Phnom Penh / AFP Cambodia’s prime minister has ordered a million hectares of forest be included in protected zones as the country faces one of the world’s fastest deforestation rates. The move, which covers five new areas of forest, will bump Cambodia’s conservation zones up by a fifth, bringing more than a quarter of the country’s land under protection. ...

  New York / AFP Negotiators on the ambitious TTIP transatlantic trade pact said they had made significant progress in New York this week and hope for a deal in 2016, despite popular opposition on both sides. Both sides said they would not be deterred by increased attacks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, and did not plan to ...

  Paris / AFP Britain kept its coveted top-grade triple-A credit rating from Standard and Poor’s on Friday, with the agency saying it expected the country to ultimately vote to remain in the European Union. Standard and Poor’s said “our affirmation of the rating reflects our assumption that, by a small majority, the referendum will deliver a vote to remain ...