Stories for 2017

Wednesday, March 1st 2017 - 16:56 UTC
Resource-rich Australia has reached a 25-year streak without recession

Australia's economy has jumped sharply in the last quarter of 2016, allowing the resource-rich economy to extend its 25-year streak without recession. It brings the country close to breaking the Netherlands' record of modern-era uninterrupted economic growth.
Wednesday, March 1st 2017 - 16:34 UTC
UK government could face defeat on the Brexit bill in the House of Lords

The government of Prime Minister Theresa May is facing a first defeat for its Brexit bill in the House of Lords later. Peers are expected to agree to amend the draft legislation to protect the rights of EU citizens living in the UK.Home Secretary Amber Rudd had sought to reassure members that EU nationals' status would be a priority once Brexit talks begin.
Wednesday, March 1st 2017 - 13:26 UTC
Falklands: Argentine human rights/political delegation to the Islands with a message of peace and dialogue

At least fourteen human rights, social, religious and political leaders from Argentina are planning to travel to the Falkland Islands in mid March hoping to meet Islanders with a message of peace and dialogue. The delegation includes Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, 1980 Peace Nobel Prize, Nora Cortiñas, founder of one of the several branches in which the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo are split, and members of the Memory Commission, according to reports from Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, February 28th 2017 - 18:18 UTC
Brazil manufacturers set up “maquila” assembly plants in neighboring Paraguay

When toymaker Estrela decided to move manufacturing capacity back to Latin America from China, it sank US$ 2 million into a new factory not in its native Brazil - the region's largest economy - but in its tiny southern neighbor Paraguay. The plant, which opened this month in the border town of Hernandarias, stands near a 4,500-hectare industrial park filled with Brazilian companies making everything from auto parts to clothing.
Tuesday, February 28th 2017 - 17:53 UTC
UN says that action to curb climate change is unstoppable, despite Trump

The UN’s new climate chief admits she’s worried about President Donald Trump – but is confident that action to curb climate change is unstoppable. President Trump said he’d withdraw from the UN climate deal and stop funding the UN’s clean energy program. But former Mexican diplomat Patricia Espinosa said that the delay in any firm announcement suggests the issue is still unresolved.
Monday, February 27th 2017 - 10:16 UTC
Oscar for the best blooper: “I wasn't trying to be funny. This is Moonlight for best picture.”

Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars - but only after Faye Dunaway initially said La La Land had won. Warren Beatty was handed the previous winner's envelope, containing a card saying “Emma Stone, La La Land”, resulting in the error.
Monday, February 27th 2017 - 10:02 UTC
Falklands' delegation visits Vigo with an idea of building a fisheries port in the Islands

Falkland Islands representatives met with port of Vigo authorities to assess the infrastructure, services, development plans and competitiveness of the Galician fisheries terminal, one of the busiest and most efficient in the European Union, reports the Galicia media.
Monday, February 27th 2017 - 08:47 UTC
Torrential rains and mudslides leave 4 million people in Santiago with no drinking water

Just two weeks ago Chile was desperately combating with foreign support thousands of acres of bushfires out of control, but now over the weekend rainstorms and landslides killed four and contaminated a major river, forcing authorities to cut off drinking water to four million people in the capital Santiago, authorities said.
Sunday, February 26th 2017 - 14:25 UTC
EU pledges to keep Ireland and Ulster border “as open as possible”

The EU’s negotiators will work to keep the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland “as open as possible” after Brexit, the President of the bloc, Jean-Claude Juncker, said after meeting Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny.
Sunday, February 26th 2017 - 14:18 UTC
A Latino, ex-Obama Labor secretary elected chairman of the Democrats

Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez on Saturday was elected chairman of the United States Democratic National Committee, defeating top-rival Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, in their respective bids to chart the direction of the national party. Perez was elected after two rounds of balloting in Atlanta at the party’s annual winter meeting. He received 235 votes, crossing the threshold of 218 ballots.