International

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 06:51 UTC

  Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner died at age 91 in Los Angeles

  

  Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television, symbolized by bow-tied women in bunny costumes, has died at age 91. He died of natural causes at his home surrounded by family Wednesday night, Playboy said in a statement.

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 05:11 UTC

  “Sustainable Tourism, a Tool for Development”, message by Taleb Rifai

  

  In 2017, the celebration of this Tourism World Day (September 27) focuses on how sustainable tourism can contribute to development and it is held in Doha (Qatar).

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 04:52 UTC

  OAS chief avoids forum in Uruguay, anticipating a government rebuke

  

  The Uruguayan born Secretary of the Organization of American States, OAS, Luis Almagro had to cancel at last minute his attendance at the opening of a cyber security in Montevideo, alleging “agenda matters”, but it has emerged that no Uruguayan government official or from the ruling coalition was willing to receive him.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2017 - 20:09 UTC

  UK does not support referendum being held in the Kurdish Region of Iraq

  

  The United Kingdom does not support the referendum held in the Kurdish Region of Iraq and continues to back the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq, underlined Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who insisted any referendum should be agreed with the Government of Iraq.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2017 - 19:54 UTC

  London second ranked international travel destination

  

  London has come a close second to Bangkok as a top-ranked international travel destination, according to the annual Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index released this week.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2017 - 07:39 UTC

  Germany's (neo-fascist) protest vote fuelled by extended income gap

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - Angela Merkel’s slogan in her campaign for a fourth term as Chancellor was terminally bland and smug – “For a Germany in which we live well and love living” – but it did the job, sort of. Her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is back as the largest party, so Merkel gets to form the next coalition government. But the neo-fascists are now in the Bundestag (parliament) too, for the first time since the collapse of Nazi Germany.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2017 - 07:22 UTC

  Jeremy Corbyn discards prospect of a second Brexit referendum

  

  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has played down the prospect of the party offering a second referendum on the Brexit deal, after Mayor of London Sadiq Khan suggested it was “possible” it might be included in the next Labour manifesto. And in comments which may dismay Labour supporters of EU membership, the party leader said that he saw “positives” in Brexit.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2017 - 07:11 UTC

  EU negotiator Tusk praises PM May's more realistic tone, following Downing Street meeting

  

  The UK has abandoned the idea of having its Brexit “cake and eating it”, European Council president Donald Tusk has said. Mr. Tusk made the comments after Downing Street talks with Prime Minister Theresa May on Britain’s EU withdrawal.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2017 - 06:43 UTC

  UK Export Finance is increasing its support for British trade with Uruguay

  

  UK Export Finance (UKEF) support available for trade with Uruguay is increasing to up to £4 billion, meaning an additional £2.25 billion in support for UK companies exporting to Uruguay and for Uruguayan buyers of UK goods and services. This finance can be used to support projects across numerous sectors including infrastructure.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2017 - 06:18 UTC

  NAFTA: Trudeau predicts “tough days ahead” ahead for negotiators

  

  The top U.S. negotiator at talks to modernize the NAFTA trade pact dismissed questions about why his team had so far failed to produce specific proposals on key issues, saying “I don’t see a problem.” Officials from the United States, Mexico and Canada are in Ottawa for the third of seven planned rounds of talks.