International

• Wednesday, February 7th 2018 - 07:37 UTC

  Expedition cruise vessel to be launched in 2020 will have its own submarine and helicopter

  

  Scenic Cruises is planning to create another exclusive, expedition-style ocean vessel that boasts of its own submarine and helicopter. The Australian-owned cruise operator mentioned that the soon-to-be-launched 228-passenger Scenic Eclipse would be getting a sister in 2020 and it would be known as the Scenic Eclipse II. She is schedule to sail Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  CAA looking into airlines seating policies to ensure they are “fair and transparent”

  

  A review is being launched into airlines' seating policies, the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority has said. It will examine whether companies are deliberately splitting up groups of passengers so they pay to sit together. Airlines allocate seating via computer algorithms.

• Monday, February 5th 2018 - 09:16 UTC

  China's finance minister visits Argentina ahead of G20: meeting with Macri

  

  Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie, visited Argentina last week where he met with president Mauricio Macri and other officials ahead of the upcoming meeting in Buenos Aires of the G20 finance ministers and central banks governors. There was no official briefing of the different meetings or the interview with Macri in Casa Rosada.

• Monday, February 5th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  India industry flexes its muscle in UK: extends a hand to post-Brexit

  

  More than a hundred business leaders, parliamentarians, government representatives, and other influential figures gathered in the British Houses of Parliament for a unique event aimed at highlighting the major success stories of UK-India economic cooperation.

• Monday, February 5th 2018 - 05:16 UTC

  Falklands' oil industry expected to receive an FPSO by 2022

  

  A total of 55 planned and announced floating production, storage, and offloading units (FPSOs) are expected to begin operations by 2022 worldwide, according to a report by GlobalData. In the South American list Brazil figures with 24 FPSOs, plus the Falkland Islands and Guyana with one each.

• Monday, February 5th 2018 - 05:02 UTC

  Argentine officials and Malvinas relatives preparing trip to the Falklands

  

  Argentine officials and representatives from the Relatives of the Malvinas fallen committee met last Friday to consider details of the trip to the Falklands, which is being organized for the next of kin of the 88 recently identified Argentine combatants remains buried at the Darwin cemetery.

• Sunday, February 4th 2018 - 10:41 UTC

  Intrepid all-female Indian yacht crew fall in love with the Falklands

  

  As the 6 lady crew members of the Indian Naval yacht TARINI prepare to leave the Falklands they take away: ‘Pleasant memories of a very wonderfully close-knit family atmosphere, of people who trust each other, are resourceful, peaceful and kind to each other and who live well with no poverty, unemployment, destitution or hardships’ said Lieutenant Commander Vartika Joshi who is the captain of the 17 x 5 meters sloop.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 11:00 UTC

  China pledges support for “Global Britain” and praises the “golden era” in relations

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May left China on Friday with deals worth more than 9.3 billion pounds, at the end of a three-day trade mission where President Xi Jinping pledged to upgrade their “golden era” in relations.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:42 UTC

  US warns Mexico to pay attention to Russian meddling in the July elections

  

  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Mexico on Friday to pay attention to Russian meddling in elections around the world, following comments from another US official that there were signs of such interference in the country's presidential race.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:30 UTC

  Venezuela rejects UN decision to take Guyana border controversy to The Hague

  

  Venezuela has rejected the decision made by the United Nations to refer the border controversy with Guyana to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, faithful to its historical tradition and in accordance with the Bolivarian Diplomacy of Peace, reiterates its firm disposition to defend the territorial integrity of our Homeland and maintain political negotiation based on the 1966 Geneva Accord, as the only way to reach a peaceful solution, practical and satisfactory for both parties and in favor of our Peoples,” the Venezuelan government said in a statement on Wednesday.