Stories for January 2017

Saturday, January 21st 2017 - 11:11 UTC
China's economy picks up slightly in 2016 but the rebound is below expectations

China's economy grew by 6.7% in 2016, compared with 6.9% a year earlier, marking its slowest growth in more than a quarter of a century. China's growth is a key driver of the global economy and a major concern for investors around the world. The figure is in line with Beijing's official growth target of between 6.5% and 7%.
Saturday, January 21st 2017 - 09:08 UTC
Vogue exploring the Falklands: Island hopping at the end of the world

Vogue magazine in its Living section, dedicated a well illustrated piece to the Falklands and to South Georgia, underlining its untouched beauty. Written by Lane Nieset, it offers five travel options, four in the Falklands and one in South Georgia.
Saturday, January 21st 2017 - 08:33 UTC
Falklands celebrate Penguin Awareness Day, January 20

January 20 is Penguin Awareness Day. The day helps raise awareness about the flightless birds whose numbers are dwindling and also aims to bring international focus on the conservation of penguin habitats.
Saturday, January 21st 2017 - 07:57 UTC
Mexican top officials will meet Trump administration to discuss bilateral relations next week

Mexican officials will hold meetings on January 25 and 26 with U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump's top aides in Washington, to discuss bilateral relations such as security, trade and migration, the government said in Mexico City.
Saturday, January 21st 2017 - 00:13 UTC
Clashes, traffic blockades and smashed windows by anti Trump protestors

Black-clad activists smashed store windows and blocked traffic in Washington during US President Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday, and fought with police in riot gear who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. About 500 people, some wearing masks, marched through the city's downtown, using hammers to claw up chunks of pavement to smash the windows of a Bank of America branch and a McDonald's outlet, all symbols of the American capitalist system.
Saturday, January 21st 2017 - 00:00 UTC
Trump pledges “America First” and “transferring power from Washington back to the people”

Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Friday, outlining his forceful vision of a national populism echoing the same “America first” catchphrases that swept him to victory last November. In his first address as chief executive, Trump pledged that his inauguration will mark a moment in history when “the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.”
Friday, January 20th 2017 - 23:21 UTC
“You made me a better president and a better man”, Obama's farewell message

Outgoing President Barack Obama penned an emotional public letter, published Thursday, thanking Americans and encouraging them to participate into “daily acts of citizenship.” Before I leave my note for our 45th president, I wanted to say one final thank you for the honor of serving as your 44th,“ he wrote. ”Because all that I've learned in my time in office, I've learned from you. You made me a better president, and you made me a better man.”
Friday, January 20th 2017 - 20:10 UTC
Hopes in Argentina that major terrorist actions will be finally investigated

Two years after the death of Alberto Nisman, organizers of tributes to the deceased Argentine prosecutor appear hopeful that the circumstances of his death will be clarified. Tributes were held for Nisman who was found dead at his home in the Argentine capital in January, 2015, in the midst of his investigation into the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Center.
Friday, January 20th 2017 - 20:05 UTC
Extradited drug lord El Chapo to face Brooklyn court on Friday

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord who was recaptured last year after six months on the run, arrived in the U.S. Thursday night just hours after the Mexican attorney general's office confirmed he was being extradited to the United States, the Department of Justice announced.
Friday, January 20th 2017 - 19:44 UTC
CIA 1982 plan to hand Falklands to Argentina and relocate Islanders in Scotland

The population of the Falklands Islands could have been relocated to Scotland under a secret CIA plan, it has been revealed. United States planned to step in and hand the Islands to Argentina following the 1982 invasion, according to briefings rescued from the trove of 12 million documents published by the CIA on its website and discovered by the British media.