International

• Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 06:57 UTC

  Former First Sea Lord furious with gender controversy in referring to ships

  

  The decision to scrap the “she” title for boats will “insult generations of sailors”, the former head of the Navy says. In a piece published in the Daily Mail, Admiral Lord Alan West, former First Sea Lord, has spoken out after a British maritime museum began referring to ships it exhibits as “it” in a bid to appear gender neutral.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 11:36 UTC

  Argentina trying to sell its soy bumper crop to China

  

  Argentina is pushing to increase agricultural trade with commodities-hungry China, as farmers on the country’s Pampas grains belt prepare for what is expected to be a bumper soybean harvest over the weeks ahead.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  IMF also concerned with the increase in the poverty rate in Argentina

  

  An official with the International Monetary Fund has declared that the increase in the poverty rate in Argentina could force the government to rethink its spending plans and “protect the poor.”

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Trump and Twitter's co-founder meet at the White House to protect ”the health of the public conversation

  

  US President Donald Trump has met Twitter's co-founder Jack Dorsey at the White House to discuss social media. In a statement, Twitter said the pair spoke about “protecting the health of the public conversation” ahead of the US 2020 general election.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Possible Spanish Socialist and Conservative coalitions too close to call according to latest opinion polls

  

  Spain’s Socialists increased their lead in two polls published over the weekend, with support from 28.8% to 30.3% of voters, but they fell short of a majority ahead of a general election on April 28.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Wild salmon stocks in Scotland at “crisis point”, warns trade body

  

  Wild salmon catches in Scotland are at their lowest level since records began, a trade body has claimed. Fisheries Management Scotland said figures due to be published later will show stocks of the fish are at “crisis point”.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 08:28 UTC

  Trump to the rescue of Harley Davidson motorbikes: threatens to reciprocate “unfair” EU tariffs

  

  Donald Trump has vowed to reciprocate against “unfair” European Union trade duties on Harley Davidson motorbikes. The US President had previously criticized the US bike maker for its plans to shift American production overseas to avoid EU tariffs.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 08:19 UTC

  Google in trouble over alleged retaliation against protests by women staff

  

  Organizers of a series of walkouts in protest at Google's treatment of women have said they have since become victims of retaliation by the company. In November, 20,000 employees walked out of their offices demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations were dealt with at Google.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Catalonia’s secession surfaces again in Spanish debate ahead of Sunday elections

  

  Spain's outgoing prime minister faced an onslaught of criticism on Monday from his right-wing rivals over Catalonia's secession crisis in a testy four-way debate ahead of elections, while he warned them against cosying up to the far-right.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Rift between Sir Lanka president and PM kept security forces on the black about the coming attacks

  

  A rift between Sri Lanka's president and prime minister, which sparked a crisis last year, came under scrutiny on Monday a day after a series of deadly bomb blasts, with questions over how the government handled a recent warning of an attack.