Politics

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 10:47 UTC

  Francis makes it clear: he does not support same-sex marriage

  

  After a week filled with controversy over his position on gay marriage, Pope Francis reminded his flock that he does not support same-sex marriage. The pontiff made the declaration during the opening mass of this year’s Synod on the Family, telling approximately 270 bishops and other Catholics from around the world.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 10:42 UTC

  Rio 2016 Olympic Games budget drastically cut

  

  The organisers of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games are making cutbacks of up to 30% to avoid going over the $3.6bn dollars budget. Rio 2016 communications director Mario Andrada said the Brazilian public would not tolerate an overspend.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 09:56 UTC

  OECD has proposals to cut corporate tax minimization; but much skepticism

  

  Companies should pay tax in the countries where they conduct business under new proposals intended to cut corporate tax minimization. An OECD/G20 report found laws allowing companies to shift profits to low-tax jurisdictions means that between $100bn and $240bn is lost annually. That equates to between 4% and 10% of global corporate tax revenues.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 09:14 UTC

  Falklands' stand visited by Foreign Secretary Hammond and MP Rosindell

  

  Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, MP Andrew Rosindel and Charles Tannock MEP, were among several personalities that visited the Falkland Islands stand at the Conservative Conference which is taking place in Manchester. He was met by Falklands lawmakers Jan Cheek and Roger Edwards, and Sukey Cameron, head of FIGO, Falklands' government office in London.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 08:39 UTC

  “Malvinas Hall” in Comodoro Rivadavia recalls Air Force strikes command against UK Task Force

  

  The room in Comodoro Rivadavia from where the Argentine Air Force command operated its attacks on the Falkland Islands during the 1982 conflict has been renamed 'Malvinas Hall', and has been declared part of the city's heritage, a place where students and visitors can recall “the ever present Argentine claim over the Malvinas Islands, and the heroism of its pilots”.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 07:28 UTC

  Victory for Argentina in its ongoing battle with speculative funds

  

  The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York refused on Monday to force Bank of New York Mellon Corp to turn over to holders of defaulted Argentine bonds any of the $539 million the country deposited in 2014 to pay creditors who participated in its past restructurings.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 07:19 UTC

  Argentina cancels $5.9bn Boden 2015 bond and issues new debt for $500m

  

  Argentina's central bank on Monday afternoon confirmed the 5.9 billion dollar payment Argentina was due to make ended successfully, adding “the level of reserves is enough for the execution of our exchange policy.”

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 19:23 UTC

  Falklands' veteran Simon Weston launches book on “My Life; My Story”

  

  A Falklands' war veteran who survived the bombing of his ship when most of those on board were killed takes to the stage to tell the story of his life. In “My Life; My Story”, which comes to East Grinstead's Chequer Mead on Friday, October 16, Simon Weston OBE, will share truths about the conflict, the day the RFA Sir Galahad was attacked and the impact the event and its consequences have had since.

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 08:29 UTC

  Gibraltar calls for UK to remain in the EU: “it needs to be fixed, not thrown away”

  

  The European Union needs to be ‘fixed, not thrown away’, Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has said in a letter to The Times. The letter follows news that Nigel Lawson is to lead the Conservative movement to leave the EU and Mr. Picardo told the newspaper that those whose best future lies in remaining in a secure Europe “need to speak up”.

• Monday, October 5th 2015 - 08:16 UTC

  St Helena airport certification exercises planned for this month and November

  

  British Overseas Territory St Helena is closer to the official opening of its airport following a series of calibration flights by the first aircraft to successfully land and takeoff from the mid Atlantic island.