International

Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 10:01 UTC
British Foreign secretary Raab travels to US, Canada and Mexico to boost trade, ahead of Brexit

British foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Canada, the United States and Mexico this week to seek to boost ties with non-European countries ahead of Brexit, his office said.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:48 UTC
The Titanic ship yard broke and in administration; the end of North Ireland's once proud iconic industry

Accountancy firm BDO has been appointed administrators to North Ireland's shipbuilders Harland and Wolff, a spokesman for the Belfast shipyard has said. An insolvency request is expected to be filed at the High Court in Belfast on Tuesday.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:41 UTC
Ice patrol ship HMS Protector and crew readying for polar return

The Royal Navy’s sole polar research, survey and science ship HMS Protector has come through fire, flood, breakdowns and helicopter crashes – all scenarios testing her ship’s company so that she is safe to operate thousands of miles from the UK.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
World stock markets plunge as Beijing lets its currency to devalue and halts purchase of US farm produce

World stock markets plunged on Monday as Beijing parried US President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcements by moving to let China's Yuan currency devalue and halting purchases of US agricultural products.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:06 UTC
Fed expected to further lower interest rate as trade tensions with China increase

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who last week cut U.S. interest rates as an insurance policy against the effects of “simmering” trade tensions, may need to buy more coverage after the United States late on Monday designated China a currency manipulator.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 08:51 UTC
British Africa or South America? African Tourism Board welcomes St. Helena

The African Tourism Board declares St. Helena as part of Africa and welcomes Destination Management Company Island Images as their first member on that remote British Island Territory in the Atlantic Ocean.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:24 UTC
Some 20 pilot whales die stranded in Iceland in mysterious circumstances

Some 20 pilot whales have died stranded in mysterious circumstances on the south-western coast of Iceland, emergency services said on Saturday, only two weeks after a similarly unexplained mass stranding had already killed dozens of the long-finned cetaceans.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:01 UTC
Trump warns UK: drop tax proposal on US tech companies or forget a free trade deal

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has told Britain it will not get a free trade deal unless it drops a new tax proposal for major U.S. tech companies, the Telegraph newspaper reported late on Friday.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:00 UTC
Arctic buoy with yearlong Beluga recordings salvaged by Swedish icebreaker

A year-long recording of the high-pitched clicks made by Beluga whales has been salvaged from the Arctic after the crew of a Swedish icebreaker chanced upon a research buoy adrift in hazardous pack ice.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:00 UTC
HSBC CEO steps down, “by mutual agreement”; search for a replacement has started

The chief executive of HSBC has stepped down after the bank said it needed a change in leadership to address a “challenging global environment”. John Flint is giving up the role he has held for a year and a half “by mutual agreement with the board”.