Stories for 2017

Thursday, January 19th 2017 - 08:10 UTC
CIA has released on line 13 million pages of declassified documents

About 13 million pages of declassified documents from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have been released online. The records include UFO sightings and psychic experiments from the Stargate program, which has long been of interest to conspiracy theorists.
Thursday, January 19th 2017 - 08:00 UTC
Brazil confident in “recovery curve” coming from a very low level, says Meirelles

Brazil's Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles has admitted that the government is going to revise its official forecast for this year's GDP growth, but gave no details as to the extent of the change. In its latest forecast, the government had estimated the economy was going to grow 1% in 2017.
Thursday, January 19th 2017 - 07:43 UTC
Falklands congratulates Guterres and asks C24 respects right to self determination

The Falkland Islands elected government has sent a letter to the United Nation Secretary General Antonio Guterres congratulating him on his appointment, and also requesting his good offices to ensure that the UN Decolonization Committee (C24) fulfills its mandate and respects the right of Self-Determination as enshrined in the UN Charter.
Thursday, January 19th 2017 - 07:27 UTC
World tourists reached 1.2bn last year, speared by Asians; Europe hit by security fears

The number of international tourists rose by four percent worldwide to 1.2 billion in 2016 as Asians traveled more, but security fears hit visitor arrivals in Europe, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) said. This represents the seventh consecutive year of growth since 2009, when global tourism figures declined four percent as the financial crisis and an outbreak of swine flu saw cash-strapped people stay at home.
Thursday, January 19th 2017 - 07:13 UTC
Renegotiating NAFTA trade deal with Mexico and Canada, confirmed as Trump administration priority

The incoming Trump administration's top trade priority is to renegotiate the Nafta trade deal with Canada and Mexico, according to commerce secretary nominee Wilbur Ross during a confirmation hearing on his nomination before US senators.
Thursday, January 19th 2017 - 06:42 UTC
HSBC and UBS preparing to move abroad when UK leaves the EU

Two of the largest investment banks in the City of London have confirmed that some staff will definitely have to move abroad when the UK leaves the EU. HSBC's chief executive, Stuart Gulliver, told Bloomberg he was preparing to move 1,000 staff from London to Paris. And Axel Weber, boss of Swiss bank UBS, told BBC “about 1,000” of its 5,000 London jobs could be hit by Brexit.
Thursday, January 19th 2017 - 06:26 UTC
Lagarde anticipates “pain” as UK prepares departure from the European Union

The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned the UK there is still likely to be “pain” ahead as Theresa May prepares to trigger the UK's departure from the European Union. Christine Lagarde told the BBC the Brexit process would be complicated.
Wednesday, January 18th 2017 - 12:05 UTC
HMS Protector recovers equipment abandoned in remote Antarctic island

Personnel from HMS Protector have removed equipment abandoned more than 30 years ago on a remote island in Antarctica. The ice patrol ship attempted to remove equipment three years ago from Brabant Island – the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago within the British Antarctic Territory – but were thwarted by bad weather.
Wednesday, January 18th 2017 - 11:57 UTC
Argentina to propose a Schengen space to promote regional tourism

Argentina aspires to become the back bone of an integrated Mercosur with the Pacific Alliance, said the country's Tourism minister Gustavo Santos attending the International Tourism Fair, Fitur, taking place in Spain.
Wednesday, January 18th 2017 - 11:46 UTC
OAS praises strength of US electoral process but observes campaign financing

The strength of U.S. democracy goes beyond the particularities of an electoral process, said the Organization of American States, OAS, Electoral Observation Mission to the recent general elections in the United States in the presentation of its final report to the Permanent Council. However it also underlined that the campaign financing is “the most deregulated in forty years”.