International

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  CCAMLR fails to protect Southern Ocean

  

  The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) has again failed to take action to protect the Southern Ocean, with no progress made on the critical issues of marine protected areas, climate change, and transshipment.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:18 UTC

  The UK's Real Living Wage goes up to £9 an hour

  

  UK residents working for an employer who has voluntarily signed up to the real Living Wage are set for a 2.8% pay rise this week. For the first time they will receive £9 an hour. This is not to be confused with the compulsory National Living Wage, which is currently £7.83 an hour for anyone over the age of 25.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 06:09 UTC

  New Caledonia votes to remain French, but pro-independence militants are also celebrating

  

  Voters in New Caledonia have rejected independence and decided to remain part of France. Late Sunday night the French government released provisional results showing 78,361 people voted No in the historic referendum, while 60,573 cast their ballot for Yes — a margin of 56.4% to 43.6%.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 05:44 UTC

  Buenos Aires G20 summit: US requests Uruguay authorization to station troops and aircraft

  

  Uruguay's government asked Congress to allow United States troops and equipment to stay in country during the upcoming G20 meeting in neighboring Argentina, due to be attended by the US, Chinese, Russian and European leaders.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 23:57 UTC

  Russia to help Cuba finance acquisition of military equipment

  

  Russia has agreed to assist Cuba purchase modern weaponry by means of a 38-million-euro credit line, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak explained Friday after talks between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez at the Kremlin.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 22:33 UTC

  Llama antibodies good for influenza treatment, research shows

  

  Researchers seem to be on the right path to finding a vaccine for all types of influenza by benefitting from the llama's immune system, a study published in the latest edition of the journal Science reported.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  Palestinians condemn Bolsonaro's decision to move Brazil's embassy to Jerusalem

  

  A senior Palestinian official on Friday condemned Brazilian far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's announcement that he would move his country's Israel embassy to Jerusalem.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  UK and EU advance in financial issues relating to London as global center

  

  The United Kingdom and the European Union have made progress on a deal to give London’s dominant financial center basic access to EU markets after Brexit, two British officials said, but no agreement has yet been clinched.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Backers of Brexit funding campaign investigated for “suspected criminal offences”

  

  Brexit backer Arron Banks is being investigated by the UK’s serious crime agency for “suspected criminal offences” over £8 million of campaign funding during the Brexit referendum.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Fracking shale gas flows in UK, but controversy over earth tremors intensifies

  

  Shale gas has flowed for the first time at the UK's only fracking site currently in operation, energy firm Cuadrilla says. Operations began at the Lancashire site in October for the first time since 2011 when it was suspended because of earth tremors. There have been suspensions of the renewed underground drilling operations after further tremors in the area.