International

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Swiss prosecution has returned US$ 365m to Brazil linked to corruption operations in Petrobras and Odebrecht

  

  Crime-fighters in Switzerland and Brazil pledged to intensify cooperation to resolve the sprawling corruption case linked to state oil firm Petrobras in which around 700 million Swiss francs (US$ 701 million) remain frozen in Switzerland.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 08:14 UTC

  Space-based tracking shows how aviation connects the world.

  

  Aircraft tracking company Aireon has demonstrated the reach of aviation in the 21st century with a spectacular visualization of aircraft it tracked across the globe using its now operational space-based system.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 06:45 UTC

  US/China closer to a deal: they agree to establish “enforcement officers”

  

  The United States and China have largely agreed on a mechanism to police any trade agreement they reach, including establishing new “enforcement offices,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 06:14 UTC

  Stockpiling ahead of Brexit helped spur the UK economy, says stats office

  

  Stockpiling by manufacturers ahead of Brexit helped the UK economy grow by 0.3% in the three months to February. The national s pointed to manufacturers “changing the timing of their activities” as the UK's exit from the EU approaches.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 06:08 UTC

  Over half of Brits want the Brexit final deal to be put to a referendum

  

  More than half of the public would like the UK Government’s final Brexit deal to be put to a referendum, according to a new poll. The Kantar poll found that 51% of Britons would like a referendum to be held on the deal once negotiations between the Government and the EU have come to an end.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  “My trade wars aren't finished yet”, Trump warns IMF and World Bank spring meetings

  

  
United States president Donald Trump is sending a clear message to the economic policymakers gathering in Washington for the IMF and World Bank's spring meetings: My trade wars aren't finished yet and a weakening global economy will just have to deal with it.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  OAS Permanent Council accepts Representative of Venezuela’s National Assembly

  

  The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved on Tuesday a resolution on the situation in Venezuela in which it resolves “to accept the appointment of Mr. Gustavo Tarre as the National Assembly’s designated permanent representative, pending new elections and the appointment of a democratically elected government,” and instructs the Secretary General ”to transmit the text of this resolution to the Secretary General of the United Nations.”

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Standard Chartered fined US$ 1,1bn for helping Iran and £102m to Britain's Financial Conduct Authority

  

  Standard Chartered bank is being fined US$1.1bn for violating US sanctions against Iran and over inadequate financial crime controls The penalties, imposed in connection with a range of different investigations in the US and the UK, all date back to before 2014.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  Saudi's oil company Aramco plans to borrow US$ 12bn in its debut bond sale

  

  Saudi Aramco is planning to borrow US$12 billion in its debut bond sale as the oil giant pulls off one of the most oversubscribed debt deals of all time. Investor orders for the dollar bonds reached an excess of US$100 billion at the peak on Tuesday, according to market experts

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  IMF cuts global 2019 growth; suggests rich countries should prop their economies

  

  The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its global economic growth forecasts for 2019 and warned growth could slow further due to trade tensions and a potentially disorderly British exit from the European Union.