Stories for 2017

Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 08:27 UTC
Tough day for Theresa May: EU two-week deadline, and Ireland warns about a “hard border”

European Union President Donald Tusk warned Britain on Friday that it had until early December to make “much more progress” on divorce terms in order to unlock Brexit trade talks by the end of the year.
Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 08:20 UTC
August, best month for UK inbound tourism: visitors spent £2.8 billion

Overseas visitors to the UK spent £2.8 billion in August, up 3% on the same month last year, and the highest ever. It was a record August for inbound visits to the UK, with 3.9 million visits, up 5% on the same month in 2016.
Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 08:11 UTC
Trump tax cuts bill passes the House, but the Senate is another story

House Republicans have passed a controversial overhaul of the US tax code that slashes corporate rates. The vote came after US President Donald Trump made a rare visit to Congress to rally lawmakers around the tax overhaul plan. The Senate is working to build support for its own version of the bill, but one Republican has said he is a 'no'.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 08:20 UTC
Falklands' ice hockey team will play a Canadian side that arrives with a letter of support from PM Trudeau

On November 18 & 19, Costa Rica’s first ever international ice hockey tournament will take place in the hills of Heredia, where it is much cooler than in the Central Valley, at the Castillo Country Club, home of the Castillo Knights.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 08:11 UTC
NAFTA gives priority to technical talks to avoid open political clashes

The politicians overseeing the renegotiation of NAFTA won't be meeting face to face at the end of this round of talks, unlike the previous four rounds of discussions.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 08:03 UTC
Petrobras counts on pre-salt production to compete with a boom in US shale output

Brazil's low-cost oil will help Petrobras compete in a tough market as it seeks to turn around its business, Pedro Parente, CEO of the state-owned oil giant anticipated. Oil majors such as Exxon, Mobil, BO, Royal Dutch Shell, Total and Statoil have been snapping up blocks in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil that hold crude under thousands of meters of salt.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 07:40 UTC
Falklands' newly elected Legislative Assembly anticipates lively debate

Five of the eight members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, were elected for the first time only three working days before their first formal appearance in the Town Hall on Monday morning. With this in mind, the business to be brought before the chamber is normally routine and unlikely to require much in the way of discussion.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 07:31 UTC
Falklands' Executive Council: MLAs Teslyn Barkman, Roger Spink and Leona Roberts

Two significant items of business were conducted during the first meeting of the newly elected Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands. The first was the election by members of the Speaker of the House and his or her Deputy.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 07:14 UTC
Peru's 2018 Russia World Cup qualifier celebration felt as a minor seism in Chile

Peru went crazy after its national team defeated New Zealand on the final match to qualify for the 2018 world cup in Moscow next year. Thirty million Peruvians had been waiting thirty six years to be back in the beautiful game's world stage, and celebrate they did.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 06:58 UTC
Mugabe tarnished the jewel that is Zimbabwe, now is its chance to shine again

By Boris Johnson - The most accurate description of Zimbabwe in the era of Robert Mugabe came from a fellow leader of the struggle against white rule. It was Samora Machel, then president of Mozambique and a fervent enemy of colonialism, who told Mugabe in 1980 that Zimbabwe was the “jewel of Africa”, adding: “Don’t tarnish it!”