International

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”.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 07:20 UTC
French inventor crosses the English Channel of a hover board in 20 minutes

French inventor Franky Zapata on Sunday succeeded in crossing the English Channel on a jet-powered hover board he designed, zooming over the Strait of Dover in just over 20 minutes.
Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 20:31 UTC
Fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid painkiller poisoning US/China relations

President Donald Trump has repeatedly hit out at China for failing to curb the export of illegal fentanyl to the United States. The powerful painkiller is the primary synthetic opioid available in the US, a class of drug that was responsible for almost 32,000 overdose deaths last year.
Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 19:57 UTC
Record price for rare Assam tea: 2 kg of Maijan Orthodox Golden sold for US$ 2.035

A rare Assam tea has sold for a world record price at auction in India, highlighting a boom for speciality teas while the industry as a whole is in crisis. A 2kg lot of Maijan Orthodox Golden tea sold for 141,002 rupees (US$2,035) last Wednesday.
Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 17:07 UTC
Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva, EU's candidate for IMF chief

Known for rolling up her sleeves, Bulgaria's Kristalina Georgieva has been lauded as the life of the party, as well as for her tenacity. The guitar-playing environmental specialist, who was nominated on Friday as the EU's candidate to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 12:00 UTC
Venezuela and opposition continue talks in Barbados, Norwegian minister reveals

The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition are continuing talks in Barbados to try to find ways to resolve the Latin American country's political crisis, the Foreign Ministry of mediator Norway said on Friday.