Stories for October 15th 2019

Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 10:03 UTC
Falklands regains International Cricket Council status and entitled to play in South America's championship

The Falklands Cricket Association is set to start its outdoor league in the coming weeks. And it is doing so boosted by the news that it recently regained its International Cricket Council (ICC) status.
Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
EU sanctions on Nicaragua for Ortega's human rights abuses and repression

The European Union adopted a sanctions framework for Nicaragua on Monday over human rights abuses and repression in the Central American country under leftist President Daniel Ortega.
Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:51 UTC
Brazil's truck makers anticipate a strong 8% growth prospect this year

Brazil’s largest truck makers are expressing optimism again about the growth prospects for Latin America’s largest economy, even as the country continues to struggle to rebound from a deep recession that began in 2015.
Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Nobel Economics Prize for work in fighting global poverty by three US-based economists

US-based economists Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo from MIT, and Michael Kremer. Harvard University, won the 2019 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for work in fighting global poverty that has helped millions of children by favoring practical steps over theory.
Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:25 UTC
Queen's speech: “priority has always been to secure UK's departure from EU on Oct. 31”

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday set out his government's priorities at a parliamentary ceremony full of pomp and pageantry attended by the queen, with Brexit top of the agenda.
Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:21 UTC
 Typhoon and torrential rains kill 67 in Japan and cause havoc in 36 of 47 prefectures

Fresh rain threatened to hamper efforts by tens of thousands of Japanese rescuers searching for survivors after a powerful typhoon that by early Tuesday had killed 67 people.
Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:12 UTC
A third of the world's 700 million children under five are undernourished or overweight, UNICEF report

A third of the world's nearly 700 million children under five years old are undernourished or overweight and face lifelong health problems as a consequence, according to a grim UN assessment of childhood nutrition released on Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:11 UTC
The Euro wins a battle in Italy and the idea of an “Italtexit” ceases as a slogan

Italy's League leader Matteo Salvini said on Monday the euro was here to stay and he hoped that nobody in his far-right, euro-sceptic party would ever again raise doubts over Italy's membership of the single currency.
Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 08:57 UTC
Massive protests in Catalonia and clashes with riot police after separatist leaders were sentenced to prison for sedition

Thousands of protesters in Catalonia took to the streets Monday and blocked Barcelona's El Prat airport after Spain's Supreme Court sentenced nine separatist leaders to lengthy prison terms for their attempt to declare independence from Spain in 2017.
Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 08:42 UTC
Vatican's latest financial scandal claims its first victim: Pope Francis' chief bodyguard resigns

The Vatican's latest leaks scandal claimed its first victim on Monday, as Pope Francis' chief bodyguard resigned over the leak of a Vatican police flyer identifying five employees who were suspended as part of a financial investigation.