Budget, oil rig count and Nigerian GDP: Here’s our world view March 26, 2015 Rising debt, capital outflows and falling commodity prices – we highlight the numbers that matter from around the globe NORTH AMERICA 268 the number of rigs drilling for shale gas in the week ending 6 March 2015, down from 1,606 in the summer of 2008. And yet US gas production has continued to rise. Baker [...]
Russia proposes trans-Siberian super highway linking to the US March 25, 2015 RUSSIA has unveiled proposals for a superhighway rolling all the way from London across to the US. The Trans-Eurasian belt Development, proposed by Vladimir Yakunin who is head of the Russian Railways, would be the first modern route to run across Russia, linking to systems in Europe and Asia. This would mean Brits could be [...]
Russia plans superhighway linking Britain to the United States March 25, 2015 Russia has unveiled proposals for a superhighway rolling all the way from London across to the United States. The Trans-Eurasian belt Development, put forward by Vladimir Yakunin who is head of the Russian Railways, would be the first modern route to run across Russia, and then linking to systems in Western Europe and Asia. This would means Brits [...]
Kiev’s tough finance chief Natalie Jaresko puts her case to the world March 24, 2015 “I am facing very different challenges to those he faces,” says the Ukrainian finance minister hours after meeting George Osborne, the UK chancellor. Natalie Jaresko is in the middle of a whistlestop tour of London and New York, during which she hopes to put her case to her war-torn country’s creditors and also to enlist [...]
Greg Dyke hints David Gill could reignite England’s World Cup bid March 24, 2015 ENGLAND chiefs may lift their ban on bidding for the World Cup while Sepp Blatter remains president of Fifa following former Manchester United chief executive David Gill’s election to the governing body yesterday. Football Association (FA) chairman Greg Dyke warned that scepticism remained following England’s failed bid for the 2018 tournament, which was awarded to [...]
Why drug-resistant superbugs could wipe 6pc off the world economy by 2050 March 24, 2015 Tackling antibiotic resistance could become one of the biggest struggles of our time, according to new research by the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Tuberculosis (APPG TB). An overuse and misuse of antimicrobials has allowed some of the planet's deadliest diseases to start winning the battle against man-made drugs, and the situation is [...]
Did Israel spy on the US’s private Iran talks? Here are the two sides of the story March 24, 2015 Senior White House officials have accused Israel of spying on talks between the US, Iran and other world powers over the Middle Eastern country's nuclear programme, but Israel denies the claims. The private meetings in question took place last year and involved the UK, Germany, France, China and Russia. The aim was to persuade Iran [...]
Greek crisis: European markets dip ahead of meeting between Alexis Tsipras and Angela Merkel March 23, 2015 Germany's Dax lead European markets down, falling 0.93 per cent as Chancellor Angela Merkel prepared to thrash out a deal with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras this afternoon. France's Cac 40 fell 0.56 per cent, while the FTSE 100 – which on Friday hit 7,000 points for the first time – fell back 0.27 per [...]
FTSE 100 and 250 quarterly review takes effect as Hikma, Tullow Oil and Afren shuffle March 23, 2015 The shake-up revealed as a result of the quarterly review of the FTSE 100 and 250 takes effect this morning. Hikma Pharmaceuticals entered the blue-chip benchmark index, and its shares were down 2 per cent at £21.40. The pharmaceutical products manufacturer, which floated around ten years ago, has a market cap of £4.22bn. Hikma knocked out Tullow Oil [...]
Russia warns Denmark of a nuclear strike March 23, 2015 RUSSIA has warned Denmark of a nuclear strike on its warships if the Scandinavian country joins Nato’s missile defence shield. The Russian ambassador to Denmark Mikhail Vanin issued the dramatic threat in an opinion piece published in the Danish daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten. Vanin wrote that Denmark had not comprehended the consequences of joining the Western [...]