International

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 14:23 UTC

  New Zealand limits investing in housing for non residents to ease strong market for locals

  

  New Zealand's parliament has banned many foreigners from buying existing homes in the country - a move aimed at making properties more affordable. The ban only applies to non-residents. Australians and Singaporeans are exempt because of free-trade deals.

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 10:40 UTC

  UK inflation in July climbed to 2.5%: a blip or a trend?

  

  UK inflation climbed in July as had been expected, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics, ONS, released on Wednesday. ONS reported that the rate of consumer price inflation, the most-watched measure, increased from 2.4% in June to 2.5% in July, reversing a trend of gradually declining inflation over the course of 2018.

• Thursday, August 16th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Qatar to the rescue of Turkey with US$ 15bn in direct investments

  

  Qatar has come to the rescue of Turkey and its ruler Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani issued directives to support the Turkish economy with a host of economic projects, investments and deposits worth a total of US$ 15 billion. This follows a meeting of the Amir with the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday in Ankara.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 06:56 UTC

  London Police in seconds neutralize a lone driver attack on Parliament: three injured

  

  London's mayor is urging residents and tourists to remain calm and vigilant following the latest terror attack in the city. The driver of a car injured three people before crashing into barricades near Parliament. A security camera captured the moment the silver Ford came speeding down the road. It hit a group of cyclists, jumped the sidewalk and then smashed into the heavy metal security barrier.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 05:50 UTC

  Genoa killer bridge dates back to the fifties; alarm call for much of Italian creaky infrastructure

  

  It came seemingly without warning, and has left a shocked and devastated nation demanding answers. Now officials are scrambling to find out how Genoa’s Morandi Bridge collapsed overnight killing at least 30 people as it sent dozens of vehicles tumbling into a heap of concrete and twisted steel.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 05:42 UTC

  Record unemployment in UK: 4%; the lowest for more than forty years

  

  UK unemployment fell by 65,000 to 1.36 million in three months to June - the lowest for more than 40 years, official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. They also show a rise in productivity, but a slowdown in wage growth.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2018 - 22:57 UTC

  Breakthrough for cleaner fish and the Scottish salmon industry

  

  A milestone has been reached in the production of cleaner fish in Scotland, particularly for the salmon industry, with two leading farmers completing the lifecycle of raising wrasse in a controlled environment. In a collaboration between Marine Harvest, Scottish Sea Farms and the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling, wild caught ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) have been bred for more than six years in a facility in Machrihanish.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2018 - 07:36 UTC

  The Year of the Pig for Chinese couples could mean a third child

  

  A series of postage stamps featuring two pig parents and three happy piglets has prompted speculation that China may be about to further ease its restrictions on the number of children to deal with its rapidly ageing population.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2018 - 07:01 UTC

  Weed killer forces Bayer shares to drop sharply

  

  Shares in German pharmaceutical group Bayer have dropped sharply following a US verdict linking a product to cancer. By mid-morning on Monday, Bayer's shares had lost 10.4% of their value.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2018 - 06:31 UTC

  Argentine ex president accompanied to court by close associates of the Pope

  

  Argentine ex president Cristina Fernandez over the weekend called on her followers not to accompany her on Monday when she attended the Court House to testify before Judge Claudio Bonadío in reference to the so called “K corruption notebooks”.