International

Saturday, March 14th 2009 - 09:44 UTC
US and EU split over stimulus plans and banks

United Kingdom Chancellor Alistair Darling has played down talk of rifts between the US and Europe ahead of the G20 summit. Finance ministers from leading countries are gathering in London to agree the agenda for the summit of world leaders next month.
Saturday, March 14th 2009 - 09:38 UTC
Tax havens agree to relax bank secrecy laws

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed announcement that Switzerland is relaxing key bank secrecy laws as “the beginning of the end of tax havens.”
Saturday, March 14th 2009 - 07:36 UTC
Spanish congressional consensus for talks on Gibraltar sovereignty

Intense and at times fiercely debated discussions led to Spain’s governing party the PSOE convincing the PP opposition and other parties to join in a consensus motion on Spain’s approach to the Gibraltar question, it emerged this week according to the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Saturday, March 14th 2009 - 07:26 UTC
Lula da Silva, Biden and PM Brown confirmed for political summit in Chile

Under the logo “A Progressive response to the global crisis” Chilean president Michelle Bachelet will host next March 27 and 28 a new Progressive Leaders summit to which top international leaders from Africa, Latinamerica, United states and Europe have confirmed their participation.
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 06:25 UTC
OPEC consensus for another oil production cut

Venezuela will insist at this week end’s meeting in Vienna of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, that the cartel needs to impose more production cuts, an influential lawmaker said in Caracas.
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 06:23 UTC
Surging global population adds to water crisis warns UN

The surging growth in global population, climate change, widespread mismanagement and increasing demand for energy have tightened the grip on the world’s evaporating water supplies, warned a new United Nations report released today.
Friday, March 13th 2009 - 05:41 UTC
Prince Charles tells Brazilian hosts: A hundred months to save the planet

Britain's Prince Charles currently in Brazil on a South American tour warned on Thursday that mankind has 100 months or less to save the planet from a climate-caused disaster.
Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 08:28 UTC
Planet Earth ever so crowded: 7 billion by early 2012

The world’s population will hit 7 billion early in 2012 and top 9 billion in 2050, with the majority of the increase taking place in developing countries, according to revised United Nations estimates released today.
Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 06:46 UTC
Following four bullish years UN forecasts tourism industry downturn

The United Nations World Tourism Organization said Wednesday that international vacation travel could drop 2% this year as the global crisis worsens. This will be particularly evident following the bullish years, 2004/07 when growth averaged 7%.
Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 06:24 UTC
Cristina Kirchner and PM Brown to hold bilateral meeting in Chile

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be holding a bilateral meeting next March 27th in Viña del Mar, Chile during the progressive leaders’ forum and most probably the Falklands/Malvinas claim issue will be on the table, according to reports in Buenos Aires daily La Nación.