International

Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 02:48 UTC
Soros predicts Euro crisis could be worse than Lehman Brothers

Billionaire George Soros believes that the current crisis of the Euro zone has the ‘potential to be a lot worse than the Lehman Brothers’ in the US due to the lack of consensus in the European Union to create an authority with enough power to handle this problem.
Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 01:22 UTC
Gibraltar and La Linea committed to share ‘a common socio-economic future’

Gibraltar and La Linea are meant to “share a common socio-economic future” Chief Minister Peter Caruana declared Tuesday in the neighbouring Spanish town hall after his first official meeting with the new Socialist (PSOE) mayor Gemma Araujo.
Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 23:30 UTC
Germany’s high court gives Parliament greater say in Euro zone bailouts

Germany's top court handed its country's parliament a greater say over Euro zone bailouts, potentially hampering Berlin's ability to act decisively against a debt crisis which Chancellor Angela Merkel said needed a fundamental rethink to solve.
Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 12:01 UTC
Falklands’ deployed HMS Edinburgh visits South African navy Simons Town base

The veteran HMS Edinburgh has completed the first half of her six-month Falkland Islands deployment in the South Atlantic and is now in South Africa for maintenance and the ship’s company for some rest and recovery.
Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 11:21 UTC
Iran becomes Brazil’s biggest buyer of beef eclipsing Russia

Iran has eclipsed Russia to become the biggest buyer of beef from Brazil, the world’s top exporter of the meat, strengthening the countries’ controversial ties.
Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 10:54 UTC
Americans, Brazilians and Spanish, the ‘coolest nationalities” in the world

The Americans have been voted the world's “coolest nationality” in an international poll, the Brazilians the coolest in Latin America and the Spanish in Europe, according to social networking site Badoo.com.
Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 10:43 UTC
US and European shares continue to slide waiting for strong political decisions

US and European shares have both fallen as concerns continue about the high level of Euro zone debt, as well as the risk of a return to recession on both sides of the Atlantic.
Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 04:35 UTC
Spain’s conservative opposition extends lead over Socialists to 15 points

Spain’s conservative opposition People’s Party (PP) has extended its lead over the ruling Socialists and is on course to win a parliamentary majority in the November 20 elections, according to an opinion poll on Sunday.
Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 04:03 UTC
Cambridge, Harvard best world universities; US and UK monopolize top rankings

Cambridge has retained its premier status in the QS World University Rankings, beating Harvard for a second year, as UK and US institutions again took the top 10 spots. Latin America figured badly with only six ranked in the 300 universities reviewed, the best in position 169.
Tuesday, September 6th 2011 - 22:12 UTC
Emirates airline to open daily non-stop service Bangkok/Rio do Janeiro/Buenos Aires

Two of South America’s most iconic cities will soon have a faster link to Bangkok when Emirates commences its daily non-stop service to Rio de Janeiro and extension to Buenos Aires from 3rd January 2012.