International

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 08:17 UTC

  Peru wants China to help finance a railway to the heart of South America

  

  Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra told news agency Reuters on Friday that China could partner with Bolivia and Peru on a massive intercontinental railway project that Peru once dismissed as too costly when pitched by China nearly three years ago.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 08:07 UTC

  Angry Venezuelans queue for hours because of gasoline shortage

  

  Drivers queued for hours in towns across Venezuela on Friday as fuel shortages worsened in the country following a plunge in gasoline imports and a stoppage at the nation's second-largest oil refinery.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 19:42 UTC

  Brexit Party Candidate Visit Gibraltar

  

  James Glancy, the number two listed Brexit Party candidate for the European Elections in the South West and Gibraltar region was visiting here today and paid a courtesy call on the Gibraltar Government.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 11:00 UTC

  Premier Oil finances improving and so are Falklands' Sea Lion project prospects

  

  Britain’s Premier Oil increased its 2019 production guidance on Thursday, saying output had been boosted by efficiency measures and a late sale from its now-divested Pakistan oil fields. The company said it now expects output to reach 75,000 to 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) this year, from up to 75,000 boed previously.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Falkland Islands Land Mines, how they are cleared and blown up

  

  British Forces Network reports how a specialist de-mining team is clearing and exploding a hoard of land mines from the Falkland Islands landscape – out of more than 30,000 laid the Argentine forces during the 1982 conflict.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  China not interested in trade talks; Beijing rekindles nationalist resilience during Korean War

  

  China may have no interest in continuing trade negotiations with the United States now, as it sees little “sincerity” in US President Donald Trump's recent approach, according to commentaries run by state media outlets on Friday.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Some 58 grey whales stranded and dead off Alaska, mostly malnourished

  

  Dozens of grey whales have been found dead along the U.S. West Coast in recent weeks and some scientists believe the cause lies far to the north, in the heated-up Arctic waters off Alaska. Fifty-eight grey whales have been found stranded and dead so far this year in sites stretching from California to Alaska, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  World's leading modern architect IM Pei dies aged 102

  

  IM Pei, whose modern designs and high-profile projects made him one of the best-known and most prolific architects of the 20th century, has died, the New York Times reported on Thursday. He was 102.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Beijing cancels major pork order from the US; China a leading market for US hog industry

  

  The same week United States President Donald Trump announced sweeping increases on tariffs against Chinese goods, Chinese buyers dropped orders for 3,247 metric tons of US pork - the biggest cancellation in more than a year, according to US Department of Agriculture data released on Thursday.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

  Theresa May agrees to step down in early June, says chair of the 1922 Committee

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May will set out a timetable for her departure in early June after the latest attempt to get her Brexit deal approved by parliament, the chairman of a powerful Conservative committee said on Thursday.