Stories for 2017

Monday, May 29th 2017 - 19:08 UTC
Further Manchester arrests, “the operation is still at full tilt” says Home Secretary Rudd

British police made two more arrests and stormed three more locations Sunday as they hunted for suspects in the Manchester bombing, while a government minister said members of attacker Salman Abedi's network may still be at large.
Monday, May 29th 2017 - 09:42 UTC
Malvinas Veterans acclaimed as they parade in Buenos Aires

Hundreds of Malvinas veterans were applauded and acclaimed as they marched through Buenos Aires on Friday May 27th as part of the May Revolution 207 anniversary commemorations. Veterans closed the traditional military parade along two kilometers, which this year assembled 6.000 troops from all branches plus an air pass of aircraft and helicopters.
Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:56 UTC
Falklands Darwin cemetery: Red Cross identification mission begins round of talks in Argentina

A delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross is scheduled to begin this Monday a round of contacts in Buenos Aires related to the Humanitarian Project Plan for the identification of unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands.
Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:35 UTC
British Airways disruption as it tries to overcome impact of worldwide computer system crash

British Airways passengers were facing on Sunday a third day of disruption at Heathrow as the airline deals with the impact of a worldwide computer system crash. BA says it aims to operate a full long-haul schedule and a “high proportion” of short-haul services after the outage caused by a power failure.
Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:28 UTC
Merkel calls on Europe “to fight for its own destiny”, forget US and UK

Europe can no longer “completely depend” on the US and UK following the election of President Trump and Brexit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said. Mrs. Merkel said she wanted friendly relations with both countries as well as Russia but Europe now had to “fight for its own destiny”.
Monday, May 29th 2017 - 08:21 UTC
Manchester, security and patriotism take center stage of UK election

British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn attempted to head off potential Conservative attacks on his patriotism as he promised to be “strong against terrorism and strong against the causes of terrorism” after the Manchester attack. Corbyn said Monday’s suicide bombing cannot be ignored as General Election campaigning resumes but called for “quality” debate “without impugning anyone’s patriotism”.
Saturday, May 27th 2017 - 14:04 UTC
A quarter of UK power on Friday was solar, helped by sunshine and high temperatures

A record amount of solar power was generated on Friday as Britain basked in sunshine and temperatures of up to 28C, the National Grid has said. A total 8.7 gigawatts (GW) had been generated at lunchtime, representing 24.3% of total generation across the UK, beating the previous record of 8.48GW set on 10 May.
Saturday, May 27th 2017 - 13:53 UTC
Armed police patrolling UK trains and rail network

Armed police officers are patrolling on board trains in the United Kingdom for the first time. British Transport Police (BTP) announced the measure in a bid to “disrupt and deter criminal activity” on the rail network after the UK terror threat level rose to critical in the wake of the Manchester attack.
Saturday, May 27th 2017 - 08:32 UTC
Moody's lowers Brazil's credit outlook; Meirelles confident the reform agenda will be approved

Brazil's economy is clearly growing again after a severe recession and will be shielded from a political crisis by widespread support for the government's reform agenda, Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said, despite the fact Moody's on Friday announced it was lowering the country's credit outlook.
Friday, May 26th 2017 - 10:26 UTC
Cristina Fernandez prepared to run for Congress to put a break to Macri's policies

Argentine ex president Cristina Fernandez said on Thursday she is open to the possibility of running for a seat in Congress in the October midterm elections, since she considers essential to put a stop to the policies implemented by her successor, president Mauricio Macri.