International

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:25 UTC

  Gibraltar Chief Minister confident UK/EU “moments away” from withdrawal agreement

  

  Gibraltar, the UK and the EU are “moments away” from agreeing the terms of a protocol to include Gibraltar in any Withdrawal Agreement and transitional arrangements reached between the UK and the EU, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said on Monday.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Jamaican economist will oversee Argentina's compliance of IMF accord

  

  The International Monetary Fund has announced that Jamaican economist Trevor Alleyne will be the institution's representative in Argentina, after confirming it had decided to reopen an office in Buenos Aires, six years after leaving. The decision comes after Buenos Aires reached a deal with the IMF on the money supply, interest rates and an exchange rate framework.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:18 UTC

  Brexit summit: “no ground for optimism”, says Tusk; “stand together and firm” PM May tells cabinet

  

  Donald Tusk has poured cold water on hopes of a Brexit breakthrough at Wednesday's EU summit, saying the Irish border was still a sticking point. The European Council president said he had “no grounds for optimism” it would be solved at the summit and called on Theresa May to come up with “concrete proposals” to break the “impasse”.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 07:44 UTC

  UK Antarctic Heritage Trust announces a new Port Lockroy team for 2018/19

  

  The United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) is delighted to reveal details of the quintet who will live and work at Port Lockroy on a remote island off the Antarctic Peninsula during the 2018/19 Austral Antarctic summer (November – March).

• Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

  Uruguayan coach makes history for Gibraltar football in the UEFA League

  

  Gibraltar created football history on Tuesday October 16 when they claimed victory over Liechtenstein coming from 1-0 behind to win 2-1 in their fifth group 4 match in League D. The second consecutive victory in the same week was Gibraltar’s first official competitive win on home soil in front of a sellout crowd.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 18:41 UTC

  Hauwa murdered by her captors in Nigeria despite ICRC efforts

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) sadly confirmed the killing in Nigeria of midwife Hauwa Mohammed Liman by her captors “in a despicable act of cruelty.”

• Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 17:56 UTC

  Latam to start serving Tel Aviv nonstop from Sao Paulo

  

  A new Latam airlines flight originating in Santiago with a stop in Sao Paulo and nonstop to Tel Aviv thereafter has been announced to start operating December 13.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  Francis canonizes Oscar Romero, ex archbishop of El Salvador killed by the military

  

  A murdered Salvadoran archbishop associated with social justice and progressive theology was canonized over the weekend. The martyred Oscar Romero, former archbishop of San Salvador, was made a saint on Sunday morning, alongside six other canonized church figures, including Pope Paul VI.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  FAO celebrates World Food Day

  

  FAO Goodwill Ambassadors for Nutrition, the King of Lesotho and Queen Letizia of Spain will be joined by the UN Rome-based Agency Heads and other key players in the effort to achieve Zero Hunger at the global World Food Day ceremony held at FAO Headquarters in Rome on 16 October.

• Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:45 UTC

  Critical hours for Brexit and Theresa May ahead of Wednesday EU summit

  

  Theresa May will try to rally ministers behind her this morning at the start of a critical 48 hours for Brexit. On Monday, the PM told MPs an agreement with the EU was “still achievable” despite differences over the Irish border if “cool heads” prevailed. EU officials, though, have warned no-deal is “more likely than ever before”.