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  • Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 12:56 UTC

    Appearance of ARA San Juan: Royal Navy crew paid their respects

    Crew of HMS Clyde showed their respects in an act of remembrance. (Pic BFSAI/RN)

    A year after the disappearance of the Argentine Navy’s submarine ARA San Juan, the crew of HMS Clyde, one of the British ships that participated in the search operation, yesterday showed their respects in an act of remembrance from the Falkland Islands. The act was given hours before the Ministry of Defense and the Argentine Navy confirmed that the Norwegian ship Seabed Constructor made the discovery.

  • Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 12:55 UTC

    CIA finds Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince involved in killing of WP columnist

    Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was never heard saying he wanted Khashoggi dead, wrote the New York Times.

    The CIA has come to the conclusion that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the assassination of Washington Post's Jamal Khashoggi, it was reported Friday.

  • Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 06:19 UTC

    It's official: ARA San Juan has been found 800 meters deep; next challenge: can she be lifted?

    In the early hours of Saturday morning the ARA San Juan has been found. She rests 800 meters deep in the South Atlantic.

    The Argentine Navy confirmed early Saturday morning that the missing ARA San Juan submarine which disappeared in the South Atlantic on 15 November a year ago, with a crew of 44, has been found. The discovery was also announced by the Argentine Defense ministry and the United States company, Ocean Infinity, leading the search for the vessel, and it happens exactly one year and one day after all contact was lost with the vessel sailing from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego to its base in Mar del Plata.

  • Friday, November 16th 2018 - 22:41 UTC

    Pompeo talks with Faurie about Trump's trip to Argentina

    Secretary Pompeo commended Argentina for their leadership in hosting the G-20 Summit.

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday discussed President Donald Trump's upcoming trip to Buenos Aires for the G-20 Summit at the end of the month and other bilateral issues over the telephone with his Argentine counterpart Jorge Faurie, a spokesperson for the State Department confirmed Friday.

  • Friday, November 16th 2018 - 12:27 UTC

    The mighty German economy slumps 0.2% in the third quarter

    Federal statistics authority Destatis reported a 0.2% slump in GDP between July and September, the first fall in the measure since early 2015

    Germany's years-long run of steady growth came to a screeching halt in the third quarter, official data showed this week, with a widely-expected bottleneck in the vital car industry matched by broader structural concerns.

  • Friday, November 16th 2018 - 11:59 UTC

    Two brothers arrested in Buenos Aires likely to be linked to Hezbollah

    The Abraham-Salomón bothers were knowledgeable in the use of Russian-made AK-47 rifles and had travelled several times to different points of the Middle East.

    Federal Police Thursday arrested in Buenos Aires two brothers suspected to belong to a local Hezbollah cell. A sizeable number of guns with focus on sniper capabilities and proper ammunition were found at the home of one of them in the Floresta neighbourhood.

  • Friday, November 16th 2018 - 08:57 UTC

    Scottish fishing industry calls for “clarity” on the draft agreement

    Prime Minister Theresa May insisted on Thursday the UK government would not accept any deal with the EU that linked access to fishing waters with trade

    Members of the Scottish fishing industry have called for “clarity” on the implications of the draft agreement on leaving the EU Scottish Secretary David Mundell backed the draft Brexit deal despite concerns about its impact on the fishing industry.

  • Friday, November 16th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

    Gibraltar, and BOTs, part of UK-EU withdrawal agreement and transitional period

    CM Picardo said: “This Protocol contains absolutely no concessions on sovereignty, jurisdiction or control. We would not have accepted it if it had”

    The proposed Withdrawal Agreement published on Wednesday by the United Kingdom and European Union makes it clear that its terms, including the transitional period, will apply to Gibraltar. According to a release from the Gibraltar government “this was the number one priority of the Cabinet and of the Government and it has been achieved. It means that Gibraltar will not crash out of the European Union in March 2019 and that things will largely remain as they are until the end of 2020”.

  • Friday, November 16th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

    EU leaders dismiss renegotiation of the draft Brexit deal

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was “no question” of reopening talks as a document was “on the table”

    EU leaders have dismissed talk of renegotiating the draft Brexit deal and warned the UK's political situation could make a “no-deal” more likely. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was “no question” of reopening talks as a document was “on the table”.

  • Friday, November 16th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

    Uruguay will host World Vine and Wine congress as of next Monday

    Representatives from some 47 countries are expected at the OIV event, to be held at the Atlantic resort of Punta del Este

    Uruguay will be hosting the 41st World Vine and Wine congress, of the International Organization of Vine and Wine, OIV, which begins next Monday until Friday in the Atlantic seaside resort of Punta del Este. Representatives from some 47 countries are expected at the event, which is described by Uruguay officials as a most significant for the domestic vine and wine industry since it will have world repercussion.