International

• Monday, November 24th 2014 - 07:25 UTC

  Britain confirms financial assistance to five Eastern Caribbean countries

  

  Britain is providing assistance to five Eastern Caribbean countries “to help them return to economic growth while managing the risks from external shocks”. The Department for International Development (DFID) Caribbean says it will work closely with Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica under the new program that runs until 2020.

• Monday, November 24th 2014 - 07:14 UTC

  Brazil's JBS purchases leading ham and bacon supplier in Australia

  

  Brazil's JBS, the world's biggest meat group, beefed up its growth in Australia with the 1.25bn dollars purchase of Primo Smallgoods Group. JBS said that through its JBS Australia business, it had paid Aus$1.45bn in cash for the supplier of the likes of ham and bacon to Oceania.

• Saturday, November 22nd 2014 - 09:19 UTC

  Brazil committed to advance with EU/Mercosur trade negotiations

  

  Brazil must speed international trade agreement negotiations, said cabinet chief Aloizo Mercadante, in direct reference to Mercosur and demanding an end to internal disputes.

• Saturday, November 22nd 2014 - 06:00 UTC

  World markets celebrate after China cuts benchmark interest rates

  

  China's central bank on Friday unexpectedly cut benchmark interest rates for the first time in more than two years, as authorities seek to prop up flagging growth in the world's second-largest economy.

• Saturday, November 22nd 2014 - 05:49 UTC

  US Senate grills banks accused of 'unfair' trading practices with commoditisers

  

  Executives of three US banks are being grilled by senators over accusations the banks engaged in unfair trading practices relating to several commodities. A two-year report found that Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan Chase bought up large stockpiles of commodities like aluminum and copper.

• Saturday, November 22nd 2014 - 05:30 UTC

  UK reacts to 'Malvinas are Argentine' signs on public transportation

  

  The UK has objected to Argentine congress decision that public transportation should carry signs expressing the country's claim over the Falkland Islands. A law passed by the Argentine Congress says vehicles must declare “Las Malvinas son Argentinas”, or the “Malvinas are Argentine”.

• Friday, November 21st 2014 - 08:56 UTC

  Pope Francis condemns speculation with food commodities at FAO conference

  

  Pope Francis condemned speculation in food commodities and greed for profits today, saying they were undermining the global fight against poverty and hunger. Addressing a United Nations conference on nutrition, he called on rich nations to share their wealth and denounced waste, excessive consumption and unequal distribution of food.

• Friday, November 21st 2014 - 07:40 UTC

  UN reveals major gaps in water and sanitation, especially in rural areas

  

  Global efforts to provide improved water and sanitation for all are gaining momentum, but serious gaps in funding continue to hamper progress, according to a new report from the World Health Organization on behalf of UN-Water.

• Friday, November 21st 2014 - 07:04 UTC

  Iran negotiations, OPEC meeting loom for oil markets

  

  As November draws to a close, there are two major events that could profoundly change the oil markets. With the clock ticking, the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5 plus 1) are negotiating down to the wire with Iran over its nuclear program.

• Friday, November 21st 2014 - 06:40 UTC

  Gallipoli campaign to be remembered in London, Turkey and Portsmouth

  

  Three days of international commemorations in London, Turkey and Portsmouth will remember the bitter Gallipoli campaign, 100 years after men stormed the Dardanelles.