International

Monday, July 29th 2013 - 03:29 UTC
Francis urges bishops to drop ‘princely attitudes’ and go out to the people (and save the Church)

Pope Francis chided the Catholic hierarchy Sunday, telling regional bishops not to behave like authoritarian “princes” and urging them to move closer to the people.
Monday, July 29th 2013 - 03:10 UTC
”Shake the church, go spread the word of God”, Francis tells 3 million at closing mass

Pope Francis on the last day of his week long pilgrimage to Brazil urged Catholics to reject selfishness, hatred and intolerance to help build a new world.
Saturday, July 27th 2013 - 20:21 UTC
Cartes declines invitation from Rousseff to attend Pope Francis Sunday mass in Rio

Paraguayan president-elect Horacio Cartes declined a personal invitation from his peer Dilma Rousseff to attend Francis mass on Sunday in Rio do Janeiro, the closing event of the pope’s visit to Brazil, according to one of his top foreign policy advisors.
Saturday, July 27th 2013 - 19:55 UTC
Bay of Gibraltar ‘naval’ battle over artificial reef that prevents Spanish fishing

Drivers were forced to queue for hours in blistering heat as Spain tightened its border controls with Gibraltar in the wake of the standoff at sea on Thursday.
Saturday, July 27th 2013 - 10:18 UTC
Six key Oil & Gas discoveries of 2013: who's worth owning?

By OilPrice.com Premium Analysts - The pace of oil and gas exploration is frightening, and discoveries are weekly, if not daily, with volumes investors would only have dreamt of a decade ago. With each new discovery, it becomes difficult to keep track of the playing field, and even more difficult to rank the potential.
Saturday, July 27th 2013 - 05:29 UTC
Pope admits Church’s sins and calls on youth to change the world

Pope Francis in yet another strong message said on Friday he understands the young people who lose faith in the church because of bad ministers, and confidence in political institutions because of corruption, but also urged them to change the world.
Saturday, July 27th 2013 - 05:11 UTC
Repsol takes YPF/Chevron deal to World Bank’s Investment Disputes Centre

Spanish oil company Repsol asked the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to take provisional measures to prevent YPF state-owned oil company to execute the deal it sealed with Chevron last year to explore for unconventional hydrocarbons in the Vaca Muerta shale formation.
Saturday, July 27th 2013 - 04:51 UTC
France will side with Argentina before the US Supreme Court says Telam

France has asked the US Supreme Court to review Argentina's case in its decade-old legal battle with holdout creditors, Argentina's state news agency Telam said on Friday, citing unnamed legal sources familiar with the situation.
Friday, July 26th 2013 - 11:39 UTC
Beijing unveils measures to boost growth: tax breaks and railway construction

China has unveiled a series of moves aimed at boosting growth, indicating that policymakers are concerned about the slowdown in its economy. The steps include tax breaks for small businesses, reduced fees for exporters and opening up of railway construction.
Friday, July 26th 2013 - 06:27 UTC
King Juan Carlos visits hospitalized survivors of the Galicia train crash

King Juan Carlos has said all Spanish people feel the pain of the families of the 80 people killed in a high-speed train crash in north-western Spain. The king was speaking on a visit to the dozens of hospitalised survivors in Santiago de Compostela, near to where the train derailed on Wednesday night.