International

• Tuesday, November 2nd 2010 - 04:29 UTC

  Tight squeeze for the giant new cruise ship ‘Allure of the Seas’

  

  It was a tight squeeze for a giant new cruise ship sailing from Europe to its home port in in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, over the weekend.

• Monday, November 1st 2010 - 16:46 UTC

  UK and France to sign “close-cooperation” defence agreement

  

  The new head of the British armed forces has said it makes “absolute sense” for the United Kingdom and France to work together on defence, ahead of a summit on Tuesday. PM David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are expected to sign a defence treaty improving collaboration between the two countries.

• Monday, November 1st 2010 - 05:33 UTC

  EU agrees tough budget rules and mechanisms to anticipate “bubbles”

  

  EU leaders say tough new budget rules agreed at their summit in Brussels will protect the Euro from a future Greek-style debt crisis. The EU “sealed a solid pact to strengthen the Euro,” said European Council President Herman Van Rompuy.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 06:15 UTC

  Gold demand forecasted to continue rising as developed economies stall

  

  The gold market continued to be supported by concerns over the health of the global economy and its ability to show a sustained recovery, especially in developed nations, according to the latest edition of Gold Investment Digest published today by the World Gold Council (WGC).

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 04:06 UTC

  Argentine bonds post big gains and stocks hit new record

  

  Argentine bonds posted big gains and stocks hit a new record high Thursday as markets anticipated a more business-friendly environment following the death of former president Nestor Kirchner.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 04:04 UTC

  With “Milky Way” China claims top of the list of world supercomputers

  

  China has claimed the top spot on the list of the world's supercomputers. The title has gone to China's Tianhe-1A supercomputer that is capable of carrying out more than 2.5 thousand trillion calculations a second.

• Friday, October 29th 2010 - 03:44 UTC

  Pope calls on Brazilian Catholic bishops to oppose legalization of abortion

  

  Bishops must guide their faithful to use their vote to oppose efforts to legalize abortion and euthanasia, Pope Benedict XVI told bishops from Brazil.

• Thursday, October 28th 2010 - 05:39 UTC

  United Nations, OAS and IMF leaders praise the former president

  

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated he was “sorry to hear Néstor Kirchner had died so prematurely.” The UN leader placed strong emphasis on Kirchner's “relevant role for multilateralism.”

• Tuesday, October 26th 2010 - 04:46 UTC

  Singapore wants to merge with Sydney and create Asia’s second financial hub

  

  The Singapore stock exchange (SGX) has unveiled a multi-billion dollar bid for the company that owns the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in Sydney. If approved the 8.3 billion take-over would mark the first stock exchange merger in the Asia Pacific region.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2010 - 02:32 UTC

  Iglesias praises agreement to giver emerging economies greater say in IMF

  

  Enrique Iglesias, Ibero-America secretary general praised the G-20 decision to reform the IMF giving greater representation to the emerging economies but warned that the so called “currencies war” threatens to trigger a dangerous bout of protectionism at world level.