International

• Saturday, July 17th 2010 - 06:47 UTC

  The Foreign Office report on British Behaviour Abroad 2009/2010

  

  Lack of travel insurance and inadequate preparation compound the hazards faced by many Britons abroad, according to the Foreign Office’s new British Behaviour Abroad report.

• Saturday, July 17th 2010 - 06:32 UTC

  Paul, the oracle octopus not for sale Germany tells Madrid zoo

  

  The Madrid zoo made this week a transfer bid for Paul the oracle octopus his aquarium in Germany it would outbid all others and give him a warm welcome in gratitude for predicting Spain’s soccer World Cup win.

• Friday, July 16th 2010 - 07:54 UTC

  New UK government retakes Trilateral talks with Spain and Gibraltar

  

  The first set of high level Trilateral technical talks involving a UK Conservative-Liberal coalition government are to take place in Gibraltar next week, it was formally confirmed.

• Thursday, July 15th 2010 - 06:35 UTC

  Argentina confident soy-oil dispute with China will be solved “in the short term”

  

  Argentine Ambassador to China, César Mayoral announced in Beijing that the soybean oil conflict with Beijing that has been ongoing since the beginning of the year “will be solved in the short term.”

• Thursday, July 15th 2010 - 06:23 UTC

  Recession-hit Britons cut back on overseas travel in 2009

  

  Recession-hit Britons cut back on overseas travel last year, with business trips down by almost a quarter, the UK Office for National Statistics announced this week.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2010 - 06:07 UTC

  Argentina/China sign 18 agreements; discussions to solve soy-oil dispute

  

  China and Argentina signed 18 agreements covering infrastructure, energy and railway projects on Tuesday during Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner second day official visit which included talks with her Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao and with Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2010 - 05:18 UTC

  A country full of gratitude defies freezing weather to honour Uruguay’s soccer team

  

  Tens of thousands of Uruguayans took to the streets of Montevideo defying freezing weather and polar gusts to cheer and honour the ‘sky blue’ national team which came back from South Africa with a fourth place and striker Diego Forlan with the Golden Ball as the World’s Cup's best player.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2010 - 06:32 UTC

  “Vuvuzela” has been voted the word of the World Cup

  

  Vuvuzela” has been voted the word of the World Cup by global linguists who said Monday the tournament will be best remember for the name of South Africa's deafening trumpet.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2010 - 00:56 UTC

  FAO says “some regulation• of commodities future markets is “desirable”

  

  Some regulation of commodities futures markets is desirable, according to FAO, but any intervention should be cautious and stop short of imposing tight limits or an outright ban on such trading

• Monday, July 12th 2010 - 03:55 UTC

  Cheering “Viva España”, “Soy español” millions take to the streets to celebrate

  

  Spontaneous celebrations erupted across Spain on Sunday after the national football team won its first World Cup when Andres Iniesta scored an extra-time goal in a 1-0 wins over the Netherlands at Soccer City, Johannesburg.