International

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  FAO Food Price Index fell almost 22% in 2018 compared to 2017

  

  Global food prices held broadly stable in December, with rising international cereal prices offsetting declining sugar and dairy quotations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said. However overall for 2018, the FAO Food Price Index fell by almost 22% from 2017

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:14 UTC

  Royal Mint marks 50th anniversary of the revolutionary seven-sided 50 pence piece

  

  A special set of coins celebrating British cultural history has been unveiled to mark the 50th anniversary of the 50 pence piece. The Royal Mint has released a proof set in honour of the “revolutionary” seven-sided coin introduced in 1969.

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  British foremost mathematician and Fields Medal Sir Michael Atiyah had died

  

  One of the world's foremost mathematicians, Prof Sir Michael Atiyah, has died at the age of 89. Sir Michael, who worked at Cambridge University before he retired, made outstanding contributions to geometry and topology.

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Japanese firm prepared to halt construction of a £20bn nuclear reactor in Wales

  

  The UK government's nuclear policy is under renewed scrutiny as the firm behind a £20bn reactor in Wales looks set to halt construction. Japanese media reports say Hitachi will suspend on its Horizon division's Wylfa Newydd plant this week. The company says no formal decision has yet been made.

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  PM May Monday speech to impede “catastrophic” defeat in Parliament and Labour no confidence vote

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May is making a last-ditch attempt to persuade MPs to back her Brexit deal as Tuesday's key Commons vote looms closer. She will use a speech on Monday to warn that Parliament is more likely to block Brexit than let the UK leave with no deal.

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Italian political militant at large for years extradited from Bolivia/Brazil to Rome

  

  An Italian former communist militant captured in Bolivia is on a plane back to Rome, officials have confirmed. Cesare Battisti, 64, is wanted for four murders in Italy during the 1970s, which he denies committing. He was extradited after being found in Santa Cruz de La Sierra in an international police operation.

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 06:40 UTC

  Premier record oil production helps significant cuts in its debts

  

  Premier Oil has taken advantage of its second consecutive year of record oil production to make larger than expected cuts into its still-significant debts. The London-listed oil and gas developer, with interests in the Falkland Islands, expects its financial results to reveal end-of-year debts of US$2.3 billion, after removing US$390 million from the total following a sharp rise in oil output.

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 06:28 UTC

  EU fishing discards' ban policy became effective this month: challenge for industry

  

  On 1 January, the wasteful practice of throwing fish discards overboard became illegal in waters of the European Union. Scientists believe the policy will lead to more efficient fisheries and eventually boost stocks.

• Saturday, January 12th 2019 - 10:46 UTC

  Falkland Islands Representative in UK to retire next October

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced on Friday that Mrs Sukey Cameron MBE, the Falkland Islands Government Representative in the UK, is to retire in October 2019.

• Saturday, January 12th 2019 - 10:39 UTC

  Argentina calls on Venezuela and Guyana for a peaceful resolution to the Essequibo controversy

  

  Argentina has called on Venezuela and Guyana to favour dialogue and a peaceful resolution, in conformity with International Law, regarding their territorial controversy over the region of Essequibo.