Stories for July 18th 2014

Friday, July 18th 2014 - 13:28 UTC
Over 30% of Argentine children live in households below the poverty line

Four out of ten people in Argentina live in households where children suffer poverty conditions, according to the latest release from the Argentine Catholic University (UCA) Social Debt Barometer.
Friday, July 18th 2014 - 13:22 UTC
Spanish ambassador to UK summoned over incident in Gibraltar waters

The Foreign Office has summoned the Spanish Ambassador to the UK to underline serious concern at the activity of a Spanish Navy vessel in international waters off Gibraltar on Wednesday.
Friday, July 18th 2014 - 09:39 UTC
BOT leaders, including Falklands, meet in Cayman Islands ahead of London's December council

Several leaders from British Overseas Territories, BOT, including Falkland Islands, are meeting in Cayman Islands to discuss the agenda of the Joint Ministerial Council to be held in December in London.
Friday, July 18th 2014 - 08:53 UTC
Falklands enters oil production stage: contract awarded for designing tension leg platform

International engineering and project management company, AMEC, will be the company responsible for designing Premier Oil’s tension leg platform (TLP) for the Sea Lion Development in the North Falklands Basin, 200 kilometers to the north of the Falkland Islands.
Friday, July 18th 2014 - 08:39 UTC
China offers 35bn fund to finance infrastructure projects in Latin America

Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed Thursday to create a 20 billion dollars fund to finance infrastructure projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Friday, July 18th 2014 - 08:27 UTC
Today we are all Malaysians: ICTP Chairman issues statement

”The World travel and tourism industry must come together and take leadership after the Malaysia Airlines (MH17) incident.” This is the opinion voiced by Juergen Thomas Steinmetz, Chairman of the International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP).
Friday, July 18th 2014 - 07:52 UTC
IAATO commends Norwegian court for convicting violator of Antarctic Treaty

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has commended the Nord-Troms District Court for convicting Jarle Andhøy of violating the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.
Friday, July 18th 2014 - 07:45 UTC
Brazil leaves basic interest rate unchanged at 11%; no surprises expected ahead of October election

Brazil held interest rates unchanged for a second straight time this week but did not commit to keeping them stable for long as inflation remains high in Latin America's top economy. The Brazilian economy performance is anemic and next October president Dilma Rousseff is bidding for re-election.
Friday, July 18th 2014 - 07:32 UTC
US confirms six Guantanamo prisoners will be transferred to Uruguay

President Barack Obama's administration has discretely notified Congress of its intention to transfer to Uruguay six prisoners from the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba, according to the State Department.
Friday, July 18th 2014 - 07:21 UTC
Falklands' de-mining plans for next two seasons funded by FCO

The Falkland Islands will be seeing further de-mining over the next two summer seasons funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) that will also carry out a tender process for the works, according to a report from Penguin News.