International

Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Canada prepares for the rush on Arctic claim and resources

Canada is preparing to claim an area of the Arctic Ocean seabed equivalent in size to almost two million square kilometres as part of Ottawa's aggressive effort to defend the country's interests in the North, said Canadian Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Australia, Chile agree on comprehensive free trade pact

Chile's Foreign Affairs Secretary Alejandro Foxley described the formalization of a free trade pact with Australia, which was announced in Santiago and Canberra on Tuesday as “very good news”. The official subscription of the agreement will be signed next July by Chilean minister Foxley.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Germany forecasts “explosive” growth for wind energy

Global annual wind energy production is expected to grow “explosively” in the next 10 years to reach 107,000 megawatt (MW) by the year 2017, (from the current 20.000 MW) according to a study from the German wind energy institute, DEWI, which is organizing the Husum Wind Energy trade fair next September.
Monday, May 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Canada launches claim over disputed sea-bed Arctic ridge

A year after Russia's controversial flag-planting dive to the North Pole seabed to assert ownership of a sprawling underwater mountain chain, Canada is launching a less brazen but potentially more effective counterclaim for control over parts of the disputed Arctic ridge - perhaps even the pole itself - by publishing a scientific paper in a scholarly journal.
Monday, May 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Giant 500 pounds squid netted off Australia

A giant 500 pound squid was hauled off the coast of Victoria (Australia) yesterday. Fishing trawler skipper Mr Rang Pene winched up his catch from the ocean floor to find a large mass halfway down the net.
Sunday, May 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UK, US and Canada steelworkers union to become global

The United Kingdom's biggest trade union Unite is reportedly on the brink of merging with a counterpart in North America, reported on Sunday The Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times.
Saturday, May 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Canadian team gathers evidence of Arctic cap break up

Dramatic evidence of the break-up of the Arctic ice-cap has emerged from research during an expedition by the Canadian military. Scientists traveling with the troops found major new fractures during an assessment of the state of giant ice shelves in Canada's far north, reports BBC.
Saturday, May 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Calls for the immediate grounding of RAF Nimrod fleet

The entire RAF Nimrod fleet should be grounded, a coroner has urged as he concluded the inquest into the deaths of 14 servicemen in a crash. The fleet had “never been airworthy”, Andrew Walker said, recording narrative verdicts at the Oxford hearing.
Friday, May 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
FAO forecasts higher harvest volumes but still insufficient

High food prices have particularly hit vulnerable populations in many countries that spend a substantial part of their income on food, according to a report released Thursday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome.
Friday, May 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Extinction threat for 21 shark and 11 ray species

The first study to determine the global status of 21 species of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays reveals that 11 of them are threatened with extinction, says IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) on International Biodiversity Day.