International

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 02:16 UTC

  Taxes in UK Must Rise Sharply Anticipates Think Tank

  

  Taxes in Britain must rise sharply over the next decade to bring down borrowing, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). In a report, the think tank said taxes would have to rise by the equivalent of 6p on the basic income tax rate to get the budget deficit below 3% by 2020.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:59 UTC

  Iceland Displeased with Whale Hunting Quota Threatens to Pull Out of IWC

  

  Twelve member countries of the International Whaling Commission (IWC)—an 88-country organization created in 1946 to monitor the whaling industry—have proposed catch quotas for the next ten years for countries that hunt whales.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:30 UTC

  German Court Says not Releasing Files on Nazi Criminal Eichmann “Unlawful”

  

  A German court said Friday the government had no legal basis to keep under wraps secret files on Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi architect of the Holocaust, potentially paving the way for their release.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:23 UTC

  “Momentum” for Tory Leader Cameron After Final Debate, According to BBC

  

  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made on Thursday a plea to voters not to risk change as he sought to salvage Labour's election campaign in the final TV debate before polling day.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 01:44 UTC

  Academic Analysis of the Gibraltar-Spain-UK Dialogue Process

  

  The book “Gibraltar y el Foro tripartito de Diálogo” that was recently published by the University of Cádiz, was presented in Gibraltar earlier this week. Gibraltar’s Minister for Culture coordinated the presentation at a press conference in the Mackintosh Hall.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 00:24 UTC

  Brazil’s Lula da Silva Named “Most Influential World Leader” by Time Magazine

  

  Brazilian President Lula da Silva has been named the most influential leader in the world by Time Magazine, ahead of US President Barack Obama who is ranked fourth. No European leader figures among the top 25.

• Thursday, April 29th 2010 - 18:49 UTC

  Australia Opens Brine Shrimp Farm, Key Component in Aquaculture Food Chain

  

  Australian Fisheries Minister Norman Moore embraced the aquaculture potential of Western Australia with the opening of a cutting edge-design commercial brine shrimp farm at Port Gregory, near Geraldton.

• Thursday, April 29th 2010 - 07:28 UTC

  Outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Japan Includes Cows and Pigs

  

  Japan has discovered suspected cases of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs at a farm in Miyazaki prefecture, where the government confirmed the first outbreak since 2000 in cows last week.

• Thursday, April 29th 2010 - 06:34 UTC

  Europe’s Financial Seism Reaches Spain: S&P Downgrades Credit Rating

  

  International credit rating agency Standard and Poor's downgraded on Wednesday Spain's credit rating from “AA+” to “AA” with a negative outlook. The move comes a day after S&P gave Greek bonds a junk rating and lowered Portugal's credit rating from “A+” to “A-”.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 18:18 UTC

  IMF Warns of Greek Crisis Contagion; Germany Reluctant to Support Aid

  

  The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that the crisis in Greece could spread throughout Europe. Dominique Strauss-Kahn said that every day lost in resolving Greece's problems risks spreading the impact “far away”.