International

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 20:36 UTC

  British Council seeking multi-million bailout to stave off insolvency

  

  The British Council, which promotes UK cultural and language relations overseas, is seeking a multi-million-pound bailout to stave off insolvency because of the impact of COVID-19, the government said on Thursday.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 18:33 UTC

  US lawmakers asked Zoom to clarify its relation with the Chinese government

  

  Three U.S. lawmakers asked Zoom Video Communications Inc to clarify its data-collection practices and relationship with the Chinese government after the firm said it had suspended user accounts to meet demands from Beijing.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 12:56 UTC

  Falklands had a record breaking 2019/20 cruise season, with 72,836 visitors

  

  Despite being cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2019-2020 proved to be a record-breaking cruise season in the Falkland Islands. A total of 72,836 cruise passengers arrived in the Islands, up 16.5% on the previous season.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 11:11 UTC

  Falklands lawmakers: eternally grateful to those who liberated us and continue to protect our sovereignty

  

  This Sunday we will mark Liberation Day, the day when we commemorate, and indeed celebrate, the liberation of these Islands from Argentine invasion in 1982.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 10:35 UTC

  Slave trader statue fished out of Bristol harbor; Bournemouth will remove a bronze of Robert Baden-Powell

  

  The statue of a slave trader toppled by anti-racism protesters was on Thursday fished out of the harbour in the English city of Bristol, as another historical monument was set to be taken down.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 10:27 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth marks the beginning of Carers Week

  

  Queen Elizabeth has taken part in her first public video conference call to mark Carers Week, adding another first for the British monarch during her long reign.

• 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.