The funding programme, which runs annually from December to November, is split into two levels of funding - Podium and Development - each with strict criteria and standards which must be met in selection and maintained with the support of UKA staff.

BBC: Davies urges Malcolm to battle on

In May media reports quoted Gustavo Larrea, a government minister and a confidant of President Rafael Correa, as saying that miners in Ecuador would be hit with a strict tax hike that would take away 70% to 80% of revenues.

FORBES: Latin Mining Via Toronto

Strict rules against firing will be dropped for new hires in companies with up to ten employees, and not merely five, as the government had proposed.

ECONOMIST: German reforms

The most dangerous substances - such as those that could cause cancer - will be banned, with member states only allowed to make exceptions in strict circumstances, such as in an emergency public health crisis.

BBC: Pest control laws

While polling shows that a majority of the public favors stricter gun laws, surveys by The Wall Street Journal and NBC News suggest that the support peaked in February, two months after the Newtown shootings, and has since tapered, with 55% in an April survey favoring stricter laws and 43% saying laws should be less strict or remain as they are.

WSJ: Background-Check Gun Measure Fails in the Senate