Island countries

The United Kingdom and Ireland could reach agreement in hours on how to run their post-Brexit Irish land border, paving the way for a deal that would remove the last obstacle to opening free trade talks with the European Union,Reuters reports.
 

No agreement has yet been reached between Britain and Ireland on the future of the Northern Irish border after Brexit, but a breakthrough could come later on Dec. 4, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said.

Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadar warned that Northern Ireland is about to go under the direct command of Britain, The Irish Times writes.

Britain vows that there will be "no return" to the hard Irish border of the past after Brexit as it attempts to defuse a deepening row with Ireland, The Telegraph writes.

The Government says that it wants to avoid "any physical border infrastructure" between Ireland and Northern Ireland under plans for new customs arrangements with the EU. 

The declining birth rates in the western countries is a well documented problem with many ramifications for local societies in all walks of life.

Scotland wants to remain a member of the common market of the European Union after Great Britain exits the bloc.

Besides, authorities in Edinburgh will insist on greater powers from London in order to defend better the interests of the strongly pro-European component part of the United Kingdom.

The number of Americans visiting Cuba surged 93 percent year-on-year in the first four months of 2016, the Cuban government said May 4.

The communist island is basking in its newfound glow as a trendy tourist destination since Washington and Havana announced a historic rapprochement in December 2014.

Britons are more worried about the prospect of Scotland gaining independence than of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union, a poll published on May 3 found. 

Travel agents, even large and reputable ones, sometimes add fine print to their contracts that can be confusing and misleading for travelers. An expensive program for an enticing overseas trip given to a customer may at any time be changed into something that the traveler did not bargain on buying.

The International Monetary Fund, deadlocked with Greece over further financial aid, approved a new loan installment for Cyprus on Friday, now the only other eurozone country receiving its bailout support.