International

• Sunday, February 25th 2018 - 13:48 UTC

  Why The Next Oil Boom Will Be Fueled By Blockchain

  

  Big Oil is due for a disruption.

• Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:31 UTC

  EU leaders agree to spend more on defense and security, and squabble over UK funding losses

  

  EU leaders have agreed to spend more on common defense and security policy in their next long-term budget, said European Council President Donald Tusk. Leaders of 27 states were meeting in Brussels to shape the 2021-27 budget.

• Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  Beijing cracks down on financial giant Anbang to protect rights and interests of consumers

  

  Beijing has cracked down on insurance and financial giant Anbang, taking control of the conglomerate and prosecuting the firm's head. Wu Xiaohui, who was already detained by authorities last June, is to face prosecution for “economic crimes”.

• Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

  UN chief Guterres criticized for accepting Syria in Decolonization Committee top post

  

  UN chief Antonio Guterres was criticized on Thursday by a watchdog group for failing to condemn Syria’s election to a committee charged with working towards decolonization. UN Watch called on US Ambassador Nikki Haley, and European ambassadors to condemn the world body for handing Bashar Assad’s regime what it called “a propaganda victory.”

• Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  China, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and S Korea account for 85% global fishing efforts, says Science magazine

  

  More than half of the world’s oceans are being commercially fished, spanning an area four times what is used for global agriculture, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The study is the first in-depth look at the global footprint of the industrial fishing industry.

• Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 07:54 UTC

  UK's approach to next stage of negotiations bases on “pure illusion”, says Tusk

  

  UK's approach to the next stage of Brexit negotiations seems to be based on “pure illusion”, Donald Tusk says. The European Council president told a news conference in Brussels that the UK was still trying to “cherry pick” its future relationship with the EU.

• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 11:20 UTC

  BAS team leaves Falklands to explore Antarctica marine ecosystem hidden for 120.000 years

  

  A team of international scientists led by the British Antarctic Survey set off on Wednesday to explore a mysterious marine ecosystem that has lain hidden under an ice shelf for up to 120,000 years.

• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 09:46 UTC

  PM May preparing her “Road to Brexit” following a meeting of “war committee”

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May will set out “the way forward” for Brexit next week after a meeting with top aides on Thursday intended to resolve differences over strategy that are dividing her team, and frustrating European Union negotiators.

• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 09:35 UTC

  UK economy grows at the slowest pace among world's wealthiest countries

  

  The UK economy expanded by less than previously thought in the last three months of 2017, official figures say. GDP grew by 0.4% in the October-to-December period, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, down from the initial estimate of 0.5%. The revision was due to slower growth in production industries, the ONS said.

• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  Argentina foils major cocaine ring operating from the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires

  

  An international drug trafficking ring operating out of the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires was dismantled and several arrests made, Argentine police announced on Thursday.