Stories for January 2nd 2017

Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:47 UTC
Queen Elizabeth “still recuperating”, but feeling “better”

The Queen is feeling “better” despite missing a New Year's Day church service at Sandringham, her daughter the Princess Royal has said. Princess Anne spoke to well-wishers outside the church after attending the service with her father Prince Philip, brother Prince Edward and other royals.
Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:41 UTC
Castro condemns “obsolete mentality” against foreign capital, as economy contracts

In spite the significant surge in tourism set off by the detente with the United States, Cuba’s economy shrank in 2016 for the first time in nearly a quarter century with the main culprit: a plunge in aid from crisis-stricken Venezuela. President Raul Castro called on the Cuban people to overcome the obsolete mentality against foreign capital.
Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:27 UTC
Italy will eventually want to quit the Euro, forecasts top German economist

The head of Germany's Ifo economic institute believes Italians will eventually want to quit the euro currency area if their standard of living does not improve, he told German daily Tagesspiegel.
Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:21 UTC
China pledges to boost investment in tourism and promises “toilet revolution”

China said it will boost investment in tourism, with plans to develop rustbelt regions and upgrade public toilets high on its to-do list as it looks to lift the sector's contribution to economic growth.
Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:14 UTC
African migrant’s storm wire border fence trying to enter Spanish territory

More than 1,000 illegal African migrants tried to enter Spanish territory by scaling a 6 meters wire border fence on New Year's Day. Fifty Moroccan and five Spanish officers were injured as they clashed with armed men carrying metal bars and rocks trying to break through the gates to access the border fences of Ceuta and Melilla.
Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 08:58 UTC
Don't trust computers, important stuff write it and have it delivered by courier, recommends Trump

President-elect Donald J. Trump, expressing skepticism about intelligence assessments of Russian interference in the US election, said that he knew “things that other people don’t know” about the hacking, and that the information would be revealed “Tuesday or Wednesday.” He also underlined that no computer is safe and recommended sending important information the old fashion way, write it out and have it delivered by courier.
Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 07:13 UTC
Guterres new UN chief call to make 2017 a Year for Peace

In his first day at the helm of the United Nations, Secretary General António Guterres today pledged to make 2017 a year for peace.“On this New Year's Day, I ask all of you to join me in making one shared New Year's resolution: Let us resolve to put peace first,” said Mr. Guterres in an appeal for peace. He said one question weighs heavy on his heart. “That is: how can we help the millions of people caught up in conflict, suffering massively in wars with no end in sight?”
Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 05:45 UTC
Argentina's new economic team aims to fight budget deficit and reform the tax code

In his first public comments since his appointment, Argentine Economy minister Nicolas Dujovne told a press conference that his main objective would be to continue with center-right President Mauricio Macri's economic policies.