International

Friday, June 12th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
Fallout from pandemic could plunge 395 million people into extreme poverty

The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could plunge an extra 395 million people into extreme poverty and swell the total number of those living on less than US$1.90 a day worldwide to more than 1 billion, researchers said in a report on Friday.
Friday, June 12th 2020 - 09:51 UTC
Gibraltar residents able to cross the frontier into Spain

Gibraltar confirmed hat following direct contact between the Chief Minister and the Spanish Minister of the Interior, residents of Gibraltar and EU residents of Gibraltar are now able to cross the frontier into Spain.
Friday, June 12th 2020 - 09:26 UTC
UK sales of beer slump to the lowest on record, claims Pub Association

UK sales of beer have slumped to the lowest level on the record because of the coronavirus outbreak, trade industry body the British Beer and Pub Association said on Thursday.
Friday, June 12th 2020 - 08:57 UTC
UK economy contracted 20,4% in April, according to Stats Office

The UK economy shrank by 20.4% in April, according to figures outlined by the Office for National Statistics on Friday morning.
Friday, June 12th 2020 - 07:08 UTC
“Falkland Facts and Fallacies”, a new contribution to the Falklands' debate

By historian David Tatham (*) - This book by Graham Pascoe describes itself as a refutation of a work by two Argentine lawyers, Professor Marcelo Kohen and Facundo Rodríguez – and that is just what it is.
Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 17:44 UTC
Gibraltar: New Governor a Royal Navy man

This morning Gibraltar’s new governor was sworn in at the Gibraltar Parliament. Normally this is a high profile event with a guard of honour, residents lining the street outside and a packed crowd in the public gallery and a flurry of photographers. Sadly Sir David Steel missed out on that part of his welcome due to the COVID crisis.
Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 13:28 UTC
Spain eyeing chair of the Eurozone of finance ministers and WTO leadership

The Spanish government started lobbying on Wednesday for Economy Minister Nadia Calvino to take the presidency of the Euro-group, with a minister saying “it would be good news” if she were to replace Mario Centeno, who is stepping down.
Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 13:23 UTC
China increases protection of the pangolin to the same level as royal pandas

Wildlife activists on Wednesday welcomed China's decision to remove pangolin parts from its official list of traditional medicines, as Beijing steps up protection of the heavily-trafficked endangered mammal.
Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 12:52 UTC
EU accuses Russia and China of “unprecedented” Coronavirus “infodemic”

China and Russia were blamed for spewing out false and misleading online information about Covid-19 in a European Union report that seeks to stem the “unprecedented” spread of fake news amid the pandemic.
Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 08:49 UTC
Zoom admits to have yielded to Beijing on the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary

Zoom said on Wednesday that it had temporarily closed a US account of activists who met to mark the anniversary of China's crackdown in Tiananmen Square, raising alarm over free speech on the fast-growing video-meeting service.