Stories for October 2015

Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 06:57 UTC
President Santos confirms Colombian drug lord killed in military operation

A wanted Colombian drug lord who had a $5-million price on his head from the United States has been killed in a military operation, authorities said Friday. Victor “Megateo” Navarro, a former guerrilla fighter accused of running a cocaine supply route along the Colombian-Venezuelan border, was first reported killed in August.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 06:34 UTC
Frustrated Obama challenges voters to support changes in gun laws

A visibly frustrated President Barack Obama said on Thursday that thoughts and prayers are no longer enough as Americans respond to another deadly school shooting, and he challenged voters wanting to deal with the problem to vote for elected officials who will do something.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 06:29 UTC
Interpol's 'blue notice' for Argentina's former top-spy; US ambassador summoned to ministry

Interpol issued a “blue notice” ordering all its agencies around the world to search for and locate former Argentine Intelligence Secretariat (SI) Operations chief Antonio “Jaime” Stiuso so that the Attorney General’s Unit for the Investigation into the attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre (UFI AMIA) could issue a new subpoena to question him about his role in the probe.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 06:24 UTC
Argentine Catholic church calls for elections to be held with 'transparency'

The Argentine Catholic Church called for the upcoming presidential elections on 25 October to be held with “transparency” and urged candidates to present “their proposals and ideas with clarity” and regretted a climate “which debilitates the credibility of persons and institutions”.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 06:19 UTC
Cold 'blob' in part of North Atlantic Ocean puzzles scientists

Over the past few months, scientists have been trying to explain an area of very cold temperatures in a part of the North Atlantic Ocean. In fact, when the rest of the world was recording above average highs in temperature, making the year the hottest to-date, this part of the Atlantic was cold. The area is being called the Atlantic “blob.”
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 06:09 UTC
Zurich, Geneva and New York, most expensive cities in the world, says UBS

UBS released on Thursday the 16th edition of its UBS Prices and Earnings study, which examines prices, wages and earners' purchasing power in 71 cities worldwide. The study, published roughly every three years since 1971, compiles over 68,000 data points reflecting economic events that have shaped the world since the last edition in 2012.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 05:58 UTC
Mercosur and EU analyze 'level of ambition' of their trade proposals

Technical delegates from Mercosur and the European Union are holding a round of talks in Asunción to consider 'levels of ambition' for the coming exchange of tariff proposals with the purpose of reaching a much delayed free trade agreement, said Paraguayan Deputy Economic Relations minister, Rigoberto Gauto.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 05:52 UTC
Uruguay and Argentina ban hake and squid captures in shared waters

The Joint Technical Commission for the Maritime Front (CTMFM) announced a ban on hake (Merluccius hubbsi) and squid (Illex argentinus) capture in the Common Fishing Zone of Uruguay and Argentina as of Thursday October first.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 05:42 UTC
Italian oil giant ENI to attempt oil production in the Norwegian Arctic

As Shell retreats from the Arctic, the Italian oil giant Eni is making final preparations for its own oil exploration venture in the Norwegian Arctic, reports the UK media. Eni has vowed to press ahead with oil production ($5.5bn project), in the Norwegian Arctic, by the end of the year, undeterred by Shell’s decision to abandon its quest for Arctic oil.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 05:20 UTC
Caricom fully supports Guyana's 'territorial integrity' and insists the Caribbean is Zone of Peace

Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers have welcomed Venezuela’s decision to receive a United Nations (UN) technical team which will provide recommendations to the UN Secretary-General on the way forward to a full and final solution to its territorial dispute with Guyana. And they say they fully support Guyana’s “territorial integrity”.