Stories for March 27th 2017

Monday, March 27th 2017 - 11:38 UTC
UK calls on companies to stop offering a “secret place for terrorists to communicate”

Companies must cooperate more with law enforcement agencies and should stop offering a “secret place for terrorists to communicate” using encrypted messages, British interior minister Amber Rudd said on Sunday.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 11:20 UTC
Merkel's party sprints ahead in first regional election leading to September

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has won state elections in the small western state of Saarland on Sunday by significantly increasing its vote share. . Led by premier Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the most popular politician in the region, CDU has won 40.1% of the vote, increasing its share by 4.9 percentage votes compared with 2012, according to the projections based on exit polls and broadcasted by the public television ARD.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 11:13 UTC
PM Theresa May travels to Scotland to pledge for “a more united nation”

Prime Minister Theresa May will meet Nicola Sturgeon in Scotland later on Monday for the first time since the SNP announced their proposals for a second independence referendum. At the beginning of a week that will see Article 50 triggered on Wednesday, the PM will say she wants to “build a more united nation”.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 11:07 UTC
Petrobras posted losses of US$ 4.8 billion during 2016

Brazil's state-run oil company says it posted a US$4.8 billion loss in 2016 mainly because of a reduction in the value of assets it needs to sell to lower a debt estimated at more than US$100 billion.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 08:36 UTC
Labor and social conflicts eroding the image of Argentine president Macri

Argentine president Mauricio Macri is facing a challenging scenario in a crucial year of midterm elections.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 08:32 UTC
Falklands announces changes to UK currency; new £ 1 coin at the end of March

The Bank of England has recently introduced a new, more secure UK £5 banknote, and plans to introduce a new UK £1 coin that will replace the existing the existing coins.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 08:15 UTC
Falklands' large farms report better 2016/17 clip and lambing

Falklands Landholdings, FLH, has managed an excellent 2016/17 wool clip in a year with bullish prices, reports the Penguin News latest edition. A total of 138,302 sheep have been shorn producing 342,980 kilos of clean wool and all packed into 2,653 bales over the last five months.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 08:08 UTC
Argentina's naval trainee tall ship “Libertad” scheduled to call at Portsmouth

Argentina's Navy school vessel, tall ship Libertad left Buenos Aires on Saturday for its 46th training world tour, scheduled to last six months calling in thirteen different ports, including Portsmouth, announced the ministry of Defense.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:56 UTC
US biodiesel producers want antidumping duties on imports from Argentina

United States biodiesel producers asked the government to impose antidumping duties on imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia that it says have flooded the US market and violated trade agreements. The move by the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) trade group comes after two years of tension between US and foreign producers over soaring imports that the group says have threatened the profitability of domestic producers.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 07:50 UTC
Massive protests in Chilean cities against the private pension scheme

Close to 350,000 people in Chile’s capital Santiago and a further two million nationwide took part on Sunday in street protests demanding the replacement of a private pension system imposed under the Pinochet regime, following recommendations from multilateral organisms. The protesters main demand is the elimination of the current pension system, the privately run AFPs (Pension Fund Administrators).