Stories for November 2015

Tuesday, November 10th 2015 - 06:17 UTC
OECD lowers global growth estimate; sharp downturn in emerging markets

A further sharp downturn in emerging market economies and world trade has weakened global growth to around 2.9% this year – well below its long-term average – and is a source of uncertainty for near-term prospects, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Monday.
Tuesday, November 10th 2015 - 05:56 UTC
Rajoy says “Catalonia is not going anywhere, nothing is going to break”

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced on Monday his government would file an appeal with the Constitutional Court to ensure that an independence declaration backed by the Catalan regional parliament has “no consequences”, he told a news conference.
Monday, November 9th 2015 - 08:54 UTC
Brazil's annual inflation just below 10%, the highest in 12 years

Brazil's annual inflation rate accelerated in October to just below 10%, the highest reading in almost 12 years, after sharp fuel and food price hikes. Consumer prices, as measured by the benchmark IPCA index, rose 9.93% in 12 months through October, up from 9.49% in September, statistics agency IBGE said in a release. In the first ten months of the year inflation reached 8.52%
Monday, November 9th 2015 - 08:38 UTC
Major exhibition of the Antarctic legacy of Sir Ernest Shackleton and Frank Hurley at the RGS

A major new exhibition on Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition will open at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS), London, on 21 November, with an off-shoot exhibition coming to South Georgia early in 2016. The exhibitions are inspired by the glass plate negatives taken by Endurance expedition photographer Frank Hurley, according to the latest edition of the South Georgia Newsletter
Monday, November 9th 2015 - 08:30 UTC
North of Chile rattles with a series of tremors which were felt in Argentina

North of Chile has been rocked by a series of tremors during early Saturday and most of Sunday, but no injuries or damage has been reported, the University of Chile's Seismology Institute said. The earthquake shook an estimated 20 cities, Arica, Cuya, Pocon Chile, Camina, Mamiña and Pisagua, the national emergency management office said.
Monday, November 9th 2015 - 08:15 UTC
Border conflict erupts between Chile and Peru over a 10 acre wedge of land

The fragile relations between neighboring Chile and Peru appeared to unwind further Saturday, after Peruvian President Ollanta Humala officially recognized an administrative district in a disputed border area. The Chilean government promptly sent a protest note to Peru “strongly” rejecting the law because it concerns “unquestionably” Chilean territory.
Monday, November 9th 2015 - 08:02 UTC
Mining disaster in Brazil: 28 remain disappeared; BHP Billiton CEO flying to Minas Gerais

Brazilian authorities are still struggling to determine what caused the rupture in dams at an iron ore mine and desperately working to recover the bodies of as many as 28 people believed to have been swept away in the massive mudflow and flood.
Monday, November 9th 2015 - 07:58 UTC
Macri leads by eight points, but one in ten voters remains undecided, says poll

With two weeks to Argentina's presidential runoff on 22 November and to decide who will succeed Cristina Fernandez on 10 December, opposition candidate Mauricio Macri has a several points lead over the incumbent Daniel Scioli, although there still is a significant percentage of undecided voters, according to a public opinion poll released on Sunday.
Monday, November 9th 2015 - 07:41 UTC
Cristina Fernandez cancels trip to G20 summit and joins Scioli's presidential campaign

Argentina president Cristina Fernandez has suspended her attendance to the G20 summit in Turkey to campaign for the incumbent presidential candidate, Daniel Scioli, ahead of the 22 November runoff, when he confronts opposition hopeful Mauricio Macri, the big surprise of the electoral dispute.
Saturday, November 7th 2015 - 08:42 UTC
Falkland Islands Remembrance Sunday arrangements

The Falkland Islands have announced the following arrangements for Sunday 8 November 2015, Remembrance Sunday. The Annual Service of Remembrance will be held in Christ Church Cathedral commencing at 9.30 am.