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  • Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

    Last four years the hottest on record, confirms UN's Meteorological Office

    “The long-term temperature trend is far more important than the ranking of individual years, and that trend is an upward one,” said WMO Petteri Taalas

    The last four years were the hottest since global temperature records began, the UN confirmed on Wednesday in an analysis that it said was a “clear sign of continuing long-term climate change”. The UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in November that 2018 was set to be the fourth warmest year in recorded history, stressing the urgent need for action to rein in runaway planetary warming.

  • Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 07:44 UTC

    Bank Of America: Oil Demand Growth To Hit Zero Within A Decade

    By 2030, oil demand growth zeros out as consumption hits a permanent peak, before falling at a relatively rapid rate thereafter <br />

    By 2030, oil demand could hit a peak and then enter decline, according to a new report. For the next decade or so, oil demand should continue to grow, although at a slower and slower rate. According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the annual increase in global oil consumption slows dramatically in the years ahead. By 2024, demand growth halves, falling to just 0.6 million barrels per day (mb/d), down from 1.2 mb/d this year.

  • Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

    Sexual abuse of nuns by clerics, including abortions, 'and still going', was admitted by Pope Francis

    It is thought to be the first time Pope Francis has acknowledged the sexual abuse of nuns by the clergy. He admitted the problem but said it was “still going on”

    Pope Francis has admitted that clerics have sexually abused nuns, and in one case they were kept as sex slaves. He said in that case his predecessor, Pope Benedict, was forced to shut down an entire congregation of nuns who were being abused by priests.

  • Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

    UK seminar for Overseas Territories on safe maritime trade and seabed mapping

    Delegates from the Overseas Territories visiting the UK Hydrographic Office

    The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) have launched a five-day capacity building seminar to help UK Overseas Territories, including the Falkland Islands, support safe maritime trade. The seminar, delivered as part of the government’s Overseas Territories Seabed Mapping Program, will focus on international regulations, with sessions on maritime safety information training, best practice governance and maritime law.

  • Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 08:58 UTC

    US humanitarian aid stationed at the Colombia/Venezuela border

    It is unclear how the supplies will get into Venezuela without Maduro’s blessing and cooperation of the Venezuelan military, which has remained loyal

    Trucks carrying food and medical supplies sent by the United States to be stockpiled until it can be brought into Venezuela will arrive later this week at Guaido’s request and will be prepositioned at the main Colombian-Venezuelan border crossing at Cucuta, U.S. sources revealed

  • Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

    Brussels insists the Irish backstop agreed with PM May is the “only operational solution”

    The EU’s refusal to give ground came as senior Tories from both wings of the party met in Whitehall for talks aimed at finding a solution to the Irish border issue

    Brussels has stepped up its opposition to attempts to reopen Theresa May’s Brexit deal as senior Tories began talks on alternatives to the Irish backstop. The European Union’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier said the backstop was the “only operational solution” to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland.

  • Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

    Forty UK trade agreements at risk in the event of a no deal Brexit, warns CBI

    CBI said there were “hugely damaging implications” for the UK if it had to leave trade deals it has through its membership of the European Union.

    The UK risks “crashing out” of 40 trade agreements spanning five continents in the event of a no-deal Brexit, a business organization has warned. The Confederation of British Industry, CBI, said there were “hugely damaging implications” for the UK if it had to leave trade deals it has through its membership of the European Union.

  • Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 08:37 UTC

    UK's service sector stagnated in January: new orders fell for the first time in 30 months

    IHS Markit's Chris Williamson said the results indicated that the UK economy “is at risk of stalling or worse”

    The UK's service sector stagnated last month, with new orders falling for the first time in two-and-a-half years, according to the IHS Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI). The figures showed a reading of 50.1 in January lower than December's 51.2.

  • Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

    Trump's pick for the World Bank, a skeptic of multilateral institutions

    Malpass in 2017 criticized the World Bank, the IMF and other multilateral institutions for growing larger, more “intrusive” and “entrenched.”

    The Trump administration has notified World Bank shareholders that President Donald Trump intends to pick senior Treasury Department official David Malpass as the U.S. nominee to lead the development lender, people familiar with the decision said on Monday.

  • Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

    European allies bend to join 'gringo empire' approach

    Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly recognized as interim president by some countries

    The decision to promote Juan Guaidó as a rival president to Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela was clearly made in Washington, not in Caracas. The speed with which U.S. allies in the Americas and western Europe recognised Guaidó’s claim on Jan. 23 to be the legitimate president of Venezuela would not have been possible without a lot of prior coordination — and a lot of pressure by the Trump administration.