International

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Chile praises Beijing for its leadership and rejecting protectionism

  

  Chile’s foreign minister welcomed Chinese representatives to a meeting with Latin American and Caribbean countries and praised Beijing for rejecting protectionism as the United States backs away from global trade.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2018 - 07:53 UTC

  Pope Francis apologizes for remarks in Chile referred to Bishop Juan Barros

  

  Pope Francis has apologized for remarks he made last week in Chile defending a bishop accused of covering up sexual abuse. He said he realized his words hurt many, but repeated his belief that Chilean Bishop Juan Barros was innocent. Francis was speaking to journalists on board a plane flying back to Rome.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2018 - 06:42 UTC

  Macri in European tour to promote Argentina: Moscow, Davos and Paris

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri arrived on Monday evening to Moscow the first leg of his latest tour of European countries, and the first of 2018, with the purpose of promoting Argentina and attracting investments. In Moscow president Macri and First Lady Juliana Awada are scheduled to meet with president Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2018 - 06:27 UTC

  Jaguar Land Rover plans production cuts on Brexit uncertainty and diesel cars' taxes

  

  Jaguar Land Rover will cut production of some vehicles amid uncertainty over Brexit and changes to taxes on diesel cars. The company will scale back output of Range Rover Discovery Sport and Evoque models temporarily later this year. Last week, JLR said its global sales hit a record in 2017, but that the UK market was “tough”.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:57 UTC

  Gap between super rich and the poor at its widest, claims Oxfam

  

  The gap between the super rich and the rest of the world widened last year as wealth continued to be owned by a small minority, Oxfam has claimed. Some 82% of money generated last year went to the richest 1% of the global population while the poorest half saw no increase at all, the charity said.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  Australian scientists attempting a krill “census” based on the “sound” of the species

  

  A team of Antarctic scientists hopes that an experiment to capture the “sound” of a single krill will help determine how many individuals of this key Antarctic species are swimming in the Southern Ocean. Researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) are using echo sounder technology to record the sound of krill specimens of different sizes over a range of frequencies.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Crowd of 1.3 million at Pope's final Mass in Peru, contrasts with visit to Chile

  

  More than one million people turned out Sunday for Pope Francis’ final Mass in Peru, giving him a warm and heartfelt farewell that contrasted sharply with the outcry he caused in neighboring Chile by accusing sex abuse victims of slandering a bishop.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  INSV Tarini is moored in Stanley, Falkland Islands

  

  We’re so proud to welcome these adventurous ladies and look forward to their time with us said the Falkland Islands Governement on tweeter.

• Sunday, January 21st 2018 - 11:47 UTC

  Go, TARINI Go...

  

  We all love to dream, and strive hard to achieve them, yet this voyage by the team of six Indian Naval Lady Officers is much bigger than a mere dream! It’s a daunting challenge posed by the stormy seas and fierce weather, which could deter the best of the seafarers! Yet, they chose something for which they had opted. Team Tarini, a name that will be attached to the six brave Navikas’ as they are termed for the rest of their life.

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 08:16 UTC

  Francis strongly sides with indigenous peoples and calls the Amazon, God's “holy ground”

  

  From deep in the Amazon rainforest, Pope Francis demanded on Friday that corporations stop their relentless extraction of timber, gas and gold from God's “holy ground,” and called on governments to recognize the indigenous peoples living there as the primary forces in determining its future.