International

Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 06:38 UTC
Global trade forecasted to remain “below trend” in fourth quarter, WTO

The World Trade Organization said on Monday that growth in global goods trade is expected to remain “below trend” in the fourth quarter amid tensions and rising tariffs in key sectors.
Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 05:41 UTC
WTO committee considering ways to end fisheries subsidies negotiations

At the 15 November informal meeting of the Negotiating Group on Rules, heads of WTO member delegations discussed the status of the fisheries subsidies negotiations. Members noted difficulties in concluding negotiations by the end of the year and committed to intensifying their discussions to curb harmful fisheries subsidies.
Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 05:29 UTC
Hazardous levels of pollution in Sydney as bushfires advance on Australia's largest city

Sydney was shrouded in dangerous haze on Tuesday as smoke from bushfire blazing along Australia's eastern board sent contamination levels soaring in the country's biggest city.
Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 05:20 UTC
North Korea targets fisheries to build economic independence

North Korean state media published detailed reports on Tuesday of a visit by leader Kim Jong Un to two fisheries, underscoring his drive to build economic independence as negotiations with the United States to lift punishing sanctions soured.
Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 05:17 UTC
Survival of the big-eye tuna to be decided this week in ICCAT meeting in Spain

The fate of big-eye tuna, over-fished and in decline, could be decided this week when fishing nations meet to set quotas after failing last year to agree on safeguard measures for the valuable food resource. Scientists warn that unless the catch is reduced, stocks of Thunnus obesus - prized for sashimi in Japan and canned worldwide - could collapse within years.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Falkland Islands laid wreaths at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day

The Falkland Islands Government, along with fellow Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, for the first time, laid wreaths at the National Service of Remembrance, at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, on Sunday, November 10.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:42 UTC
Voting system reform in Wales: 16/17-year olds allowed to vote in council elections

Sixteen and 17-year-olds look set to vote in council elections as part of the biggest changes to Wales' voting system in 50 years. Legislation, to be introduced to the assembly on Monday, would also allow resident foreign nationals to vote.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
Beijing sends naval force with a carrier to intimidate Taiwan's presidential election

China has sailed a carrier group into the sensitive Taiwan Strait led by its first domestically built aircraft carrier as election campaigning kicked into high gear on the self-ruled island on Sunday. Taiwan's foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said they would not be intimidated.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
PM Johnson plans end of preferential treatment for EU migrants; Tories lead Labour by 10/17 percentage points in polls

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Sunday to end preferential treatment for European Union migrants, as opinion polls showed his Conservative Party has the highest level of support since 2017 ahead of next month's election.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Yellow Vests in France celebrate first anniversary of protests with clashes in Paris

French “yellow vest” demonstrators occupied a top Parisian department store on Sunday, a day after clashes in the capital on the first anniversary of the protest movement. The glitzy Galeries Lafayette store in the Opera shopping district was evacuated after dozens of protesters chanting anti-capitalist and anti-government slogans took over the third floor.