Stories for June 2016

Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 09:03 UTC
Argentina's industrial production down 6.7% year on year in April

Argentina's industrial output contracted 6.7% in April compared with the same month last year, the country's newly revamped Indec statistics agency said, punctuating the effect of recent fiscal austerity measures.
Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 08:49 UTC
US defense bill includes one billion dollars to fund a new polar icebreaker

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee's Defense Appropriations Bill has included one billion dollars in funding to accelerate construction of a new polar icebreaker for the U.S. Coast Guard, reported Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.).
Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 08:29 UTC
Antarctic Treaty parties reaffirm commitment to ban on mining in the Antarctic

The 29 countries party to the Antarctic Treaty unanimously agreed on Wednesday to a resolution at the 39th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) stating their “firm commitment to retain and continue to implement…as a matter of highest priority” the ban on mining activities in the Antarctic, which is part of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (also called the Madrid Protocol).
Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 08:14 UTC
Falkland’s set to appoint Barry Rowland as new Chief Executive

The Falkland Island’s Government (FIG) announced yesterday that a conditional offer of employment had been accepted in principle by Mr. Barry Rowland for the position of Chief Executive. Current FIG Chief Executive, Keith Padgett, is retiring later this year after serving as head of the civil service for the past 5 years.
Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 07:31 UTC
Brazil's economy plunges 5.4% in the first quarter compared to a year ago

Brazil's economy sank further into recession in the first quarter, contracting 5.4% relative to the same three-month period of last year, the government said Wednesday. Compared with the final quarter of 2015, the economy shrank by 0.3%, according to the state-run Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics, or IBGE.
Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 07:13 UTC
Europe opens the longest tunnel in the world, 57km, under the Swiss Alps

The world's longest tunnel officially opened on Wednesday, with the trailblazing rail passage under the Swiss Alps aiming to ease transit through the heart of Europe. With political unity on the continent shaken by a massive influx of migrants and the looming threat of Britain's EU departure, Swiss president Johann Schneider-Ammann said the tunnel would “join the people and the economies” of Europe.
Thursday, June 2nd 2016 - 06:48 UTC
UK and Germany side by side at the centenary of the biggest naval engagement of WW One

The centenary of the biggest naval engagement of World War One was marked by commemorative events on Tuesday, 31 May. A service at St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney paid tribute to the 8,648 sailors who died during the Battle of Jutland and a service of remembrance also took place on board HMS Duncan at Jutland Bank, the site of the battle.
Wednesday, June 1st 2016 - 08:51 UTC
Night of fire and violence in Ushuaia as protestors are evicted from Government House grounds

Ushuaia suffered a night of violence, tear and pepper gas and fire when riot police dislodged an 80-day protest camp and tents of striking teachers and government employees next to Tierra del Fuego Government House. Seven people were reported injured including a policeman and a fireman, when tents were set on fire, and unions claimed it was a savage and brutal display of government repression
Wednesday, June 1st 2016 - 08:40 UTC
Ban Ki-moon emphasizes on the 'freely expressed will' for non-self-governing territories

According to the UN charter the full measure of self-government of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories must be the result of the freely expressed will and desire of those peoples, said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in his message to the opening of the Pacific Regional Seminar on Decolonization, currently taking place in Managua, Nicaragua.
Wednesday, June 1st 2016 - 06:28 UTC
Brazilians disenchanted with their elected officials and a majority believes “nothing will change”

Brazilians have become increasingly disappointed with politics and their elected politicians, according to an Ibope Intelligence opinion poll collecting reactions to the current political situations, which has a suspended president, Dilma Rousseff; an interim leader Michel Temer, and a divided Congress.