International

Monday, July 16th 2018 - 08:29 UTC
Iconic Taj Mahal: “either you demolish it or you restores it” India's Justices tell government

India’s most famous landmark, Taj Mahal, is being threatened with demolition and shut down if the government continues to fail to address its worrying changing color, the country’s top court has warned.
Monday, July 16th 2018 - 07:42 UTC
Infantino praises Russia and Putin for “the best World Cup ever”

Gianni Infantino praised the organization of the Russia World Cup and restates that the first Middle East host could expand the tournament. Speaking at FIFA’s closing press conference of the four-week World Cup, the FIFA president said: ”For a couple of years, I was saying this would be the best World Cup ever, today I can say it with more conviction because I lived it and you lived it. It is the best World Cup ever.”
Monday, July 16th 2018 - 07:29 UTC
Trump in Finland ready to meet Putin; describes EU, Russia and China as “foes”

President Donald Trump named the European Union as a top adversary of the United States and denounced the news media as the “enemy of the people” before arriving in Helsinki on Sunday on the eve of his high-stakes summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
Monday, July 16th 2018 - 07:20 UTC
Argentine foreign ministry informs Tierra del Fuego delegation on the current Malvinas policy

Overall the Argentine government is satisfied how relations with the UK regarding the South Atlantic, and Falklands' sovereignty claims are evolving, was the message with which members of the so called Malvinas Question Observatory from Tierra del Fuego province, returned to Ushuaia after meeting with foreign ministry officials in Buenos Aires, according to local media reports.
Monday, July 16th 2018 - 07:19 UTC
Theresa May: We will leave the European Union

The Sunday Express published the following piece from the British Prime Minister, who faces a serious challenge to her leadership from dissatisfied Tories: YOU, the British people voted to leave the European Union and that is what we are going to do. I will not be derailed from my duty to deliver your democratic decision. Amid all the noise this Government is getting on with the job.
Sunday, July 15th 2018 - 21:43 UTC
Brazilian journalist reports being expelled from his Russia hotel by emir of Qatar

Journalist Jamil Chade of the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper covering the football World Cup, reported on social media he was expelled from his hotel after failing to acquiesce to a request to pay the emir of Qatar's food bill.
Saturday, July 14th 2018 - 07:48 UTC
Venezuela’s oil crisis gets worse: Production keeps falling

Venezuela’s oil production plunged by another 47,500 barrels per day (bpd) in June, compared to a month earlier. An exodus of workers and field shut downs were reported for the month, pointing to a grim near-term future that could see total production dip below 1 million barrels per day (mb/d) by the end of the year.
Saturday, July 14th 2018 - 07:44 UTC
UN agrees first-ever Global Compact on migration

For the first time ever, United Nations Member States have agreed an all-encompassing Global Compact to better manage international migration, address its challenges, strengthen migrant rights and contribute to sustainable development.
Saturday, July 14th 2018 - 07:35 UTC
FIFA picks Argentine Pitana for World Cup decider

FIFA has picked Argentina's Nestor Pitana to referee Sunday's World Cup final between France and Croatia at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.
Friday, July 13th 2018 - 10:26 UTC
Donald Trump unwelcome in London: ‘Trump baby’ blimp will fly over the Parliament

The unpopularity of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, shown apparent by Thursday night, when protests started as soon as he landed in London for a meeting with the PM Theresa May. The US president, as the main event of his trip, will hold talks with the prime minister May and the new foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, at the PM’s Chequers country retreat.