International

• Tuesday, September 7th 2010 - 05:17 UTC

  London alert as EU readies to approve supra-national financial regulatory agencies

  

  Europe's regulation chief has told London based companies to 'remain calm' over plans to give Brussels new powers to control their business.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2010 - 05:12 UTC

  Blair reveals “family” diplomacy in helping reach understanding on Gibraltar

  

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Spanish counterpart Jose Maria Aznar shared a tongue in cheek anecdote about Gibraltar during a family get together in Spain. The story is contained in Mr Blair's bestselling memoirs 'A Journey' that has just hit the bookshops in UK and is reported in the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Monday, September 6th 2010 - 05:26 UTC

  UN calls for the collective global protection of oceans

  

  Highlighting the centrality of the marine environment to human well-being, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the collective global responsibility to protect the world’s oceans.

• Monday, September 6th 2010 - 05:15 UTC

  IMF confident risks of further large price spikes for wheat have eased

  

  Despite a large rise in the two months to August, wheat prices remain well below levels reached during the boom in 2008 and market pricing indicates that the risks of further large price spikes have eased, says a report from the IMF.

• Monday, September 6th 2010 - 04:54 UTC

  EU agrees on three new watchdogs for the financial system

  

  European Union has reached an agreement on reforms in the financial sector with the creation of a European Systemic Risk Council and three new watchdogs covering banking, insurance and securities markets.

• Monday, September 6th 2010 - 04:26 UTC

  IMF confident world economy is recovering but warns about fiscal consolidation

  

  The world economy is recovering moderately but still faces challenges such as the need for medium-term fiscal consolidation, IMF First Managing Director, John Lipsky said on Sunday.

• Saturday, September 4th 2010 - 05:27 UTC

  Third vessel in less than a month to run aground in north Canada Arctic region

  

  A fuel tanker loaded with 9 million litres of diesel fuel has run aground in Canada's Far North but none of the fuel has spilled, the Canadian Coast Guard said on Thursday.

• Saturday, September 4th 2010 - 04:51 UTC

  International tourists arrivals up 7% in half year; Asia and Middle East lead

  

  The first six months of 2010 saw international tourist arrivals grow by 7% according to the August Interim Update of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. This result confirms the recovery trend beginning in the last quarter of 2009 and is expected to continue in the second half of the year at a somewhat more moderate rate but with Asia and Middle East continuing to lead.

• Saturday, September 4th 2010 - 04:44 UTC

  “Faster than anticipated recovery” for air passenger and cargo traffic says IATA

  

  Demand for international passenger and cargo traffic increased 9.2% and 22.7% respectively in July compared to the same month a year ago, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The year-on-year comparisons for July were less than the June growth data showing 11.6% and 26.6% increases respectively.

• Friday, September 3rd 2010 - 05:14 UTC

  Manufacturing growth data from the US and China helps boost markets

  

  Manufacturing growth in the US and China improved in August, helping to boost global stock markets. The US sector expanded for its 13th straight month in August, according to the Institute for Supply Management.