Posts Tagged ‘News’
 

 

Daily News Roundup – 23 July 2012

  Europe Markets rattled by more speculation over Spain’s regional debts Heavily indebted regional governments in Spain are at the centre of fears that they will push the national government into seeking a bailout for th...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP – 5 JULY 2012

Latin America Mexico to face partial recount in Presidential election The recount has been announced after Mexico’s electoral authorities said there were inconsistencies in Sunday’s election. It comes just two days after En...
by Tom Dunbar
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North Korea: Business As Usual

Whilst almost every sovereign state has, to some degree, embraced the progress of the 21st century, the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), by its own volition, has isolated itself from the rest.
by Simon Fraser
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Daily News Roundup – 21 August 2012

  Latin America Belize at risk of debt default Belize is in danger of defaulting on its national debt after it missed a $23m bond payment, which was due on Monday.  The government has the rest of a 30-day grace period to ...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 25 September 2012

  Europe Abu Hamza extradition decision welcomed by UK and USA The European Court of Human Rights yesterday denied radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other terrorism suspects a final appeal against extradition to t...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 16 October 2012

  Europe McKinnon extradition blocked by UK government British Home Secretary Theresa May has announced today that hacker Gary McKinnon, who admits accessing US government computers, will not be extradited to the United States...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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Daily News Roundup – 1 August 2012

  Europe Scheme launches in UK to prompt lending  The Funding for Lending initiative, a new scheme to prompt banks and other lenders to make more money available to homeowners and businesses, has come into operation in th...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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International Political Forum

Regional Reactions To The Iran Nuclear Deal

As Iran’s long standing sworn “nemesis”, the Israeli reaction, voiced through Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, denouncing the P5+1 Iran nuclear deal, claiming that the “agreement has made the world more dangerousâ...
by Oscar Isham
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Daily News Roundup – 14 August

  Europe Breivik could have been stopped sooner, inquiry concludes An independent inquiry into Anders Behring Breivik’s attacks on a Christian youth camp in July 2011, which left 77 people dead and more than 240 wounded,...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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