Stories for 2019

Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
World stock markets plunge as Beijing lets its currency to devalue and halts purchase of US farm produce

World stock markets plunged on Monday as Beijing parried US President Donald Trump's latest tariff announcements by moving to let China's Yuan currency devalue and halting purchases of US agricultural products.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:06 UTC
Fed expected to further lower interest rate as trade tensions with China increase

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who last week cut U.S. interest rates as an insurance policy against the effects of “simmering” trade tensions, may need to buy more coverage after the United States late on Monday designated China a currency manipulator.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 08:51 UTC
British Africa or South America? African Tourism Board welcomes St. Helena

The African Tourism Board declares St. Helena as part of Africa and welcomes Destination Management Company Island Images as their first member on that remote British Island Territory in the Atlantic Ocean.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 23:45 UTC
Falklands' college building construction ready for launching early next year

Construction work on the new Falklands College building near the Training Centre is well underway, with an anticipated launch date currently set for early in the New Year. Lawmaker MLA Stacy Bragger made the announcement as he provided a portfolio report to the Legislative Assembly.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 12:48 UTC
Brazil to cut down gas imports from Bolivia

The Brazilian oil company Petrobras has announced that in the coming months it will reduce its imports of Bolivian natural gas, which it still considers to be essential nonetheless.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Argentines vote next Sunday an anticipation of October's presidential election

Public opinion polls in Argentina show a very close, polarized race between President Mauricio Macri and opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez before next Sunday's PASO primaries which are Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory, and most important a clear anticipation of what could happen in October's presidential election.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Mass shootings: Trump says “hate has no place” but fingers point to his divisive rhetoric

An under-fire President Donald Trump said on Sunday that “hate has no place” in the United States after two mass shootings left 29 dead and sparked accusations that his rhetoric was part of the problem.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Sacked head of Brazil's space agency insists that rising deforestation in the Amazon was undeniable

Ricardo Galvao, the sacked head of Brazil’s space research agency, said the trend of sharply rising deforestation was undeniable, a day after he was fired following a public spat with President Jair Bolsonaro over data published by the agency.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Falklands farm delegation will visit Uruguay as part of an agriculture exchange

In a joint initiative between the Falkland Islands government and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, an agricultural exchange visit to Uruguay is being arranged for September 2019.
Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:24 UTC
Some 20 pilot whales die stranded in Iceland in mysterious circumstances

Some 20 pilot whales have died stranded in mysterious circumstances on the south-western coast of Iceland, emergency services said on Saturday, only two weeks after a similarly unexplained mass stranding had already killed dozens of the long-finned cetaceans.