International

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2015 - 08:52 UTC

  RBS and Standard Chartered, weakest in Bank of England stress test

  

  Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered were the weakest of Britain's seven largest lenders in a Bank of England stress test. For the second year, the central bank has subjected the UK's biggest lenders to tests to measure whether they would survive a financial shock.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2015 - 08:19 UTC

  Spanish minister anticipates 'spectacular' relationship with Macri government

  

  Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo became on Sunday the first foreign official to be received by president-elect Mauricio Macri after he won the November 22 runoff election, and announced a new 'spectacular' era is beginning in Madrid’s relations with Argentina.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2015 - 08:15 UTC

  “Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters” Francis tells Africans ravaged by sectarian conflict

  

  Pope Francis on Monday said Christians and Muslims were “brothers” and urged them to reject hatred and violence as he visited a mosque in the Central African Republic's capital which has been ravaged by sectarian conflict.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2015 - 08:11 UTC

  India outpaces China in economic growth boosted by domestic demand and manufacturing

  

  India's economic growth picked up in July-September, outpacing China on improving domestic demand and manufacturing activity, and the acceleration could persuade the country's central bank to keep interest rates unchanged at its Tuesday meeting.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2015 - 07:53 UTC

  Yuan joins the exclusive club of IMF's basket of reserve currencies

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that China's currency, the Yuan, will join the fund's basket of reserve currencies. Currently just the US dollar, the euro, the yen and the pound are in the group.

• Monday, November 30th 2015 - 07:51 UTC

  EU hopes Macri's election will give new impetus to trade talks with Mercosur

  

  The European Union said it hopes the election of a centre-right government in Argentina will give new impetus to stalled talks on a free trade pact with Mercosur, the Latin American bloc.

• Monday, November 30th 2015 - 07:32 UTC

  OAS Secretary General open letter regarding Venezuela's pre-electoral climate

  

  The following open letter from the Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almagro was addressed to president Nicolás Maduro regarding the pre-electoral climate in Venezuela, which is holding legislative elections next Sunday in very questionable and controversial conditions for opposition candidates.

• Monday, November 30th 2015 - 07:18 UTC

  Queen's honour for Spaniard who helped develop Falklands' fishing industry

  

  Spanish citizen Jose Antonio Cordeiro Otero has received the Falkland Islands’ Queen’s Certificate and Badge of Honor in recognition of his services to the Falkland Islands and particularly for his work in the fishing industry. The award was presented by the British Ambassador Simon Manley during a ceremony at the Ambassador’s Residence in Madrid.

• Monday, November 30th 2015 - 07:03 UTC

  What I expect from the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris

  

  By Ban Ki-Moon (*) - For the nearly nine years that I have been Secretary-General, I have travelled the world to the front-lines of climate change, and I have spoken repeatedly with world leaders, business people and citizens about the need for an urgent global response

• Monday, November 30th 2015 - 06:18 UTC

  Cameron urges Commonwealth countries to lead the fight against corruption

  

  Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has urged Commonwealth countries to lead the fight against corruption at the summit in Malta, ahead of a landmark conference on the issue in the UK next year.