International

• Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 16:43 UTC

  Ghana Supreme Court rules that seizure of ARA Libertad was “fundamentally and patently wrong”

  

  Ghana's Supreme Court has ruled that the seizure of an Argentine warship that led to a weeks-long ordeal last year was “fundamentally and patently wrong,” a copy of the decision released last Friday said.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 06:14 UTC

  Francis sends strong message to the Curia and the Vatican high life

  

  A last-minute no-show by Pope Francis at a concert where he was to have been the guest of honor has sent another clear signal that he is going to do things his way and does not like the Vatican high life.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 06:10 UTC

  Falklands: memories needed for a thesis on the SS Great Britain, Bristol’s main heritage attraction

  

  PHD student James Muirhead, based in Bristol’s Brunel Institute, is preparing for a trip to the Falkland Islands where he hopes to collect memories of the SS Great Britain which was abandoned there at Sparrow Cove in 1937.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 05:56 UTC

  Deadly swine virus spreading among hog farms in the US Mid west

  

  A swine virus deadly to young pigs, one never before seen in North America, is spreading rapidly across the United States and proving harder to control than previously believed.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 05:49 UTC

  US OK’s new non-eggs flu vaccine for adults with severe allergies

  

  People with serious egg allergies may no longer have to worry about flu shots. A United States government advisory panel said a new vaccine that's made without eggs is an option for adults with severe allergies. Current flu shots are made from viruses grown in eggs and could trigger allergic reactions in some cases.

• Monday, June 24th 2013 - 19:04 UTC

  Messi paid €10 million to correct tax returns for 2010/2011, says La Vanguardia

  

  Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, who turned 26 on Monday and is under investigation in Spain for tax fraud allegations, paid €10 million to the Spanish tax authorities to correct tax returns for 2010 and 2011, according to Spanish media reports.

• Monday, June 24th 2013 - 19:01 UTC

  EC clears purchase of NYSE Euronext by INE for 8.2bn dollars

  

  The European Commission gave unconditional approval for Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to buy NYSE Euronext for 8.2 billion dollars a deal that strengthens ICE's presence in the lucrative derivatives trading business.

• Monday, June 24th 2013 - 18:00 UTC

  Extreme energy, extreme implications: interview with Michael Klare

  

  Interview by James Stafford of Oilprice.com - If oil and gas is a profoundly dynamic phenomenon, then so too must be environmental risk and conflicts over natural resources—and we are not getting the full picture from the mainstream media, according to Michael T. Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, TomDispatch blogger.

• Monday, June 24th 2013 - 15:46 UTC

  Google is in a borderline crisis with European Union

  

  By Thomas Richardson - Google has reached a settlement with regulators of the European Union after antitrust charges were levied against the company. The EU accused Google of selectively displaying results based on its preferences. Google, which owns a virtual monopoly on Internet queries in Europe, is also accused of favouring the use of its own products in search results, which has drawn complaints from competitors, and the attention of regulators.

• Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:20 UTC

  Ecuador confirms Edward Snowden has formally requested for asylum

  

  Ecuador's foreign minister said his country was “analyzing” a request for asylum by fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden who is currently in Moscow