International

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Latin American markets outperform world stocks struggling over US/China trade talks

  

  Latin American stocks rose on Tuesday, outperforming world stocks that struggled to hold gains ahead of keenly awaited U.S.-Sino trade talks, earnings of top technology companies and an impending U.S. Federal Reserve decision on interest rates.

• Wednesday, January 30th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Emerging markets vulnerable to US higher rates and stronger dollar

  

  Emerging markets face more downgrades than upgrades this year as foreign debt levels leave them vulnerable to rising U.S. interest rates and the strength of the dollar, according to Fitch Ratings. Latin America, the Middle East and Africa will be impacted more by lower credit scores because of the high share of their foreign-currency debt, said James McCormack, Hong Kong-based global head of the sovereign and supranational group at Fitch.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 21:40 UTC

  Chile Announces New Marine Protected Area

  

  Today Chile announced the creation of its newest marine protected area, the Diego Ramírez-Drake Passage Marine Park. Located in the Magallanes region, it is the southernmost park in the Americas and one of the last pristine areas in the world.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentine navy will incorporate a South Korean frigate for ocean patrolling

  

  The South Korean navy has started the documentation for the transfer of a decommissioned Ulsan Class frigate to the Argentine navy. A delegation of Argentine officers and crew members will be travelling to the South Korean base at Jinhae in the near future, according to Seoul's military attaché in Buenos Aires Lieutenant Colonel Ho Lim.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 10:23 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Representative in London is retiring after forty years service

  

  After forty years in the service of the Falkland Islands, Sukey Cameron, the Falklands Representative in London is to retire in October. The Penguin News chatted with Ms Cameron about her long and distinguished career.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 10:19 UTC

  EU quotas for farming produce post Brexit trigger controversy

  

  The European Union on Monday adopted quotas for farming produce it will accept from third countries after Britain leaves the bloc and acknowledged this could happen before it has concluded talks with them on the subject.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  African swine fever scare in Europe; Denmark builds a 70km fence in the border with Germany

  

  Denmark has started building a 70km fence along its border with Germany in an effort to control the migration of wild boar. There are fears that African swine fever, which has been found in two dead wild boars in Belgium, could threaten Denmark's huge pig industry. If the disease spreads, it could jeopardize almost US$ 1.7bn in pork-product exports from Denmark.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Rough times ahead: US Justice files several criminal charges against Huawei and the owner's daughter

  

  The United States Justice Department has filed a host of criminal charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. The charges against the world's second largest smart-phone maker include accusations of bank fraud, obstruction of justice and theft of technology.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Mrs. May willing to support amendments but insists in no delay for the Brexit withdrawal date

  

  The United Kingdom government will support a backbench amendment to the Brexit deal that calls for the planned Irish backstop to be replaced by “alternative arrangements”. Tory MPs will be told to vote for Sir Graham Brady's proposal when the Commons votes on a series of amendments to Theresa May's plan on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  EU mocks UK parliament: withdrawal agreement debate was “uninhibited by any knowledge” of what it actually contained

  

  There is a high risk of the UK crashing out of the EU without a deal by accident, the EU's deputy chief negotiator Sabine Weyand has said. She added there was “full ownership of what was agreed” in the EU, but “no ownership” of it in the UK Parliament. And it was a challenge to see how a majority for any deal could be built among MPs, she added.