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Posted by The Analyst | 25 June 2019 | Farming
Farm leaders in last-ditch battle against Mercosur deal

Farm leaders were last night fighting a rearguard action against a sign-off on the Mercosur trade deal between the EU and South American countries.

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Posted by The Analyst | 25 June 2019 | Farming
Factories play chicken in bid to keep struggling farmers in line

My probing on prices brought this response from one factory agent yesterday: "As long as you can buy a cooked chicken for €6 to feed a family, beef will be forever too dear."

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Posted by The Analyst | 25 June 2019 | Farming
Ann Fitzgerald: Our ever-expanding silage pits are an accident waiting to happen

The Great Wall of China, mythically billed as the only man-made object visible from space, generally isn't, at least to the unaided eye. It certainly isn't visible from the Moon.

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Posted by The Analyst | 25 June 2019 | Breaking News
New US sanctions permanently close road for diplomacy, says Iran

The new US sanctions targeting Iran's supreme leader and other top officials mean the “permanent closure” of diplomacy between Tehran and Washington, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has said.

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Posted by The Analyst | 25 June 2019 | Breaking News
Space Station astronauts return to Earth

Three astronauts have safely returned to Earth after spending more than six months aboard the International Space Station.

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Posted by The Analyst | 25 June 2019 | Breaking News
Iran says talks with US impossible amid sanctions and ‘intimidation’

Iran's UN ambassador has warned that the situation in the Persian Gulf is “very dangerous” and called talks with the US impossible in the face of escalating sanctions and intimidation.

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Posted by The Analyst | 25 June 2019 | Breaking News
Sexual assault accuser is ‘not my type’, says Trump

President Donald Trump has said that a New York-based advice columnist who accused him of sexually assaulting her in a department store in the mid-1990s is not his “type”.

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