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  • Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

    Spain and UK sign Gibraltar fiscal treaty to fight tax fraud and money laundering

    Spain has long criticized Gibraltar's low-tax regime, while the tiny Overseas Territory argues it is a crucial part of its thriving, services-based economy.

    Spain and Britain on Monday signed a fiscal treaty on Gibraltar as Brexit nears to fight tax fraud and money laundering via the British overseas territory. Hailed as “massively significant” by Gibraltar's leader, Fabian Picardo, it was signed separately by Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell and David Lidington, Prime Minister Theresa May's effective deputy.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

    Pope Francis will open Vatican archives on Pius XII and the Holocaust

    Pius, who was Pope from 1939 to 1958, has been accused of tolerating the rise of Nazi Germany and of not doing enough to protect Jews during the Holocaust

    Pope Francis has said the Roman Catholic Church will open up its archives on Pius XII, who was Pope during World War Two. Pius, who was Pope from 1939 to 1958, has been accused of tolerating the rise of Nazi Germany and of not doing enough to protect Jews during the Holocaust. The Vatican says he worked behind the scenes to try to protect Jews.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 09:17 UTC

    Libyan main oilfield back in production in coming days

    An oil engineer said oil production of the 315,000 barrels/day field was being restarted with a return to regular output expected in the next days

    Libyan state oil company NOC said on Monday it had lifted force majeure at the El Sharara oilfield, the country's biggest, which has been closed since December when state guards and tribesmen seized it.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 04:30 UTC

    World gigabyte costs: India the cheapest and Falklands among the most expensive

    Cable.co.uk. research found that one gigabyte (GB) of data cost US$ 0.26 (£0.20) in India but US$ 6.66 in the UK, and US$ 47.39 in the Falklands

    A study into the amount people pay for mobile data has found that the UK has some of the most expensive prices in Europe. Likewise the Falkland Islands and Saint Helena figure among the five worst cases in the site Cable.co.uk. The research found that one gigabyte (GB) of data cost $0.26 (£0.20) in India but $6.66 in the UK, and US$ 47.39 in the Falklands.

  • Monday, March 4th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

    Chinese jigger illegally operating flees from the Argentine Coast Guard

    The dramatic video of “Hua Xiang 801” ignoring arrest orders and trying to ram the Argentine Coast Guard GC-24 “Mantilla”

    A Chinese flagged jigger, “Hua Xiang 801” has fled from the Argentine Coast Guard, ignoring calls to stop engines, and intimidating shots, after it was discovered red-handed operating in Argentine waters early Sunday dawn.

  • Monday, March 4th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

    World Wildlife Day: UK provides a helping hand to turtles and mangroves

    Fauna & Flora International has been working to protect marine turtles in Nicaragua for 15 years

    Sunday 3 March marks United Nations World Wildlife Day. The theme for this year is, ‘Life below water: for people and planet’. One of the key animals whose plight is being highlighted is the turtle, which are targeted for their eggs, meat and shells. The animal has also suffered from habitat loss due to construction on coastlines.

  • Monday, March 4th 2019 - 08:39 UTC

    A mobile free application “HearWHO”, to help with hearing loss

    The app is targeted at those who are at risk of hearing loss or who already experience some of the symptoms related to hearing loss

    On the annual World Hearing Day (3 March), the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched “hearWHO”, a free application for mobile devices which allows people to check their hearing regularly and intervene early in case of hearing loss. The app is targeted at those who are at risk of hearing loss or who already experience some of the symptoms related to hearing loss.

  • Monday, March 4th 2019 - 08:16 UTC

    Footballer Emiliano Sala death unveils the “grey charter” business in the UK

    Pilot David Ibbotson was not licensed to carry paying passengers, which has fuelled speculation the flight was illegal

    The pilot of the crashed plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala dropped out of training for his commercial pilot's license before it was completed. David Ibbotson, who has still not been found, was not licensed to carry paying passengers, which has fuelled speculation the flight was illegal. Cardiff City striker Sala's body was found in the wreckage just off Guernsey on 4 February.

  • Monday, March 4th 2019 - 08:00 UTC

    EU discusses future partnership of Overseas Territories in Tahiti

    All overseas territories are islands, located from the tropics to the poles, in the Atlantic, Antarctic, Arctic, Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific

    At a meeting on Friday in Papeete (Tahiti) in French Polynesia, the EU discussed its future partnership with the Overseas Countries and Territories and signed five cooperation programmes with them totalling €44 million.

  • Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 08:35 UTC

    UK will not lower its food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with US

    If free of EU trade rules, the US want the UK to remove such so-called “sanitary and physio-sanitary” standards on imported goods.

    The UK will not lower food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, the government says. It comes after Washington published its objectives for a US-UK trade pact. The US wants “comprehensive market access” for its farmers' products that would see more US-made food on British supermarket shelves.