International

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  WHO launches digital app to improve care for older people

  

  On the International Day of Older Persons, October first, the World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a package of tools, including a digital application to help health and social workers provide better care for older people.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  China displays its military muscle with an impressive parade on the 70th anniversary of the communist revolution

  

  China celebrated its growing power and confidence with a big display of military hardware and goose-stepping troops in Beijing on Tuesday, overseen by President Xi Jinping, who pledged peaceful development on Communist China’s 70th birthday.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 08:33 UTC

  Bolsonaro will attend the enthronement of Japanese emperor Narushito

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he will attend the enthronement ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito scheduled for Oct 22 as part of a tour of Asia and the Middle East.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 08:18 UTC

  The Rugby World Cup fuels a boom in Japan's tourism

  

  A new study has revealed that the Rugby World Cup, (RWC) has fuelled a boom in Japan's tourism from the competing nations. During the period from 12th September to 6th November, which covers the tournament dates and a few days either side, flight bookings to Japan from the competing nations are currently 38.1% ahead of where they were, during the equivalent period last year.

• Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 10:57 UTC

  BAE delivered the last of 160 Eurofighter Typhoons to the RAF

  

  The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) has received the last of its Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 multirole combat aircraft into service, with the announcement on 27 September that deliveries from BAE Systems Warton have been concluded.

• Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Xi's message to Hong Kong: Beijing will uphold “one country, two systems”

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday to uphold the “one country, two systems” principle in Hong Kong, after months of protests in the semi-autonomous city.

• Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Maduro scoffs at EU sanctions and Trump's failed Venezuela policy

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday scoffed at sanctions imposed by the European Union and accused Brussels of doing US President Donald Trump's bidding. “I don't care about the European Union sanctions, the sanctions of the European Union make us laugh,” Maduro told a press conference, saying the EU was “sinking in the mud of Donald Trump's failed Venezuela policy.”

• Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  Mexican president jokes about his predecessor's luxurious Boeing Dreamliner: “not even Trump has one like it”

  

  The luxury presidential plane that whisked Mexico’s former leader around the world but is now for sale should tempt Donald Trump to open his wallet, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador joked on Friday.

• Monday, September 30th 2019 - 18:56 UTC

  Chancellor of the Exchequer insists UK leaves the EU on October 31

  

  The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on Oct. 31, hopefully with a deal, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid said on Monday. “Hopefully we leave with a deal,” Javid told ITV. “If we cannot strike a deal, I think it is important to leave in any case and leave with no deal. It is not perfect but it is appropriate that we leave on the 31st.”

• Monday, September 30th 2019 - 08:09 UTC

  Retailer Forever 21 files for bankruptcy, but will continue in Latin America

  

  Fashion retailer Forever 21 Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday as it joined a growing list of brick-and-mortar players who have succumbed to the onslaught of e-commerce.