International

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Classroom emptied as students in the world demand action on climate change: “you're destroying our future”

  

  Hundreds of thousands of young people skipped school across the globe on Friday, 15 March to march through the streets for an international day of student protests aimed at pushing world leaders into action on climate change.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 10:10 UTC

  Carnage in two mosques in New Zealand: 49 killed, tens wounded by terrorists

  

  Forty-nine people have been killed and at least 20 wounded in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described one alleged gunman, who had Australian citizenship, as an “extremist, right-wing” terrorist.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  Boeing's 737 MAX 8 and 9 grounded “for weeks”; France analyzes black boxes

  

  Boeing’s 737 Max 8 and 9 planes will be grounded for weeks if not longer until a software upgrade can be tested and installed, US lawmakers said on Thursday as officials in France prepare to begin analyzing the black boxes from a jet that crashed in Ethiopia.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  China approves foreign investment law hopefully to improve relations with US

  

  China's rubber-stamp parliament approved a foreign investment law on Friday that was fast-tracked and may serve as an olive branch in trade talks with the United States. The legislation aims to address long-running grievances from foreign businesses, but the US and European chambers of commerce have voiced concerns that they were not given enough time to give their input.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 08:38 UTC

  EU open to granting UK a long extension, but some member countries demand certain conditions

  

  European Council President Donald Tusk has said he will appeal to EU leaders “to be open to a long extension” of the Brexit deadline, if the UK needs to rethink its strategy and get consensus. His intervention came as UK MPs voted to seek a delay of the 29 March deadline to leave the EU. EU leaders meet in Brussels on 21 March and they would have the final say.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 08:28 UTC

  Coca Cola uses three million tons of plastic packaging in one year

  

  For the first time, Coca-Cola has revealed it used three million tons of plastic packaging in one year. It's part of a report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation which is pushing for companies and governments to do more to tackle plastic pollution.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 06:41 UTC

  What is next for the Brexit Negotiations?

  

  This week MPs in the UK voted against Prime Minister Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal, but also voted against leaving the European Union without a deal of some sort. This means that May must apply for an extension to Article 50, which is the transition plan enacted by any member state that wants to withdraw from the EU.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 05:13 UTC

  Parliament votes to ask EU for a delay to Brexit; MPs rejected a second referendum

  

  MPs voted on Thursday by 413 to 202 - a majority of 211 - for Prime Minister Theresa May to ask the EU for a delay to Brexit. This means the UK may not now leave on 29 March as previously planned. Mrs. May says Brexit could be delayed by three months, to 30 June, if MPs back her deal in a vote next week.

• Friday, March 15th 2019 - 04:59 UTC

  Falklands Brexit impact still uncertain as 29 March looms

  

  The possible impact of Brexit on the Falklands is no nearer to gaining definition as UK MPs once again voted against a Brexit deal proposed by Theresa May, as well as voting against the possibility of leaving the European Union (EU) without any sort of deal.

• Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Argentine foreign minister receives next of kin who returned from “our Malvinas”

  

  “I imagine you have gone through moments of great emotion in the Islands, next to the graves with the 112 full names, which until now remained unidentified”, Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie was quoted in an official release, on receiving the delegation of next of kin, on their return trip from the Falkland Islands, Wednesday evening.