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Montevideo, April 27th 2024 - 22:00 UTC

International

  • Monday, August 14th 2017 - 17:13 UTC

    Champions Feyenoord open with a win

    Feyenoord player Jean-Paul Boetius

    The new season in Holland opened with a major shock as 32 times champions Ajax lost 2-1 at lowly Heracles a team from Almelo on the far east side of the country. After taking the lead in the 58th minute through Hakim Ziyech it seemed as if it was then just a matter of how many goals Ajax would wish to score, but Heracles stunned the Amsterdam side by scoring twice, through Paul Gladon and Brandley Kuwas to secure a memorable victory.

  • Monday, August 14th 2017 - 08:03 UTC

    UK government show of unity: Hammond and Fox share a column in the Sunday Telegraph

    Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, Hammond and Fox said UK definitely will leave both the customs union and the single market when it exits the EU in March 2019.

    The UK will need a transition period to help businesses adjust after Brexit, the chancellor and the international trade secretary have said. In a joint Sunday Telegraph article, Philip Hammond and Liam Fox stressed any deal would not be indefinite or a “back door” to staying in the EU.

  • Monday, August 14th 2017 - 07:13 UTC

    Opportunities to strengthen the UK-Argentina relationship

    Ambassador Kent underlined the rich bilateral relationship and the great momentum during the past year, reflected in the September joint statement. (Pic TN)

    By British Ambassador Mark Kent (*) A few days ago I completed my first year as British Ambassador to Argentina. During this time, I have had the fortune to meet the people of the country, visit some of its cities, try its food, attend events and learn about its way of life.

  • Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 10:57 UTC

    British government and Scotland exchange threats over Brexit legislation

    Scottish Brexit Minister Mike Russell again warned that if Tories go ahead with the Bill without Holyrood’s approval it would be an “unprecedented step to take”.

    The legislation to formally remove the UK from the European Union will not be changed by Westminster, a senior member of Theresa May’s Cabinet has said despite threats from Scotland's SNP ministers to refuse consent for the Bill as it stands.

  • Friday, August 11th 2017 - 20:26 UTC

    Falklands' SAERI lead in Ascension Island tropical marine research

    Cleaner shrimp with Apolo damselfish (Picture SMSG);

    The Journal of Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (*) has this month released a special issue focussing on Ascension Island’s marine biodiversity. Falklands' based SAERI Director Dr Paul Brickle explained that 20 papers reported on the results of 202 sampling events, comprising a mixture of quantitative SCUBA surveys involving belt transects for fish and mobile fauna and quadrat photography for sessile fauna.

  • Friday, August 11th 2017 - 12:19 UTC

    Ex top officer calls Brexit a “catastrophe”; proposes a new party “The Democrats” with the Remainers

    James Chapman having worked closely with Mr. Davis has first-hand knowledge of the difficulties the minister has faced thus far.

    UK government ministers have been put under pressure by David Davis’s former chief of staff at the Brexit department after he asked a serious of pointed question about how leaving the EU will affect their patches. James Chapman, who also worked for George Osborne and as political editor of the Daily Mail, has revealed his belief that Brexit would be a “catastrophe”.

  • Friday, August 11th 2017 - 08:16 UTC

    Falklands' Argentine cemetery clandestine photos: Red Cross has all the facts and identity of the alleged individual

    Member of the ICRC team at the Argentine cemetery (Pic: ICRC)

    ”Everything was caught on camera and there is an ongoing investigation,” the International Red Cross has confirmed, referring to the controversy in July when images of the Argentine cemetery in the Falkland Islands were reproduced in the Argentine press.

  • Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 19:56 UTC

    Rogoff warns about personal and corporate debt as main threats to global economy

    “If something was to happen that pushes interest rates up, we could see a lot of soft spots - places where there is high debt - start to unravel,” Mr Rogoff said.

    A sudden rise in interest rates poses the greatest threat to the global economy, the IMF's former chief economist has told the BBC. Ken Rogoff, who famously predicted a big bank would collapse during the financial crisis, warned that people had got used to ultra-low interest rates and said the economic policies of the Trump administration posed a risk.

  • Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 19:51 UTC

    Ex US Treasury Secretary says loosening financial regulations, “not a good idea”

    Jack Lew, an adviser to Barack Obama during the financial crisis in 2008, says no to tighter rules. “I don't personally believe we should do more than we need to.”

    Jack Lew, former US treasury secretary, has told the BBC the world remains at risk from financial threats. He says loosening regulation would not be a good idea: ”We should not disarm at a moment when we're out of the last financial crisis, but still in a world with substantial financial risks.

  • Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 07:30 UTC

    US Congress delegation on “support visit” to Gibraltar

    The Congress members are visiting Gibraltar under the UK Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act program and will be on the Rock for two days.

    Members of the United States Congress are visiting Gibraltar to ‘show support’ for the Rock as they reflected on the close links between Gibraltar and the US. Acting Gibraltar Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia welcomed a delegation from the Congress of the United States to Gibraltar on Monday afternoon before taking them through a series of meetings throughout the course of yesterday.