Economy

Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:51 UTC
European top clubs destabilizing effects, warns La Liga president

La Liga president Javier Tebas has warned Europe's top clubs of the destabilizing effect seeking further riches through a revamped Champions League or FIFA's new Club World Cup will have on national leagues.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:34 UTC
More than 470 million currently unemployed or underemployed, warns UN

More than 470 million people worldwide are currently unemployed or underemployed, the UN said on Monday, warning that a lack of access to decent jobs was contributing to social unrest. The global unemployment rate has remained relatively stable over much of the past decade, according to the UN's International Labour Organization.
Monday, January 20th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina pledges bill to attract investment for production of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez will send a bill to Congress to attract investment for the production of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbons, a spokesman for the Production Development ministry said.
Monday, January 20th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Falkland Islands Special for the popular “Walks around Britain series”

Adventurer and mountaineer Alan Hinkes is tackling one of his most tricky challenges to date: persuading people that the South Atlantic Falkland Islands are a must-see holiday destination.
Monday, January 20th 2020 - 08:14 UTC
World billionaires are richer than 60% of the global population, Oxfam charity

The world's richest 2,153 people controlled more money than the poorest 4.6 billion combined in 2019, the charity Oxfam said on Monday. It said poor women and girls were at the bottom of the scale, putting in “12.5 billion hours of unpaid care work each and every day”, estimated to be worth at least US$10.8 trillion a year.
Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
UK government preparing great Brexit night celebration, including special coins for January 31st

Britain will issue special coins, fly the Union Jack and project a countdown clock on the walls of Downing Street - but not bong Big Ben - on Brexit night, the government said on Friday.
Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:58 UTC
Support words from IMF chief for Argentina's efforts to recover the economy

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday the lender has had “very constructive” exchanges with Argentina's new Peronist government and would do whatever possible to assist the indebted country.
Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:47 UTC
Mexico considering a lottery to get rid of the “extravagant” presidential jet: US$ 30 a ticket

Mexico is considering a lottery to get rid of the nation's presidential jet, after a year of failed attempts to sell the aircraft. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said this week that Mexico is flying back the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which has been stored in a California hangar since December 2018, just after he took office, to resume sale efforts.
Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:47 UTC
UK lists both Hezbollah's military and political wings as a terrorist group

Britain's finance ministry on Friday said it had added Lebanon's entire Hezbollah movement to its list of terrorist groups subject to asset freezing. The ministry previously only targeted the Shiite organization's military wing but has now listed the whole group after the government designated it a terrorist organization last March.
Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:46 UTC
IMF warns that the US/China accord is a “trade truce, and not the same as trade peace”

The United States and China still have a long way to go to resolve their trade disputes although the partial deal signed this week is a step forward, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday. “Trade truce is not the same as trade peace,” she said.