International

Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:39 UTC
A no Brexit deal will slow sharply UK economic growth, says think tank

A no-deal Brexit could slam the brakes on the UK’s economic growth, wiping out Chancellor Philip Hammond’s hopes of boosting public spending, a think tank has said. If the UK fails to reach a withdrawal deal with the EU and moves on to World Trade Organization (WTO) rules next March, GDP growth can be expected to slow sharply from 1.4% this year to 0.3% in both 2019 and 2020, said the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr).
Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:35 UTC
Shale gas fracking suspended in UK following an earthquake

Operations have been suspended at the UK's only active shale gas fracking site following an earthquake - just 11 days after it was given the go ahead. Energy firm Cuadrilla said it would halt fracking at the Lancashire site for 18 hours after a tremor of 0.8 magnitude was recorded.
Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 08:08 UTC
Khoshoggi's fiancée rejects Trump invitation; Turkish prosecutors want extradition of 18 Saudi suspects

Turkish prosecutors have prepared an extradition request for 18 suspects from Saudi Arabia in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, authorities said on Friday, after President Tayyip Erdogan urged Riyadh to disclose who ordered the murder.
Friday, October 26th 2018 - 19:25 UTC
Search for ARA San Juan deemed “useless” will go on after pressure from Argentine Navy

Ocean Infinity, the US company searching the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan, revised its decision to halt operations deemed “useless” until February and resumed work to comply with the minimum 60-day task agreed upon, it was reported.
Friday, October 26th 2018 - 09:52 UTC
Juncker wants Venezuelan “dictator” Maduro brought to justice as international pressure mounts

European Union (EU) Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker Wednesday Wednesday said Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro has become “a matter for the international justice system” and needs to “be brought before the courts.”
Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:53 UTC
Controversy in Westminster over “legal witch hunt” of British troops that served in Ulster

More than one third of Tory Members of Parliament, including a former Defense secretary - have written to the prime minister to demand an end to “legal witch hunts” of military veterans. Signatories to a letter delivered to Theresa May on Tuesday also include more than 50 members of the House of Lords, including four former chiefs of defense staff.
Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:48 UTC
Falklands: Brexit and Argentina's plan for closer links with the Islands

Brexit brings a chance to strengthen ties between Argentina and the Falkland Islands, the country's foreign minister Jorge Faurie said in London. Faurie met with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the pair discussed increasing trade and travel links between the Falkland Islands and South America.
Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:19 UTC
Scotland's Sturgeon convinced a no deal Brexit, the most likely outcome

A no-deal Brexit may be the “most likely outcome” of the UK’s negotiations with the EU, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has told MSPs. The First Minister said that while the terms of Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc are 95% agreed, there remains an “impasse” over the issue of the Irish border.
Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:19 UTC
Lords furious with Brexit Secretary who refuses to attend and inform EU Select Committee

The House of Lords EU Select Committee has written to Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab urging him not to stand in the way of Parliamentary scrutiny, and to honor his previous commitment to give evidence to Committees “on a regular basis”.
Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 21:31 UTC
Faurie in London: “Argentina is building institutions”

Argentina’s Foreign Minister spoke at a conference in Chatham House about the political and economic changes happening in Latin America.