Stories for February 2018

Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 08:20 UTC
.UK cruise passengers name 2018 top ships

The winners of the 2018 Cruise Critic UK Cruisers’ Choice Awards were announced today. The awards name the most popular cruise ships of the year, based entirely on UK reviews posted to the Cruise Critic website. The site boasts the largest online cruise community in the world with more than 350,000 cruise reviews, covering approximately 500 of the most popular cruise ships.
Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 08:08 UTC
Sky and BT will broadcast Premier League football beginning 2019/20; three seasons £4.464bn contract

Sky and BT Sport have agreed to pay £4.464bn to broadcast Premier League football games for three seasons from 2019-20. Five of seven live packages have been awarded, with bidding for the remaining two ongoing. Interest from “multiple bidders” remains, the Premier League said.
Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 07:51 UTC
Europe welcomed 671 million tourist arrivals in 2017, up 8% from 2016

Europe welcomed 671 million international tourist arrivals in 2017, an outstanding 8% growth compared to 2016 (+2%), consolidating for the eighth consecutive year, its position as the leading destination worldwide.
Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 07:10 UTC
The Wall Street Journal: “Inflation stalks Macri in Argentina”

The Wall Street Journal has published a piece on the political situation of Argentine president Mauricio Macri, battling inflation, an undelivered electoral pledge, and allegedly very much aware of a long standing spell: no non Peronist president has been able to complete the mandate for which he was elected.
Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 09:35 UTC
SCAR celebrates sixty year of international collaboration in Antarctica

The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), has celebrated six decades of successful international collaboration. Since its first meeting in The Hague on February 1958, SCAR has grown an international network of thousands of scientists who share a common ambition to carry out Antarctic science for the benefit of society.
Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 09:29 UTC
Ex investment banker appointed new president of US soccer

The former investment banker at Goldman Sachs became the new president of U.S. Soccer on Feb. 11. He replaces Sunil Gulati after an election in Orlando, Florida that required three rounds of voting to finally crown Cordeiro.
Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 09:16 UTC
Oxfam members sexual misconduct in Haiti imperil UK government funding

The deputy head of Oxfam has resigned over what she said was the British charity's failure to adequately respond to past allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its staff in Haiti and Chad.
Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 09:07 UTC
WW2 German bomb forces closure of London City Airport

An operation to remove a 500kg World War Two bomb that has forced the closure of London City Airport will continue through the night. The airport has been shut all day and all flights cancelled, affecting up to 16,000 passengers, officials said.
Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 08:30 UTC
BAS targets Antarctica marine ecosystem under calved iceberg: nine-country team takes off from Falklands

A team of scientists, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), heads to Antarctica this week (14 February) to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up to 120,000 years. The iceberg known as A-68, which is four times of London, calved off from the Larsen Ice Shelf in July 2017.
Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 08:18 UTC
Barclays Bank PLC charged of “unlawful financial assistance” by UK's serious fraud office

The United Kingdom Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged Barclays Bank PLC with “unlawful financial assistance” related to billions of pounds raised from Qatar in 2008. The same charges were brought against Barclays PLC in June last year.