International

• Saturday, November 10th 2018 - 06:10 UTC

  Falklands plays an England Football Association team this Saturday in Stanley

  

  This Saturday the Falkland Islands Football Team will be playing an England Football Association Representative team in Stanley and on Sunday, the visitors will clash with the Combined Services team from MPC in the same pitch.

• Saturday, November 10th 2018 - 06:05 UTC

  UK's economy best third quarter in two years: warm weather and the World Cup

  

  A spike in consumer spending driven by warm weather and England's surprise run to the semifinals of the soccer World Cup helped the British economy post its best growth in nearly two years during the third quarter, official figures showed on Friday.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Brexit and Article 50 to be referred to the European Court of Justice

  

  The European Court of Justice will be asked if the UK can unilaterally stop Brexit after the UK Government was refused an appeal by Scotland’s highest court. The Court of Session in Edinburgh ruled in September to refer the question of whether the UK can unilaterally revoke its Article 50 request to leave the European Union to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) after a case brought by a cross-party group of politicians.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Armistice centenary: Theresa May will lay wreaths in Belgium and France

  

  Theresa May will lay a wreath at the graves of the first and last UK soldiers killed in World War One as she travels to France and Belgium to mark the Armistice centenary. The prime minister will be joined by French President Emmanuel Macron and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel for the commemorations on Friday.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

  Stamps on centenary of the end of WWI issued by BAT and SG

  

  The British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands marked the centenary of the end of World War I with new stamps. The issue honors members of Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-16 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition who served in the war.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 08:41 UTC

  China exports and surplus remain strong while imports started to pick up

  

  China reported much stronger-than-expected exports for October as shippers rushed goods to the United States, its biggest trading partner, racing to beat higher tariff rates due to kick in at the start of next year. Import growth also defied forecasts for a slowdown, suggesting Beijing’s growth-boosting measures to support the cooling economy may be slowly starting to make themselves felt.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 08:27 UTC

  Oil down 20% from its October peak despite US sanctions on Iran

  

  Oil markets on Friday remained weak as rising supply and concerns of an economic slowdown pressured prices, with U.S. crude now down by 20% since early October. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were at US$ 61.63 per barrel.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklands' toothfish fishery re-certified by the Marine Stewardship Council

  

  The Falkland Islands longline toothfish fishery has been re-certified under the Marine Stewardship Council’s Principles of Sustainability, it was announced this week.The fishery, which was originally certified in 2014 for a five year period, is the only Falkland Islands fishery to be certified under the scheme.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 07:15 UTC

  Carnival in strategic alliance to promote the cruise industry for Chinese tourists

  

  Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company, today announced that its cruise joint venture with China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) will launch this week under the name CSSC Carnival Cruise Shipping Limited. The new China-based cruise company plans to operate its own fleet to serve Chinese cruise guests by the end of 2019.

• Friday, November 9th 2018 - 01:02 UTC

  69-year-old Dutchman seeks legal age reassignment

  

  Emile Ratelband is a well-known “positivity guru” in the Netherlands who Thursday filed a petition before an Arnhem court to have his date of birth legally altered, so that he can be 49 years old, despite having been born 69 years ago.