International

• Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 07:48 UTC

  Growing concerns the Ebola outbreak could spread globally by travelers

  

  Concerns have been expressed about the possibility of the current Ebola outbreak spreading globally after an infected airline passenger introduced the deadly virus to Nigeria. All outbreaks since 1976, when Ebola was first identified, have been confined to rural and forested areas in Africa, with the previous highest death toll being 280.

• Friday, August 1st 2014 - 14:52 UTC

  Five industries worried about peak oil

  

  The debate over the impact of peak oil has been raging for decades. Although few deny that the end of mass oil consumption is drawing nearer, educated estimates now range between 2020 and 2030.

• Friday, August 1st 2014 - 09:10 UTC

  Mercosur finally agrees on joint trade proposal to exchange with the EU

  

  Mercosur members finally agreed this week on a draft joint proposal to be presented to the European Union with the purpose of negotiating a long delayed trade and cooperation agreement with EU, according to Uruguayan diplomatic sources.

• Friday, August 1st 2014 - 08:42 UTC

  UBS calls on Swaps Association to ask if a “failure to pay” event had occurred

  

  The International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) said on Thursday it had received its first request to consider whether a credit event had occurred, according to the ISDA website.

• Friday, August 1st 2014 - 08:08 UTC

  Catalonia's independence referendum is on, underlines president Mas

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Catalan President Artur Mas failed to break the deadlock over Catalonia’s independence drive, with both holding firm on their positions when they met for the first time in a year.

• Thursday, July 31st 2014 - 07:39 UTC

  Mercosur divided on the Gaza Strip statement; Paraguay dissented

  

  Paraguay strongly objected a draft Mercosur declaration on Gaza which wanted to openly support Palestine and unilaterally condemn Israel's bombings and incursions, according to sources at the group's summit which took place Tuesday in Caracas.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2014 - 15:15 UTC

  “Spain's association can deny Gibraltar the opportunity of progress in football”

  

  A former coach of Real Madrid has criticized the political motivation behind the Spanish Football Association and Government’s decision to block Gibraltar’s participation in UEFA. Manuel Ruiz Pérez, who worked under Bernhard Schuster during his time at Real Madrid, said that nothing good come out of mixing politics with football.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2014 - 08:01 UTC

  Japan's PM Abe at CARICOM summit pledges development support

  

  Heads of Government of the fourteen Caribbean Community (CARICOM) “were heartened” by their Japanese counterpart’s Shinzo Abe positive response to a number of issues raised during their one-day summit in Guyana.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2014 - 07:45 UTC

  UK and US fine Lloyds group £218m for manipulating the Libor rate

  

  Lloyds Banking Group has been fined £218m for “serious misconduct” over some key interest rates set in London. The group manipulated the London interbank offered rate (Libor) for yen and sterling and tried to rig the rate for yen, sterling and the US dollar, said the US legal order.

• Wednesday, July 30th 2014 - 07:23 UTC

  IMF warning on interest rates and Russian crisis for some EU banks

  

  Sharply higher interest rates around the world could combine with weaker growth in emerging markets to slice as much as two percentage points off global growth in the next five years, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.