International

• Monday, October 31st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  The cost of political instability has left its toll in the value of UK bonds

  

  Since the start of 2022, and with the increasing political instability situation in the United Kingdom. more than £1.3 trillion has been wiped off the value of UK bonds, following a major sell-off across bond markets, according to figures released at the end of last week's trading.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:34 UTC

  Falklands thanks Commons' Speaker for the 40th Anniversary support

  

  This week Falkland Islands Representative in London, Richard Hyslop presented the House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle with a 40th Anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands framed stamped envelope.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Lecture on Falklands Liberation Anniversary at Queen's University in Belfast

  

  As part of the Falkland Islands' 40th anniversary year of events in the UK, a delegation from Falkland House visited Belfast and Northern Ireland.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis dies aged 87

  

  Rock and roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis, of Great Balls of Fire fame, has died of natural causes, it was reported Friday.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 10:06 UTC

  Carbon emissions forecast to peak in 2025

  

  Global energy emissions have been forecast to be peaking by 2025 as a result of a shift in investments following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which pushed renewable sources to the forefront, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)'s annual World Energy Outlook report released this week.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 20:21 UTC

  Football World Cup trophy lands in Uruguay

  

  The World Cup trophy that will be at stake later this year in Qatar landed Friday at Carrasco airport, where it was welcomed by Brazil's 2002 world champion Lucio, Vice President Beatriz Argimón, and Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse, together with Uruguayan Football Association authorities.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:27 UTC

  EU agrees carmakers must achieve 100% cut in CO2 emissions by 2035

  

  The European Parliament and the European Commission agreed that carmakers must achieve a 100% cut in CO2 emissions by 2035. This means no new vans or cars with combustion engines, gasoline or diesel, are to be sold in the European Union from 2035.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Musk finally takes over Twitter and sacks many top executives

  

  South African entrepreneur Elon Musk Thursday agreed to buy Twitter for US$ 44 billion and sacked many top executives as his first move proving he was in charge of the social media platform.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 19:33 UTC

  Zuckerberg loses millions as Meta's stock plummets

  

  Meta's stock fell 23% Thursday after the third quarter's results were released. The data showed the Reality Labs division (which encompasses its VR, XR, and Metaverse) posted US$ 3.7 billion in operating losses.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  UK's Autumn's budget delay to Nov 17, leaves BoE on the dark as to interest rate increase next week

  

  Since British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt pushed back this year's autumn statement (expected “mini budget”) --from Halloween to 17 November--. Bank of England who are meeting on 3 November have been left without guidance as to the government's tax and spending policies.