International

Monday, May 7th 2018 - 08:54 UTC
British Embassy in Buenos Aires launches call for project bids for 2018

The British Embassy is inviting all interested parties to submit their proposals for the British Embassy Buenos Aires Project Fund 2018. The British Embassy has been allocated program funds for UK financial year 2018/2019. The fund is part of the UK’s total Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitment of 0.7% of GNI.
Monday, May 7th 2018 - 08:29 UTC
Argentina and China among the most vulnerable markets, says IIF

The markets of China, Ukraine, Argentina, South Africa and Turkey are the most vulnerable among all developing countries in terms of financing needs, reserve adequacy, asset valuation, institutional quality and trade resilience, according to a review by the analysts of the Institute of International Finance (IIF).
Monday, May 7th 2018 - 08:25 UTC
Lead case in UK: Cambridge Analytica must turn in all personal information on a US academic

Britain's data privacy watchdog has ordered Cambridge Analytica to hand over all the personal information it holds on a U.S. academic, confirming the right of people abroad to seek data held by a UK firm. Data privacy activists say that it sets a precedent that would enable millions of other U.S. voters to request information that the company had collected on them.
Monday, May 7th 2018 - 08:20 UTC
WHO claims 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants

Air pollution levels remain dangerously high in many parts of the world. New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants. Updated estimations reveal an alarming death toll of 7 million people every year caused by ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution.
Monday, May 7th 2018 - 08:15 UTC
Forum on gastronomy tourism organized by UNWTO, Thailand and the Basque Culinary Center

Following the success of the previous editions, the Government of Thailand and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in collaboration with the Basque Culinary Center, are organizing the 4th UNWTO World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism, to take place from 30 May to 1 June 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Monday, May 7th 2018 - 08:06 UTC
Theresa May determined to deliver Brexit, but her cabinet remains divided, and so is opposition Labour

British Prime Minister Theresa May insisted she had the “determination to deliver Brexit” as she came under pressure from both wings of the Tory party to change course.
Saturday, May 5th 2018 - 09:15 UTC
When Will Electric Cars Take Over The Roads?

The age of the electric vehicle (EV) will be here sooner than you think.
Saturday, May 5th 2018 - 09:08 UTC
Trump said date and location for meeting with Kim Jong Un has been set

President Donald Trump on Friday said the date and location have been set for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, building suspense for the unprecedented talks, as South Korea said it would oppose a withdrawal of U.S. troops from the area.
Saturday, May 5th 2018 - 08:58 UTC
Beijing triggers Marx controversy in Germany with statue donation to his home town of Trier

Chinese gift of a statue of Karl Marx is dividing Germans, as his home town of Trier prepares to unveil it 200 years after his birth. Marx co-wrote the Communist Manifesto, which said that all human history had been based on class struggle. His work remains controversial in Europe but is presented by China as central to its way of governing.
Saturday, May 5th 2018 - 08:50 UTC
Labour party faces “unmitigated disaster” and demands a “proper post-mortem”

Jeremy Corbyn is facing a Labour backlash over his party’s “unmitigated disaster” at the polls, which prompted Theresa May to taunt his failure to make an electoral breakthrough. As the dust settled Labor’s Chukka Umunna called for his party’s ruling National Executive to set up a “proper post-mortem,” warning the results could not give it confidence it would win the next General Election.