International

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 06:15 UTC

  Humala dumps hardliners, names new ‘soft hand’ cabinet to calm anti-mining protests

  

  President Ollanta Humala named human rights lawyer Juan Jimenez prime minister on Monday as the Peruvian leader shuffled his cabinet to calm a wave of violent anti-mining protests and a drop in his popularity.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 06:02 UTC

  Researchers test with GPS-sheep how they react and flock to avoid predators

  

  Instead of fleeing randomly when faced with a predator, sheep attempt to bury themselves within their flock, new UK research has shown. The theory that animals moving in groups retreat towards the centre of their flocks if a predator appears, have been tested in the past.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 01:18 UTC

  Cutting back on salty foods helps reduce risk of stomach cancer, says WCRF

  

  Cutting back on salty foods such as bacon, bread and breakfast cereals may reduce people's risk of developing stomach cancer, according to the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 20:21 UTC

  Spanish politician warns cuts are necessary “if we don’t want to become another Argentina”

  

  The President of the Community of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre, has warned about the “difficult” situation Spain is going through, and said “If we don’t want to become another Argentina, with a ‘corralito’ and inflation rates around 20-40%, we must cut the public spending and find the accounts’ balance.”

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 20:16 UTC

  Spain’s economy sinks deeper into recession; financial costs balloon

  

  Spain's economy sank deeper into recession in the second quarter, its central bank said as investors spooked by an undeclared funding crisis in its regions pushed the country ever closer to a full bailout

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 19:16 UTC

  Paraguay could appeal Mercosur sanctions before the International Court of Justice

  

  Paraguay is prepared to demand Mercosur co-members before the International Court of Justice at The Hague for what it describes as “violation of signed treaties” and sustained “international isolation” following the rejection of an appeal to have sanctions lifted.

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 19:02 UTC

  Pranab Mukherjee, a political “bridge builder” elected president of India

  

  Former Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee was elected president on Sunday of the world’s largest democracy and a crucial member of the emerging markets BRIS group.

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 09:20 UTC

  ECB chief says “Euro is irreversible”; praises will to create supranational bodies

  

  European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said that the Euro was not in danger despite some analysts' worse case scenarios for a break-up and said that greater financial, budgetary and political union among Euro zone countries was inevitable.

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 09:09 UTC

  Brazil moves into Ghana with 96million dollars loan for small farmers

  

  Ambassador to Ghana, Irene Vida Gala announced that Brazil has plans to make available a 96-million-dollar loan facility to boost small-scale and rural farming in Ghana to help increase food production and subsequently improve the country’s bread basket.

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 08:46 UTC

  The global super-rich have at least 21trillion dollars hidden in secret tax havens

  

  The global super-rich elite had at least 21 trillion dollars hidden in secret tax havens by the end of 2010, according to a major study. The figure is equivalent to the size of the US and Japanese economies combined.