He abdicated to marry his love, a divorced US nurse. So we are in Royal company with all our bugged phone lines!
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he review of more than 900 diplomatic cables by the campaign group Food and Water Watch showed a carefully crafted campaign to break down resistance to GM products in Europe and other countries, and so help promote the bottom line of big American agricultural businesses.
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The 2.5 million files are believed to contain data about 120,000 offshore companies worldwide. The leaks can affect both private companies and individuals from 170 different countries who could have set up illegal money transfers to tax havens to evade taxes.
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Euro zone finance officials acknowledged being “in a mess” over Cyprus during a conference call on Wednesday and discussed imposing capital controls to insulate the region from a possible collapse of the Cypriot economy.
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A great thing to do on a first date; a brain scan!
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Citigroupâs conclusion: “Water as an asset class will, in my view, become eventually the single most important physical-commodity based asset class, dwarfing oil, copper, agricultural commodities and precious metals.”
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The Queen and Prince Charles are using their little-known power of veto over new laws more than was previously thought, according to Whitehall documents.
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The Spanish media’s support for Argentina’s invasion of the Falkland Islands in April 1982 raised British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s fears that rogue elements within the Spanish military might try to seize Gibraltar, prompting her to beef up Britain’s military presence on The Rock, newly released Cabinet papers reveal.
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The Syrian pound used to be printed in Austria, but since that nation is a part of the EU a boycott is now in place. Syriaâs Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil referred to the currency deal with Russia as a “triumph” for the embattled country over Western sanctions.
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The Arctic is losing sea ice five times faster than the Antarctic is gaining it, so, on average, the Earth is losing sea ice very quickly. There is no inconsistency between our results and global warming
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