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  • Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:54 UTC

    ECB Dragui insists his policies will help raise inflation, currently at 0.2%

    “Confidence comes from every party fulfilling its mandate. And that's what the ECB will do,” Draghi said.

    European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has fought back against critics, insisting the bank's policies will help to raise inflation. Eurozone inflation is currently 0.2%, way below the ECB's target of near 2%. But Mr Draghi insisted that the central bank would meet its obligations.

  • Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:47 UTC

    Malvinas: when Argentina is strong and united, world public opinion will back us

    Andres Cisneros was deputy foreign minister to Guido di Tella in the nineties when Argentina was ruled by president Carlos Menem

    The meeting of the Argentine president with the British prime minister in Davos was “a good thing” a symptom that we are back on the right political track, which has been applied before: to continue claiming sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, without having to spoil good relations, investments, trade, and with time and circumstances even consider joint undertakings.

  • Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:14 UTC

    Shackleton Solo Expeditioner dies in Punta Arenas hospital

    Henry began his expedition in November 2015 in support of The Endeavour Fund, an organization that supports wounded soldiers in the UK.

    Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions, ALE, reports with great sadness the death of polar expeditioner Henry Worsley at a hospital in Punta Arenas, Chile, after complications caused by bacterial peritonitis. Henry returned from Antarctica on January 23 after nearly completing his Shackleton Solo Expedition.

  • Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:55 UTC

    OAS 'virtually bankrupt and facing existential threat' says Permanent Council chairman

    Sir Ronald Sanders told Ambassadors at the OAS headquarters in Washington DC that the organization began this year with a deficit of almost US$19.7 million.

    The new chairman of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) Sir Ronald Sanders says the institution is now facing a “serious existential threat”, with its coffers virtually empty. OAS currently has Uruguay's Luis Almagro as Secretary General.

  • Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:46 UTC

    UK government chief scientist in Chile to attend congress on education and science

    Sir Mark’s program includes a visit to ALMA Observatory in the north of Chile and to Punta Arenas in the extreme south. He will also visit Antarctica guest of BAS

    Sir Mark Walport, the British Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of Science and Engineering Profession, arrived in Chile on 21 January. He has been invited by the Chilean Senate to participate in the Futures Congress, in which national and international scientists, analysts and thinkers, analyze the most significant issues, challenges and achievements in the world of science.

  • Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:22 UTC

    Together, let’s reform the EU

    “We want to deal with the loss of democratic consent for EU by shifting power from Brussels back to national parliaments, so decisions are made closer to people”

    by David Cameron (*) - Britain is going to hold a referendum on whether to stay in the European Union. Support for our membership has declined over many years, so I am negotiating changes in 4 areas which will directly address the concerns of the British people. But I believe these changes can build a stronger EU that will benefit all 28 member states. Let me explain.

  • Monday, January 25th 2016 - 20:12 UTC

    Four dead sperm whales wash on to the beaches of eastern England

    They are thought to be from the same pod as a dead whale on Hunstanton beach, 25 kilometres across The Wash bay, which stranded and died on Friday.

    Four dead sperm whales have washed up on beaches in eastern England, coastguard authorities said Sunday, a week after similar deaths across the North Sea in Germany and the Netherlands. Two whales washed up near the resort of Skegness on the English east coast on Saturday, said the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). They laid side by side on the beach. A third dead whale appeared on Sunday.

  • Monday, January 25th 2016 - 09:56 UTC

    Tourists' arrivals grew 4.4% last year and forecasted to increase 4% this year

    “The robust performance of the sector is contributing to economic growth and job creation in many parts of the world”, said WTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai.

    International tourist arrivals grew by 4.4% in 2015 to reach a total of 1,184 million in 2015, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Some 50 million more tourists (overnight visitors) travelled to international destinations around the world last year as compared to 2014. 2015 marks the 6th consecutive year of above-average growth, with international arrivals increasing by 4% or more every year since the post-crisis year of 2010.

  • Monday, January 25th 2016 - 08:24 UTC

    Storm Jonas heading for UK across the Atlantic, with forecasts of torrential rain

    The UK Met Office has issued a severe weather warning covering most of Wales, north-west England and west Scotland.

    The storm that battered America is on its way to Britain, forecasters have warned. But instead of dumping loads of snow, it’s going to bring severe rainfall across large parts of the country. It is expected that the ‘remnants’ of Storm Jonas will hit the UK on Tuesday, with torrential rain and heavy winds on their way.

  • Monday, January 25th 2016 - 07:28 UTC

    Corbyn favors Falklands' 'power-sharing' deal with Argentina, says ex ambassador Castro

    Ms Castro said that Mr Corbyn “shares our concerns”, adding: “In short, he is one of ”ours“.” She described the Labor leader as “humorous” and “a good listener”.

    United Kingdom's leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn is in favor of making a power-sharing deal with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, according to an Argentine diplomat. Outgoing Argentine ambassador Alicia Castro says that the Labour leader is “one of ours” and that he told her he supports a British-Argentine power-sharing deal in the vein of Northern Ireland.