International

Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 10:18 UTC
World AIDS Day 2018, “Know your status”, celebrates 30th anniversary

World AIDS Day 2018 will be commemorated on Saturday December first under the global theme “Know your status”. The occasion also celebrates the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, first initiated by WHO in 1988.
Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 09:36 UTC
Science minister resigns over Galileo system: Theresa May's Brexit deal is naive

A UK minister has resigned saying a row over involvement in the EU's Galileo satellite-navigation system exposes Theresa May's Brexit deal as “naive”. The UK had wanted to stay part of Galileo after Brexit, but the EU said it would be banned from the extra-secure elements of the program.
Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 09:24 UTC
Oil prices in November slide 20%, the weakest month in more than ten years

Oil prices edged lower on Friday due to concerns of oversupply and a strong dollar. The two benchmarks, North Sea Brent LCOc1 and U.S. crude CLc1, still have had their weakest month in more than 10 years in November, losing more than 20% as global supply has outstripped demand.
Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 08:56 UTC
Russia and Argentina sign fisheries conservation cooperation accord

Argentina and Russia signed on Friday a fisheries and aquaculture cooperation agreement including elaboration of projects for the conservation and sustainable management of resources, as well certifying export fishing plants.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 23:01 UTC
Macri holds trust-building side meeting with PM May during G-20 Summit

Argentine President Mauricio Macri Friday held a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May in what turned out to be the first one-on-one encounter between heads of government of the two countries after the 1982 Falklands War.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 21:40 UTC
Anti-globalist protests and controversy over the use of lethal weapons: Argentine Minister of Security came out to clarify in the framework of the G20

After the controversy generated by a resolution in which the Ministry of Security of Argentina allows the police to use lethal weapons against a person who flees in the framework of the summit of the Group of 20 in Buenos Aires, the minister Patricia Bullrich went to clarify that this disposition “has nothing to do with the mobilization” against the G20 crowded by social organizations this Friday.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 17:22 UTC
Small earthquake hits Buenos Aires during G-20 Summit

Argentina's National Institute of Seismic Prevention (INPRES) recorded an earthquake rated at 3.8 on the Richter scale at 10.27 am Friday in the city of Buenos Aires and its surroundings, it was reported.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 15:47 UTC
Princess Anne unveils Lord Cochrane monument in Santiago

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth's only daughter, was in Santiago Thursday to attend the unveiling of a monument honoring local Navy hero Lord Thomas Alexander Cochrane.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 06:19 UTC
Theresa May in Buenos Aires: good and bad news, Falklands and the Brexit deal

A few minutes before midnight Friday, Buenos Aires time, a Royal Air Force transport with Prime Minister Theresa May landed at Ezeiza airport. Mrs May is the first serving UK prime minister to visit the capital Buenos Aires, and the second to travel to Argentina, after Tony Blair in 2001.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 06:19 UTC
Air Force One touches down - Trump is in BA for G-20 Summit

The famous Air Force One, a veritable Flying White House, landed in Ezeiza at 10.10 pm amid tight security measures right on time for US President Donald Trump to rest and get ready for Friday's breakfast meeting with his Argentine colleague Mauricio Macri.