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  • Friday, April 7th 2017 - 10:31 UTC

    “I have gotten nothing” from Xi, but a strong friendship has developed, Trump admits

    Trump said the two leaders had quickly “developed a friendship,” and he predicted that “long term we’re going to have a very, very great relationship”

    United States President Donald Trump said to light laughter at a Thursday evening dinner he hosted for Chinese President Xi Jinping that after a long discussion, “I have gotten nothing, absolutely nothing” from his guest. But Trump added that the two leaders, who chatted earlier at the president’s Florida resort, had quickly “developed a friendship,” and he predicted that “long term we’re going to have a very, very great relationship and I look very much forward to it.”

  • Friday, April 7th 2017 - 10:07 UTC

    Without consent from Gibraltarians, no sovereignty negotiations, PM May tells Donald Tusk

    “The PM reiterated UK’s desire to ensure a deep and special partnership with the European Union following its exit”

    Prime Minister Theresa May reiterated on Thursday the UK’s desire to ensure a deep and special partnership with the European Union, but as the UK exits the EU and “there would be no negotiation on the sovereignty of Gibraltar without the consent of its people”. Mrs. May made the statement after meeting at 10 Downing Street with the president of the European Council Donald Tusk for talks following the triggering of Article 50.

  • Friday, April 7th 2017 - 09:55 UTC

    Nigel Farage proposes a Gibraltar referendum to become part of the UK

    Farage said he supports holding a referendum giving Gibraltarians the chance to enjoy devolved powers such as Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

    One in three people in Britain would cede at least some sovereignty over Gibraltar for a better Brexit deal according to a YouGov poll made public this week. The poll conclusions were released when Nigel Farage, Britain's leading Brexiteer expressed support for proposals to hold a referendum in Gibraltar to ask whether they want to become part of the UK.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 14:59 UTC

    UK services sector grows stronger than expected during March

    The services sector, which accounts for three-quarters of the UK economy, said business activity and new work grew at the strongest rate so far this year.

    Activity in the UK's dominant services sector rose at a faster-than-expected pace in March. The Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) for services rose to 55, compared with economists' expectations of a slight increase to 53.5. The services sector, which accounts for three-quarters of the UK economy, said business activity and new work grew at the strongest rate so far this year.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 12:43 UTC

    Canadian couple wins the lottery a third time

    “Family comes first,” Mrs. Fink told the provincial lottery organizers. “We want to make sure that our daughters and our grandkids are looked after.”

    The third time was indeed the charm for a Canadian couple who won C$8.2m, (US$6.1m) in the lottery. Barbara and Douglas Fink had won the lottery twice before, once in 1989 and once in 2010.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 06:52 UTC

    Process for independent Scotland joining the EU could be “relatively speedy” and “no need to queue”

    Mr Brok is the former chairman of the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee, and a member of Angela Merkel's CDU party.

    The process of an independent Scotland rejoining the European Union could be “relatively speedy”, a senior German MEP has said. Elmar Brok said there would be few technical obstacles to overcome if the political will was there to allow it to happen.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 06:31 UTC

    Tech entrepreneur wants to rescue Falklands' flagship HMS Hermes from the scrap heap

    Falklands flagship HMS Hermes was decommissioned last month and is heading towards the scrap heap.

    A technology entrepreneur is looking to raise around £15m to save the Falklands Task Force flagship on which he once served from the possibility of scrap, and is looking to celebrities and the public to help him out on his mission, according to channelweb.co.uk Falklands flagship HMS Hermes was decommissioned last month and is heading towards the scrap heap.

  • Wednesday, April 5th 2017 - 20:59 UTC

    Tesla electric car maker market value overtakes Ford; 2016 sales reached 76.000

    Tesla's shares rose after it was announced record vehicle deliveries in the first quarter: 25,000 cars in the first quarter, up 70% on the same quarter last year.

    Tesla's market value has overtaken that of Ford after shares in the electric car maker added more than 7%. At the close of trading Tesla had a market value of US$49bn, compared with Ford's value of US$46bn.

  • Wednesday, April 5th 2017 - 20:55 UTC

    Mao portrait by Andy Warhol sold at US$ 12.6m in Hong Kong

    The painting, titled “Mao”, was sold to a private Asian collector at a Sotheby's auction — it sold for much less than the US$15 million it expected to fetch.

    An Andy Warhol portrait of Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong has been sold at a historic auction for US$12.6 million in Hong Kong. It is the first time one of Warhol's works depicting the founder of the communist leader has been auctioned and sold in a Chinese territory.

  • Wednesday, April 5th 2017 - 06:22 UTC

    IDB ends annual meeting with agreement to replenish innovation fund

    “What we’re witnessing is a region that’s shouldering its own responsibilities,” said IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno.

    The Inter-American Development Bank and the Inter-American Investment Corporation wrapped up the annual meeting of their Boards of Governors after reaching an agreement to replenish the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), the IDB Group’s innovation lab.