Stories for June 11th 2018

Monday, June 11th 2018 - 20:51 UTC
UK Overseas Territories to host Student Conference in London

Students from the UK Overseas Territories are being invited to submit minute-long videos about their territory and its ‘Identity’ as part of an event to be hosted at the Natural History Museum in London in November 2018. This will be the third event of its kind organised by the UK Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA), after events in late 2015 and 2017 hosted at University College London and the London Maritime Museum respectively.
Monday, June 11th 2018 - 19:33 UTC
Spain accepts rescue boat with stranded migrants in the Mediterranean

Spain will welcome a ship with 629 migrants aboard after Italy and Malta refused to let the vessel dock in their ports. The migrants were saved by the French charity SOS Mediterranee on Saturday and were stranded in the Mediterranean Sea when Matteo Salvini, the new Italian interior minister, reportedly refused to allow the vessel to dock at Italian ports.
Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:29 UTC
Fox News apologizes for calling the Singapore summit a meeting of “two dictators”

Fox News host has accidentally referred to the highly anticipated summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a meeting of “two dictators.”
Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:24 UTC
All ready for Tuesday's Trump/Kim summit: denuclearization at the heart of discussions

North Korea has told the United States that it's prepared to discuss denuclearization at the June 12 summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump. But the reclusive regime likely has an entirely different understanding of what denuclearization entails.
Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:16 UTC
Theresa May version of “candid and productive” events at Quebec G7 summit

At this G7 summit, we have discussed a range of issues – including the vital importance of defending democracy and the rules-based international system, free and fair global trade, the need to work for equal opportunities for all our citizens, and the need to protect our oceans.
Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:10 UTC
Ex Panama president extradited from US; faces charges of illegal wiretapping

The former president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, will be extradited this Monday from the United States, where he has been held for a case of illegal wiretapping, one of his attorneys said Sunday. It’s happening tomorrow,” Monday, Sidney Sitton said in a message by WhatsApp, without providing further details.
Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:03 UTC
Trump rejects G7 communiqué and fires that “Fair trade is now to be called fool trade”

US President Donald Trump has fired off a string of angry tweets criticising America's closest allies hours after leaving a divisive G7 summit in Canada. Mr Trump said the US paid “close to the entire cost of Nato” to help protect countries that “rip us off on trade”.
Monday, June 11th 2018 - 08:34 UTC
Italy refuses docking to 629 migrants; Minister Salvani has promised to deport half a million illegals

A group of more than 600 migrants appear to have become the first subjects of the new Italian government's tough immigration stance without having even set foot on Italian soil. A charity rescue vessel carrying 629 people is currently stranded in the Mediterranean after Matteo Salvini, the new Italian interior minister, reportedly refused to allow it to dock at Italian ports.
Monday, June 11th 2018 - 08:26 UTC
Brazilian leading presidential candidate softens attitude towards China

Rightwing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro said that China was an “exceptional partner” of Brazil, softening earlier criticism that Chinese investors were taking over Latin America’s largest economy. “We will continue being a partner of China,” Bolsonaro said when asked how he would treat Chinese investments if he wins the October election.
Monday, June 11th 2018 - 08:20 UTC
Mexico's future closely linked to oil development no matter who's the next president

Mexican oil output could return to 2 million barrels per day by about 2022 if the next government pursues plans to auction off development blocs to private investors, Energy Minister Pedro Joaquin Coldwell announced. Mexico will elect a new president on July 1 but the front-runner in opinion polls, leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has threatened to delay opening up the energy sector to private investment.