International

Monday, February 26th 2018 - 09:24 UTC
Berlusconi and his right wing coalition inching towards victory in Italy next week

Sidestepping sex scandals, serial gaffes and legal woes, Silvio Berlusconi’s astonishing return to front-line politics rolled on Sunday at a party gathering where adoring supporters feted the billionaire mogul as Italy’s next kingmaker.
Monday, February 26th 2018 - 09:16 UTC
Israel threatens to confiscate Christian land and assets following new municipal tax law

The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem locked its doors and closed until further notice to protest a new municipal tax policy and a bill that would allow the Israeli government to confiscate some church land in exchange for compensation.
Monday, February 26th 2018 - 09:09 UTC
UK/Brazil launch the Year of Science and Innovation 2018/19

The UK-Brazil Year of Science and Innovation 2018-19, will be celebrated by a cocktail reception on 27 February at the Museum of Tomorrow during the visit of the British Royal Research Ship James Cook to Rio.
Monday, February 26th 2018 - 07:28 UTC
Corbyn expected to clarify position on Brexit in a divided Labour party

The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, will clarify the party’s position on Brexit this Monday in a move that could lead to a major parliamentary defeat for Prime Minister Theresa May. The Prime Minister has ruled out staying in any customs union with the European Union after Brexit because it would prevent the country from striking its own new trade deals with fast-growing economies such as China and India.
Monday, February 26th 2018 - 06:40 UTC
Falklands/Darwin cemetery operation: all ready for relatives day-trip, according to Argentina

The trip of the relatives from the now identified 88 Argentine combatants buried at Darwin Cemetery, will be arriving to the Falkland Islands in three aircraft on 26th March at 09;30, and will be leaving by 16:00 hours of the same Monday, according to reports in the Argentine media. The Argentine-Armenian businessman Eduardo Eurnekian, who in 2004 paid for the Argentine Memorial at Darwin, will be financing the operation.
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.