Stories for April 2015

Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:34 UTC
British embassy in Montevideo awards scholarships to young football players

A football player doesn’t only depend on their sporting attributes on the pitch, but also needs to have the skills to be competitive out of the stadium. For those who start playing football, English can be the key to access to new opportunities, or to put it another way, it can be like a Goal to the Future.
Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:30 UTC
Norovirus outbreak on two cruise ships off the coasts of Mexico and California

Hundreds of Royal Caribbean passengers were stricken with acute gastrointestinal ailments, including vomiting and diarrhea, on two cruise ships off the coasts of Mexico and California earlier this week. The debilitating illness was identified as norovirus, outbreaks of which aren’t uncommon on cruise ships, especially during the winter season.
Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:12 UTC
Brazil questions Argentina's approach to China in military procurement

Brazil's minister of defense Jacques Wagner questioned Argentina's approach to China regarding military procurement, but discarded any conflict with Buenos Aires, since the country is a 'strategic and important partner' of Brazil. Apparently the issue was brought up by Jacques when he visited his counterpart Agustín Rossi in Buenos Aires last week.
Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:07 UTC
Petrobras corruption probe encroaching President Rousseff; party's treasurer arrested

A widening investigation into alleged corruption at Brazil’s state-controlled oil giant Petrobras took a step closer to President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday when police arrested the ruling party’s treasurer, João Vaccari Neto, who has been charged with receiving “irregular donations” for the Workers’ Party, or PT, from some of the oil company’s suppliers.
Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 02:22 UTC
Falklands people's “democratic rights” will be upheld, pledges Tories' manifesto

With less than a month to UK's election the Conservative party released its manifesto which explicitly declares that a Tory government “will uphold the democratic rights of the people of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands to remain British, for as long as that is their wish, and protect our Overseas Territories”.
Wednesday, April 15th 2015 - 08:57 UTC
St. Helena prepares for airport opening with boutique hotel and South African airline

Two South African companies, Mantis in the hotel business and Comair airline, will be playing a vital role in developing St Helena's economy through increased communications and the tourist industry, once the international airport is opened next February, according to the latest news from the British Overseas Territory in mid South Atlantic.
Wednesday, April 15th 2015 - 08:43 UTC
Maximo Kirchner 'ripe' to run for an elected post, says Argentine cabinet chief

Argentina's cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez said on Tuesday he was convinced that Maximo Kirchner, the son of president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, would run for an elected post representing the province of Buenos Aires in the coming general elections of next October.
Wednesday, April 15th 2015 - 08:28 UTC
Nisman mother's home raided by police; Argentine government again blasts prosecutor's former wife

The game of interests surrounding the investigation of Argentine special prosecutor Alberto Nisman death escalated on Tuesday when police raided the home of the deceased's mother, and cabinet chief Anibal Fernández accused Nisman's former wife of putting 'obstacles' into the probe and suggesting insurance claims could be involved in her actions.
Wednesday, April 15th 2015 - 08:19 UTC
Turkey warns Pope Francis not to repeat the 'mistake' of using 'genocide' for mass killings of Armenians

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has condemned Pope Francis, warning him to not repeat the “mistake” of describing the mass killings of Ottoman Armenians as “genocide.”
Wednesday, April 15th 2015 - 08:01 UTC
An Apple iPad from Pope Francis fetched 30.500 dollars at auction in Uruguay

An Apple iPad which belonged to Pope Francis has fetched 30,500 dollars at auction, with proceeds going to a school in a poor neighborhood in Uruguay, the local auction house selling the item said.