Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad has floated the idea of creating a gold-backed common trading currency for all of East Asia, slamming regional currency trading as “manipulative” and criticizing the US's heavy-handed foreign policy. Read Full Article at RT.com
The removal of India from a preferential trade deal which allowed for $5.6bn in duty-free imports, is inevitable, American officials have stressed, claiming, however, that the US wants nothing but good relations with its partner. Read Full Article at RT.com
Mexico has slammed US President Donald Trump's threat to impose retaliatory tariffs until illegal immigrants stop streaming across its border as “disastrous,” and plunging peso markets seem to agree with that assessment. Read Full Article at RT.com
A JOINT venture between Irish renewables firm BNRG and France's Neoen for a 12MW solar farm in Co Kildare has been refused permission by An Bord Pleanála.
A dramatic increase in feed costs in 2018 due to adverse weather led to a 31pc decrease in dairy farm incomes and a "historical" 22pc drop in cattle-rearing incomes last year, according to the Teagasc National Farm Survey.
Dieting is hard because weight loss sets off an evolutionary "red flag" in the brain which triggers hunger cravings, a Cambridge University geneticist has warned.
US President Donald Trump has signalled his backing for Tory leadership candidate Boris Johnson - and could have a private meeting with him during his state visit to the UK.
