International

• Saturday, January 9th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  FIAT and Peugeot merge to create world's fourth largest auto company

  

  Shareholders of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Groupe PSA (Peugeot) voted to merge the U.S.-Italian and French carmakers to create the world’s fourth-largest auto company by volume.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Falkland Islands admits disappointment and frustration with Brexit deal

  

  Falkland Islands European Union exports are now subject to tariffs due to the UK not obtaining an agreement on behalf of the Falklands in relation to Brexit. On Wednesday, Legislative Assembly members released an opinion piece that expressed disappointment and frustration.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 08:48 UTC

  Atmosphere carbon dioxide forecasted to reach 50% higher than before the industrial revolution

  

  Human activity will push concentrations of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to levels 50% higher than before the industrial revolution this year, breaching a symbolic climate change threshold, the UK's Met Office forecast on Friday.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  China Biotech vaccine tested 78% effective in Brazil trial, but doubts remain

  

  A coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech was 78% effective in a late-stage Brazilian trial with no severe COVID-19 cases, researchers said on Thursday, although a lack of data details stirred calls for more transparency.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 07:53 UTC

  Boeing will pay US$ 2,5bn to resolve investigation related to the 737 MAX crashes

  

  Boeing Co will pay over US$ 2.5 billion to resolve a U.S. investigation into criminal conspiracy charges related to two deadly 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people, the Justice Department said, but the plane maker will not be required to plead guilty.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 03:12 UTC

  China “regrets” Capitol take over and recalls no deaths when rioters stormed the Hong Kong legislature

  

  China compared on Thursday the storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump with last year's often-violent pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, but noted that no one had died when demonstrators took over the Parliament of Hong Kong.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 01:33 UTC

  FA admits Cavani is not racist, and blames Manchester United for not offering the player social media training

  

  The English Football Association (FA) panel handed Edinson Cavani a three-match suspension despite acknowledging the Manchester United striker was not deliberately racist and had not known his language on social media was offensive.

• Friday, January 8th 2021 - 01:17 UTC

  Capitol mob represents an internal collapse of US political system: Global Times editorial

  

  Donald Trump's supporters stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday in an attempt to stop Joe Biden from being certified the winner. Although the situation was quickly brought under control, politicians and public opinion condemned the riots, and Congress officially certified Biden's victory afterwards, the far-reaching implications of the incident may not be controllable.

• Thursday, January 7th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Credit Suisse cuts relations with wealthy Venezuelan families

  

  Fearing of doing business with politically-exposed clients in a sanctions-hit country, Credit Suisse Group AG has cut relationships with a number of Venezuela’s wealthy.

• Thursday, January 7th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Paris court of appeal rules that ETA Basque group can be handed to Spain

  

  The Paris Court of Appeal has ruled that the former long-time leader of Basque separatist group ETA, Josu Ternera, can be handed over to Spain, a judicial source said on Wednesday.