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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

China pushes for World Bank rival

China pushes for World Bank rival


China pushes for World Bank rival

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 11:54 AM PDT

Beijing courts Asian and Middle East states to develop competition for global institutions that it believes are too influenced by the US and its allies

Warning on Iraq leaders’ lack of urgency

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:38 AM PDT

Little progress seen on forming a cohesive national unity government to slow the country's slide into civil war despite international pressure

Le Pen fails to form EU political group

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:29 AM PDT

France's far right party fails to forge an official group in the European parliament and misses out on millions of euros in official funding

Foreign direct investment up 9% in 2013

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 10:03 AM PDT

Unctad report points to watershed in the way the biggest companies are investing overseas with more 'reshoring' and China set for net outflow of FDI

Renzi likens EU to ‘old boring aunt’

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:28 AM PDT

Italy's prime minister has said the EU has to change course as he outlined his aims for the country's six-month presidency of the bloc

Juncker’s style stirs doubt over top EU job

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 09:57 AM PDT

Luxembourg's ex-premier oversaw era that made his country rich, but dealmaking and favour-trading tactics make some reluctant to give him top EU job

Coulson guilty as Brooks walks free

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 07:04 AM PDT

Former News of the World editor has been found guilty of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages, while Rebekah Brooks is cleared of all charges

Venezuela confronts volatile fuel dilemma

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 06:09 AM PDT

Economic crisis means President Nicolas Maduro might have no choice but to wind back the country's generous petrol subsidies

Putin moves to lift Ukraine troop mandate

Posted: 24 Jun 2014 12:08 PM PDT

Observers say the move is the clearest political signal yet that Vladimir Putin is seeking a political solution to the crisis in Ukraine

UN rejects Australian bid to renew logging

Posted: 23 Jun 2014 07:57 PM PDT

Australia loses a bid to delist 74,000ha of forest in Tasmania from world heritage protection to facilitate logging, following a ruling by Unesco

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