International

• Tuesday, August 5th 2014 - 06:30 UTC

  “Lights out” event marked 100 years ceremonies since Britain entered World War One

  

  A candle-lit vigil at Westminster Abbey and a “lights out” event have concluded a day of ceremonies marking 100 years since Britain entered World War One. People were invited to turn off their lights for an hour until 23:00 BST, the time war was declared on 4 August 1914.

• Monday, August 4th 2014 - 07:27 UTC

  Argentina awarded by the EU beef 'feed-lot quota' of 48.200 tons

  

  The European Union (EU) has recognized Argentina as one of the few countries able to export high-quality beef under the “feed-lot quota” to the European market, a press release from the Argentine Foreign Ministry informed on Sunday.

• Monday, August 4th 2014 - 07:20 UTC

  EU orders Russia to pay 2.5bn dollars to former Yukos oil group shareholders

  

  Russia has been ordered to pay about 2.5bn dollars to former shareholders in defunct oil group Yukos by the European Court of Human Rights. Russia's Justice Ministry said the ruling was “unfair” and it had three months to appeal against the decision.

• Monday, August 4th 2014 - 05:43 UTC

  Princess Cruises to incorporate 143.000 ton vessel for 3.650 pax in 2017

  

  Princess Cruises, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc, announced that it has reached an agreement with the Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri to build a new ship, which will enter service in 2017.

• Sunday, August 3rd 2014 - 13:14 UTC

  HMS Portland back in UK after seven months patrolling including Falklands

  

  The crew of the Royal Navy warship HMS Portland returned home to a rapturous welcome in Plymouth on Friday after a successful seven-month deployment to West Africa, the Falkland Islands and the Caribbean. The vessel that was replaced by HMS Iron Duke in its Atlantic deployment spent four weeks in the Falklands.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 09:18 UTC

  “Debt restructuring” and the Argentine case by Joseph Stiglitz

  

  The following piece published in The New York Times was written by Joseph E. Stiglitz, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and a former chief economist of the World Bank, and currently a professor at Columbia University.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 09:08 UTC

  IDSA decides that Argentina “failed to pay” and thus declares it has defaulted

  

  The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) on Friday declared Argentina in default, which could trigger payments worth up to one billion dollars on credit default swaps.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 08:06 UTC

  US Senate looks into passenger protection on Caribbean cruise ships

  

  There could have been few places where the old adage “worse things happen at sea” seemed more appropriate than a recent US Senate Commerce Committee hearing in which members were regaled with Caribbean cruise ship passengers’ horror stories of everything from rape and violence to seeping sewage and hallways lined with bags of feces.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 08:02 UTC

  US scientists discover hub of brain cells, in mice, that controls the desire to eat

  

  US scientists have discovered a central hub of brain cells that may put the brakes on a desire to eat, a study in mice shows. And switching on these neurons can stop feeding immediately, according to the Nature Neurosciences report.

• Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 07:56 UTC

  Ebola outbreak 'out of control' but 'can be stopped' said world's top health official

  

  West Africa's Ebola outbreak is out of control but it can be stopped, World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan said on Friday at a meeting in Conakry, capital of Guinea.