International

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 14:12 UTC

  Migrating humpback whales have jetliners’ navigational precision

  

  Researchers based at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand have found that migrating humpback whales achieve navigational precision usually associated with jetliners or arrows.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 03:30 UTC

  Gibraltar Regiment will provide the Queen’s Guard at Buckingham Palace in 2012

  

  The Royal Gibraltar Regiment will be conducting Royal Public Duties and The Queen's Guard in London during April next year, Lt Col Colin Risso has confirmed in an interview with the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 03:28 UTC

  Japan begins discussion of rebuilding budget; damages cost over 300 billion USD

  

  Japan's cabinet approved almost US$50 billion of spending for post-earthquake rebuilding, the country's biggest public works effort in six decades. The emergency budget of 4 trillion Yen, which is likely be followed by more reconstruction spending packages, is still dwarfed by the overall cost of damages caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, estimated at US$300 billion.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 02:50 UTC

  Canada’s Barrick Gold fights to become heavy weight in copper production

  

  Canada's Barrick Gold Corp said on Tuesday it would take a “wait and see” approach if a higher bid emerges for its offer to pay 7.3 billion Canadian dollars for Equinox Minerals.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 02:44 UTC

  China becomes the largest market for premium luxury Jaguar Land Rover

  

  Jaguar Land Rover expects China to become its largest market in the next few years, according to Bob Grace, president of Jaguar Land Rover China, who said that the company aims to sell over 40,000 vehicles in China this year, which will be a significant growth of 54% over last year's 26,000 units.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 02:29 UTC

  Commonwealth Games in Delhi organizer arrested on corruption allegations

  

  The chief organiser of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi has been arrested following an investigation into allegations of corruption. Suresh Kalmadi was removed from his post in January.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 07:51 UTC

  G20 to address commodity prices “volatility” in special meeting in Argentina

  

  G-20 Economy ministers will be meeting May 18/19 in Argentina to address commodity prices’ variations, according to Argentine sources. The meeting was agreed during the recent IMF/World Bank spring assemblies in Washington, following on Argentina’s deep concern about the “volatility” of commodity prices.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 07:42 UTC

  Coffee prices at highest since 1977 pushed by poor harvest and weak dollar

  

  Coffee prices topped 3 US dollars a pound in New York for the first time since 1977, as prospects of another production deficit combined with a sliding dollar to encourage fund buying.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 07:31 UTC

  India working to “upgrade” tariffs agreement with Mercosur

  

  India is working on “upgrading” the tariffs agreement with Mercosur, which could translate in more items of trade being included in the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) or move to free trade agreement with the LATAM countries.

• Monday, April 25th 2011 - 07:16 UTC

  Former British PM Brown advisor to the World Economic Forum

  

  Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been appointed as an unpaid advisor to the World Economic Forum. He is to be the chairman of a new policy and initiatives co-ordination board.