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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 16 AUGUST 2012

Europe UK ‘threaten’ to storm Ecuadorian Embassy The Ecuadorian consul has accused the UK of ‘threatening’ to storm its UK embassy in a bid to arrest Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange. The UK Foreign Office has said t...
by Tom Dunbar
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Daily News Roundup – 2 October 2012

  Europe British Labour party planning new qualifications Ed Miliband, leader of the UK’s Labour party and main opposition, will use his speech at his party’s annual conference in Manchester today to announce a new qualifi...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Canada

Legislating Common Sense: Canada’s Lesson on Managing Growth

Just this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, and Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney announced plans that make it harder for Canadians to own a home. The average Canadian might not like the g...
by Donovon Kellyman
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Daily News Roundup – 15 August 2012

  Europe Standard Chartered settles with New York regulator over Iran deals British bank Standard Chartered has agreed a $340m (£217m) settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services over its recent ac...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 7 September 2012

  Europe ECB bond-buying plan detailed Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank (ECB), revealed details of a new bond-buying plan intended to ease the eurozone debt crisis in a speech yesterday.  He claimed th...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 6 September 2012

  Europe Mario Draghi to unveil bond-buying plan for the eurozone Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, is expected to unveil details of a new bond-buying plan later today.  The ECB is expected to help cut...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Latin America

A Real War on Drugs – Mexico’s Narcotics Conflict

For those of us fortunate to live in the developed world it is perhaps easy to sneer at the rhetorical flourish often used by American and Western leaders to describe their diplomatic and practical support for the prohibition o...
by Harry Booty
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USA

Daily News Roundup – 16 July 2012

Europe Athletes arriving in London for Olympics With 11 days to go until the Olympic Games are to start, thousands of athletes and officials have begun arriving at London’s Heathrow airport, which is expecting its busiest day...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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North America

Oops He Did It Again

Republicans are subjecting themselves to more head banging following the news of another misstep by presidential nominee, Mitt Romney. A secretly taped video from a private reception back in May emerged showing Mr. Romney with ...
by Laura Casey
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