International

• Friday, January 15th 2010 - 06:34 UTC

  2009 was the hottest year on record south of the Equator, says Science

  

  The United States and Europe may be experiencing one of the coldest winters in decades, but things continue to heat up in the Southern Hemisphere. Science magazine has obtained exclusive data from NASA that indicates that 2009 was the hottest year on record south of the Equator. The find adds to multiple lines of evidence showing that the 2000s were the warmest decade in the modern instrumental record.

• Friday, January 15th 2010 - 06:21 UTC

  World’s largest tanker, built in China, ready to start maiden voyage

  

  Claimed to be the most sophisticated large tanker ever designed and built by a Chinese shipyard, the ‘Xin Pu Yang' is to start its maiden voyage from Guangzhou to the Middle East later this month, Chinese media reports said.

• Friday, January 15th 2010 - 06:19 UTC

  South Korea confirms second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

  

  South Korean authorities confirmed Thursday the second outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on a cattle farm close to where the first outbreak in eight years erupted a week ago.

• Friday, January 15th 2010 - 06:16 UTC

  Jobs of the future: space pilot, human body part maker or climate change averter

  

  Tomorrow's job hunters could be applying for the position of space pilot, human body part maker or climate change averter, according to a British government commissioned report.

• Friday, January 15th 2010 - 05:28 UTC

  Euro-zone countries “need bold measures to improve confidence”

  

  The European Central Bank left interest rates on hold at their historic low of 1% at its first meeting for the year Thursday amid concerns about Greece's debt crisis.

• Thursday, January 14th 2010 - 12:04 UTC

  A Greek “headache” for the European Central Bank and interest rates

  

  The Euro-zone is facing one of its most serious internal crises ever as European Central Bank (ECB) governors meet on Thursday, with fiscal problems in Greece and other members of the bloc pushing interest rate issues to the background.

• Thursday, January 14th 2010 - 12:00 UTC

  Brazil elected to board of directors of Bank for International Settlements

  

  Brazil’s Central bank president Henrique Meirelles was elected to the board of directors of the Bank for International Settlements, a further sign of the country's increasing clout in the world economy.

• Thursday, January 14th 2010 - 11:56 UTC

  Germany experienced during 2009 the largest ever decline in 60 years

  

  Germany's largely export-driven economy recorded its biggest-ever decline since World War II in 2009: 5%. The country also breached the EU's deficit limit.

• Thursday, January 14th 2010 - 09:48 UTC

  Barramundi, the Sexy Green Seafood conquering the US

  

  There’s a new fish in town that’s heating up skillets US chefs: it was named a “Hot Culinary Trend for 2010”; The Daily Green and Fabien Cousteau call it “sexy” and the US Green Nutritionist Kate Geagan dubs it a “lean and green super-food”. Its name: Barramundi.

• Thursday, January 14th 2010 - 03:05 UTC

  UK economy could be crawling out of recession, according to latest data

  

  The UK economy grew in the fourth quarter of 2009 for the first time since the summer of 2008, according to forecasts published Wednesday.