International

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 23:39 UTC

  Gibraltar and UK delegations discuss Brexit at the Rock

  

  Delegations of the Gibraltar and United Kingdom Governments have met in Gibraltar on Friday for a full day of discussions covering a wide range of issues.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 10:52 UTC

  Harvard University selling timberland in Uruguay; endowment unloading natural resources assets

  

  Harvard University is trying to sell timberland located in Uruguay worth about US$120 million, including a eucalyptus forest, as the endowment moves to unload natural resources assets to boost the fund’s performance, according to a report from Bloomberg.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 10:30 UTC

  Falklands and seven BOT's at House of Lords' EU committee to discuss Brexit

  

  The House of Lords EU Committee will next week take evidence from representatives of eight of the British Overseas Territories as its scrutiny of the impact of Brexit continues. Among the territories taking part in the session and giving evidence to the committee will be Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat and St Helena.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 10:12 UTC

  Canning House to host round table with UK ambassadors from Southern Cone

  

  British Ambassadors to the Southern Cone countries, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile will be attending Canning House to give round-table briefings on their experiences since their recent appointments to their respective posts. They will present the latest political, economic and business updates from those countries and answer any questions during the closed round-table session.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 07:44 UTC

  Trump and Putin hold “robust” two-and-a-quarter hours discussions and shake hands

  

  Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed on Friday the alleged Russian hacking of last year's US presidential election during their first meeting. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson described the exchanges as “robust”, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Mr Trump had accepted Putin's assertions that his country was not responsible.

• Saturday, July 8th 2017 - 01:13 UTC

  Macri-May meeting in Hamburg suspended; rescheduling under consideration

  

  The first day of the G20 summit is nearly over, and on Friday afternoon in Hamburg, British Prime Minister Theresa May canceled her solo meeting with Argentine President Mauricio Macri due to “scheduling problems.”

• Friday, July 7th 2017 - 17:22 UTC

  WHO warns about the spread of gonorrhea, and failure of antibiotics

  

  Oral sex is producing dangerous gonorrhea and a decline in condom use is helping it to spread, the World Health Organization says. It is warning that if you contract gonorrhea, it is now much harder to treat and in some cases impossible.

• Friday, July 7th 2017 - 07:28 UTC

  Riot police in Hamburg clash with thousands at G20 “Welcome to Hell” march

  

  German riot police clashed with thousands of protesters in Hamburg on Thursday evening as world leaders, including US President Donald Trump, arrived in the city ahead of Friday's G20 summit. Throughout the afternoon and night, police used water cannons as protesters threw bottles and smoke bombs during the anti-capitalist Welcome to Hell march, which began about 2 miles from where the summit will be held.

• Friday, July 7th 2017 - 07:08 UTC

  Trump urges Russia “to cease its destabilizing activities”; on Friday he meets Putin

  

  In a keynote address in Warsaw, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Russia “to cease its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere” and specifically reaffirmed Washington's commitment to NATO's Article 5. Trump spoke on Thursday before a cheering, flag-waving crowd of 10,000 people at historic Krasinski Square in central Warsaw, where former President Lech Walesa sat among guests in the VIP area.

• Friday, July 7th 2017 - 06:43 UTC

  CBI calls for UK to remain in the single market and customs union until the final Brexit deal

  

  The UK should stay in the single market and customs union until a final Brexit deal is in force, according to the CBI. Carolyn Fairbairn, head of the business lobby group, said it was “impossible” that all the details of a new trade deal with the European Union would be in place by March 2019. That is when talks about the UK's withdrawal are due to formally finish.