTC
Ban Ki moon message on Mother Earth Day 2016: Trees for the Earth

This year, Earth Day coincides with the signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which takes place at UN Headquarters in New York. The Agreement was adopted by all 196 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at COP21 in Paris on 12 December 2015.
Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 07:49 UTC
Di Caprio addresses the UN on Earth Day and to celebrate the Paris Agreement

This year, the United Nations has decided to celebrate Earth Day, 22 April, in a very special way, by signing the Paris Agreement: a landmark climate change accord that came out of negotiations at the COP21 climate summit in Paris last December. This, of course, was extremely great news for climate advocates and ambassadors all over the world, including Oscar-winning actor and UN Messenger of Peace, Leonardo Di Caprio.
Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 07:33 UTC
As your friend, let me say that the EU makes Britain even greater

By Barack Obama, President of the United States - In 1939, President Franklin D Roosevelt offered a toast to King George VI in the White House. “I am persuaded that the greatest single contribution our two countries have been enabled to make to civilisation, and to the welfare of peoples throughout the world,” he said, “is the example we have jointly set by our manner of conducting relations between our two nations.”