Allie Nawrat
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18 May
How the peso’s decline forced Argentina to return to the hated IMF
Earlier this month, Argentina’s Central Bank raised the country’s interest rate by 675 basis points to 40%.
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30 Apr
Children of the revolution: Cuba transitions to a new generation of leaders
Earlier this month — on what happened to be the anniversary of the 1961 attempted Bay of Pigs invasion by the US CIA — Cuba’s National Assembly selected Miguel Díaz-Canel as the country’s new president.
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17 Apr
“There is no plan B” — What to expect from Brazil after landmark Lula trial
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – more commonly known as Lula – was imprisoned this month after being convicted of money laundering and corruption, yet he is still planning to stand in October’s election.
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10 Apr
Life after PPK: What the resignation of Peru’s President means for the country
Last month Peru’s President Pedro Paulo Kuczynski — often referred to as PPK — tendered his resignation to the country’s Congress after 20 months in power.
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12 Mar
What to expect from Chile’s newly elected billionaire President Sebastián Piñera
Billionaire Sebastián Piñera of the centre-right coalition Chile Vamos (Let’s go Chile) was inaugurated yesterday as Chilean President after winning 54.6% of the votes in the December elections.
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9 Mar
Quantum computing breakthrough as scientists make qubits which can communicate
Scientists in Australia have claimed a major breakthrough in the race to build the next generation of superfast computers using quantum physics.
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8 Mar
UK to promise Gibraltar access to financial services after Brexit
UK law makers will commit to barrier-free financial market access for Gibraltar once the UK leaves the European Union during a meeting Gibraltar’s chief minister Fabian Picardo today.
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8 Mar
Jeremy Corbyn is steering Labour towards a soft Brexit — here’s how that fits with his voting record
The UK’s Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn last week laid out his party’s plan for the UK exit from the European Union.
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7 Mar
Rolls-Royce share price climbs on restructuring savings
Shares in engineering giant Rolls-Royce are up almost 12% today, thanks to the restructuring programme it announced this morning.
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6 Mar
UK law makers call for the proposed takeover of GKN by Melrose to be blocked
A letter signed by 16 influential British law makers has called for the government to block the proposed takeover of UK-based engineering company GKN by turnaround specialist Melrose.
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5 Mar
There could be an oil supply crunch after 2020 due to investment shortfalls
Oil supply will be able to meet oil demand in the next two years, but a lack of investment could lead to a global supply crunch after 2020 the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned.
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5 Mar
Lithium: The world’s hottest commodity and the companies that are mining it
Lithium is one of the world’s fastest growing commodities — growing in value at around 18% every year, according to SQM, Chile’s largest lithium producer.
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2 Mar
This week’s stock market sell off has cost the world’s richest $128 billion
US stock market fell for the third day in a row yesterday, hitting the world’s 500 richest people hardest and causing them to lose a combined $128bn, according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index.
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1 Mar
Putin boasts of economic growth, improving living standards and invincible missiles in annual address
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has delivered his annual state of the nation address, boasting of economic growth, improving living standards and invincible missiles.
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28 Feb
High-potency cannabis strains are now the norm in the UK
A scientific study into cannabis strength revealed high-potency varieties of the drug were more dominant in the UK in 2016 than eight or thirteen years previously.
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27 Feb
A German court has ruled cities can impose bans on diesel cars
The Federal Administrative court of Leipzig has ruled in favour of allowing local authorities to impose bans on heavily polluting diesel cars.
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27 Feb
Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright named in $5 billion cryptocurrency lawsuit
Craig Wright, self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor, is reportedly being sued for $5 billion in bitcoin and other assets by the estate of a now deceased former business partner, David Kleiman.
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27 Feb
5 things we learnt from Warren Buffett about the market and the US economy
There are few individual people the market listens to as closely as it does to Warren Buffett.
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26 Feb
Lucara Diamond wants to use blockchain to trace diamonds through its supply chain
Lucara Diamond has acquired Clara Diamond Solutions which uses the technology blockchain to trace diamonds as they move through the supply chain.
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23 Feb
Trump has unveiled the toughest sanctions against North Korea yet
US President Donald Trump has announced the largest package of sanctions against North Korea yet.
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22 Feb
BAT expects ecigarettes sales to hit $1.4bn in 2018
Cigarette giant British American Tobacco (BAT) expects to double its ecigarettes sales in 2018 as it integrates rival Reynolds American.
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22 Feb
Amnesty International annual report: Human rights violations increasing globally but so is resistance
Amnesty International has found that discrimination against marginalised groups is becoming more normalised in its annual report on the state of the world’s human rights, out today.
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21 Feb
New Zealand and the Nordic countries are still the least corrupt in the world
Transparency International has released its corruption perception index (CPI) for 2017 showing, as usual, a strong correlation between high levels of corruption and lack of protections for the press and non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
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20 Feb
Walmart’s ecommerce sales growth slows as battle with Amazon heats up
Walmart has reported its full year results, revealing its online sales growth is losing steam and disappointing some investors.
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20 Feb
The UK is weighing workers’ rights in the gig economy — here’s how we got here
Pimlico Plumbers’ appeal against the UK’s Court of Appeal in favour a tradesman’s unfair dismissal case against the company has reached the Supreme Court.
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19 Feb
KFC has temporarily closed many of its UK stores because it’s run out of chicken
KFC was forced to close two-thirds of its 900 UK outlets over the weekend due to a shortage of chicken as deliveries from DHL failed to arrive on schedule, according to Huffington Post.
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19 Feb
Macedonia wants to settle its name dispute with Greece by July
Macedonia hopes to end its decade-long row with Greece about its name ahead of the July Nato summit.
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19 Feb
How the UK Government is helping Côte D’Ivoire tackle its smuggling problem
This month UK minister for Africa, Harriett Baldwin, visited Côte D’Ivoire to deliver a device to the government that could help the detection of illicit substances during anti-smuggling operations.
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16 Feb
Uber introduces new safety measures in a bid to secure its future in the UK
Uber has announced its new policy that aims to improve the safety of its customers and its drivers in the UK.
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16 Feb
An Australian wine maker is taking a company to court in its fight against copycats
Australian Treasury Wine Estates (TWE), the world’s largest standalone winemaker, has initiated legal action in Australia’s Federal Court against a copycat brand.