International

• Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 21:37 UTC

  With a Brexit transition deal, UK financial sector “will not be hit as badly as feared”

  

  The UK financial services sector will not be hit by Brexit as badly as feared, London's Lord Mayor has said. Charles Bowman told website Politico between 5,000 and 13,000 jobs could go by the UK's departure on 30 March 2019. The figure, which assumes the UK will secure a transition deal, is based on public Brexit job announcements by City firms and internal staff analysis.

• Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 21:21 UTC

  Dengue viral infection fought off with special mosquitoes in Australian city

  

  A deployment of special mosquitoes in Australia has for the first time protected an entire city from the viral infection dengue. The captive-bred mosquitoes were released in the city of Townsville, Queensland, where they mated with local mosquitoes.

• Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 20:04 UTC

  Bloody Sunday 1972 investigation is going ahead, confirms North Ireland police service

  

  A senior detective has said police in Northern Ireland are legally obliged to investigate Bloody Sunday. This comes after the former head of the British Army urged the government to put a stop to the “macabre charade” that could see Northern Ireland veterans facing legal action.

• Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 10:33 UTC

  Pep Guardiola furious with Argentina for linking him as possible coach of the national team

  

  Pep Guardiola has rejected stories linking him to the vacant job as Argentina coach following the country's disappointing performance at the World Cup.

• Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 09:53 UTC

  Monsanto loses Roundup weed killer case and will have to pay US$ 289 million

  

  A San Francisco jury on Friday ordered agribusiness giant Monsanto to pay US$ 289 million to a former school groundskeeper dying of cancer, saying the company's popular Roundup weed killer contributed to his disease.

• Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Black Friday for Argentina: dollar climbs 3.86% and sovereign credit risk reaches 700 points

  

  Argentina’s peso closed down 3.86% on Friday and the stock market ended 1.44%, pressured by emerging markets turmoil, particularly in Turkey, and a corruption scandal that has touched some of the country’s top business leaders, traders said.

• Friday, August 10th 2018 - 08:32 UTC

  South West England voters back a second referendum on a Brexit deal

  

  Voters in the South West of England back a second referendum on the Brexit deal by a margin of 42% to 35%, according to a new poll. The poll, for the People’s Vote campaign, was released ahead of a day of action by the group across the region on Saturday, culminating in a rally in Bristol.

• Friday, August 10th 2018 - 07:55 UTC

  Insurance industry predicts a “nightmare scenario” in a no-deal Brexit

  

  A no-deal Brexit would be a “nightmare scenario” for the insurance industry and must be avoided “at all costs” to safeguard the future of the sector, a new report has warned.The report by global law firm Kennedys said that slow progress in Brexit negotiations has forced many insurance companies to draw up – and in some cases implement – plans to move part of their business out of the UK, with Dublin a favored destination.

• Friday, August 10th 2018 - 07:40 UTC

  Caribbean island and BOT Anguilla worries about Brexit

  

  Under the heading of 'The tiny British island of Anguilla worries about Brexit', The Economist addressed the issue of the impact of Brexit on its Overseas Territories, mainly in the Caribbean and particularly in Anguilla, an island whose connectivity is entirely dependent on neighboring territories from France and the Netherlands. There is also a mention to other BOTs, such as the Falkland Islands, and its main exports market, Spain, 'which has a taste for Argentine squid'. And 'it is not clear whether the Falklands will retain tariff-free access to this market once Britain leaves the EU'.

• Friday, August 10th 2018 - 06:51 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina markets hit by domestic and overseas uncertainties

  

  Major Latin American currencies fell against the dollar on Thursday as global trade tensions strengthened the greenback and political uncertainty in Brazil and Argentina. Latin America's largest economy heads into a presidential election in two months time and in Argentina a major corruption scandal is unfolding.