International

Thursday, April 25th 2013 - 05:46 UTC
China to overtake US as main oil importer by 2014 says OPEC

China is on course to overtake the US as the world’s top crude importer by 2014, as the Asian country’s growing refining capacity boosts demand and America’s fracking boom cuts the need for foreign oil, OPEC said in its monthly report.
Thursday, April 25th 2013 - 02:49 UTC
Falklands ‘is about people; it is not about rocks; about people self determining their future’

“The Falkland Islands is about people; it is not about rocks. It is about people’s right to lead lives as they wish to lead them. As people in Argentina can: to live in peace, prosperity. It is about making their choices and leading their lives and having their home as an expression of their wishes, not somebody else’s wishes. They should be able to self-determine their own futures”.
Thursday, April 25th 2013 - 02:09 UTC
Bolivia takes Chile to the International Court of Justice to reclaim sea outlet

Landlocked Bolivia sued neighboring Chile on Wednesday in the Hague before the International Court of Justice as it pressed a longstanding claim to recover land lost in a 19th century war and thus regain access to the sea.<br />
Chile quickly responded that the issue was not negotiable.
Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 23:40 UTC
New bird flu strain in China “one of the most lethal” warns WHO

A new bird flu strain that has killed 22 people in China is “one of the most lethal” of its kind and transmits more easily to humans than another strain that has killed hundreds since 2003, a World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 23:29 UTC
UK launches legal challenge against the EU financial transactions tax

The UK government has launched a legal challenge against plans for a European financial transactions tax (FTT), according to the BBC. The FTT will be adopted by 11 EU states, but not by the UK and Ministers fear it could be imposed on UK firms trading with businesses based in one of the 11 states.
Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 23:20 UTC
China plans more carriers as it extends naval influence and anticipates conflicts in the region

China unveiled plans to build more aircraft carriers after commissioning its first last year, as the country extends its influence amid territorial disputes with neighbours including Japan and Vietnam. China already has the world’s second-biggest military budget after the US.
Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 23:06 UTC
Newspaper reporters, “the worst job” in the US: low pay and high stress

A new study has found that newspaper reporters have the “worst job” in the United States in 2012. CareerCast.com said that “low pay and high stress” are the main reasons why the job is considered the “worst.”
Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 06:14 UTC
Eight years late Cuba’s Ladies in White collect the Sakharov Prize

Members of the Cuban dissident group Ladies in White collected Tuesday the Sakharov Prize that the European Parliament awarded them in 2005, and in the process had harsh words to say about the situation in their homeland.
Wednesday, April 24th 2013 - 01:47 UTC
Falkland Island''s tells MPs ‘we’re no quaint toy town’ on suggestion of changing Stanley’s name

A suggestion by some British senior Members of Parliament advocating a change of name for the Falkland Islands capital, Stanley to Port Margaret Thatcher in honour of the late Baroness had a strong reply from the local weekly, Penguin News.
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 06:38 UTC
Spain official population fell in 2012, first time since 1946 because of the recession

Spain's official population fell last year for the first time since the 1940s as immigrants fled a five-year on-and-off recession that has sent unemployment soaring. The number of residents fell by 206,000 to 47.1 million, the National Statistics Institute said on Monday.