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Will Anglo-Australian Mining Firm be Made to Pay in UK Court for Devastating Dam Collapse in Brazil?

Posted on July 29, 2020By Editor

BHP is an Anglo-Australian company which mines iron ore, coal and copper in Latin America, the US and Australia. In November 2015 two dams co-owned by BHP and a Brazilian firm, collapsed and inundated large areas of Brazil with water and toxic mud. … Read More >Will Anglo-Australian Mining Firm be Made to Pay in UK Court for Devastating Dam Collapse in Brazil?

Asia & Pacific

China ends Hong Kong’s crime-related agreements with Australia, Canada and UK for ‘politicizing judicial cooperation’

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020By Editor

Beijing is suspending Hong Kong’s crime agreements with Britain, Canada and Australia, China’s foreign ministry says, because they are “politicizing judicial cooperation” by halting their extradition treaties with Hong Kong. … Read More >China ends Hong Kong’s crime-related agreements with Australia, Canada and UK for ‘politicizing judicial cooperation’

Business

UK economy won’t return to pre-Covid level until 2024

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020By Editor

Britain’s economic outlook for 2020 has been downgraded to an 11.5-percent contraction by leading economic forecaster EY ITEM Club. That’s worse than the eight-percent decline forecast by the EY in June. … Read More >UK economy won’t return to pre-Covid level until 2024

World

International airline body slams UK’s ‘unilaterally decided blanket quarantine’ on travellers from Spain

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020By Editor

Global airline group IATA says the UK’s decision to make travellers from Spain quarantine for two weeks is a “big setback” that doesn’t accurately reflect the Covid-19 risk in the country, as airline stocks plunged on Monday. … Read More >International airline body slams UK’s ‘unilaterally decided blanket quarantine’ on travellers from Spain

Assange’s lawyers accuse US of using case for political purposes as WikiLeaks founder seen for first time in 3 months

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020By Editor

Julian Assange has appeared in court via video-link for the first time in three months, where his lawyers argued that a new US indictment against the WikiLeaks founder is being used for political purposes. … Read More >Assange’s lawyers accuse US of using case for political purposes as WikiLeaks founder seen for first time in 3 months

Business

Top British bank HSBC denies ‘setting up trap’ for China’s Huawei in US investigations

Posted on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020By Editor

London-headquartered multinational bank HSBC took to social media to say it was not, as Chinese media claimed, “fabricating evidence” against Huawei, which led to the arrest of the company’s chief financial officer in Canada. … Read More >Top British bank HSBC denies ‘setting up trap’ for China’s Huawei in US investigations

Shows

Crosstalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: UK’s Russiagate

Posted on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020By Editor

Has Russia been meddling in UK politics? According to an official report, the answer is “maybe, kinda” and the usual “highly likely.” The report is a dud. Also, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on a crusade against China. Does anyone outside the beltway really care? … Read More >Crosstalk, QUARANTINE EDITION: UK’s Russiagate

Business

Venezuela to challenge UK’s ruling that denies access to its gold stored in Bank of England vaults

Posted on July 26, 2020July 26, 2020By Editor

Caracas has won the right to file a court appeal on the decision of the English High Court, which blocked the Maduro government from getting back $1 billion in gold held by the Bank of England. … Read More >Venezuela to challenge UK’s ruling that denies access to its gold stored in Bank of England vaults

Russia

‘Diversionary tactics’: Moscow dismisses US & UK’s ‘propagandistic’ claims it tested new space weapon

Posted on July 26, 2020July 26, 2020By Editor

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has slapped down American and British claims that Moscow has been testing a new anti-satellite weapon. It says the pair are simply trying to distract attention from their own attempts to weaponize space. … Read More >‘Diversionary tactics’: Moscow dismisses US & UK’s ‘propagandistic’ claims it tested new space weapon

Cheeky protest? Man turns facemask into G-string for walkabout through downtown London (PHOTOS)

Posted on July 25, 2020July 25, 2020By Editor

Shoppers on London’s Oxford Street were stunned to spot a man walking by wearing nothing but a mask, which he had positioned as an undergarment. The stunt came on the same day face coverings became mandatory in shops in England. … Read More >Cheeky protest? Man turns facemask into G-string for walkabout through downtown London (PHOTOS)