International

Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:18 UTC
UN chief Guterres criticized for accepting Syria in Decolonization Committee top post

UN chief Antonio Guterres was criticized on Thursday by a watchdog group for failing to condemn Syria’s election to a committee charged with working towards decolonization. UN Watch called on US Ambassador Nikki Haley, and European ambassadors to condemn the world body for handing Bashar Assad’s regime what it called “a propaganda victory.”
Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:01 UTC
China, Spain, Taiwan, Japan and S Korea account for 85% global fishing efforts, says Science magazine

More than half of the world’s oceans are being commercially fished, spanning an area four times what is used for global agriculture, according to a new study published in the journal Science. The study is the first in-depth look at the global footprint of the industrial fishing industry.
Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 07:54 UTC
UK's approach to next stage of negotiations bases on “pure illusion”, says Tusk

UK's approach to the next stage of Brexit negotiations seems to be based on “pure illusion”, Donald Tusk says. The European Council president told a news conference in Brussels that the UK was still trying to “cherry pick” its future relationship with the EU.
Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 11:20 UTC
BAS team leaves Falklands to explore Antarctica marine ecosystem hidden for 120.000 years

A team of international scientists led by the British Antarctic Survey set off on Wednesday to explore a mysterious marine ecosystem that has lain hidden under an ice shelf for up to 120,000 years.
Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 09:46 UTC
PM May preparing her “Road to Brexit” following a meeting of “war committee”

British Prime Minister Theresa May will set out “the way forward” for Brexit next week after a meeting with top aides on Thursday intended to resolve differences over strategy that are dividing her team, and frustrating European Union negotiators.
Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 09:35 UTC
UK economy grows at the slowest pace among world's wealthiest countries

The UK economy expanded by less than previously thought in the last three months of 2017, official figures say. GDP grew by 0.4% in the October-to-December period, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, down from the initial estimate of 0.5%. The revision was due to slower growth in production industries, the ONS said.
Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 09:28 UTC
Argentina foils major cocaine ring operating from the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires

An international drug trafficking ring operating out of the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires was dismantled and several arrests made, Argentine police announced on Thursday.
Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 09:21 UTC
Mexico buying more Brazilian corn over concern with NAFTA negotiations

Mexican buyers imported ten times more corn from Brazil last year amid concern that NAFTA renegotiations could disrupt their U.S. supplies, according to government data and top grains merchants. Mexico is on track to buy more Brazilian corn in 2018, which would hurt a U.S. agricultural sector already struggling with low grains prices and the rising competitive threat from South America.
Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 09:00 UTC
Takata faulty airbag manufacturer reaches settlement in US

The US arm of Japanese manufacturer Takata has reached a settlement with 44 US state attorneys-general into claims it concealed dangerous defects in its exploding airbags. The faulty airbags have been linked to at least a dozen deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide. The settlement includes a civil penalty of about US$650m.
Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 08:23 UTC
Falklands confirm March 26 visit of Argentine relatives of identified soldiers at Darwin cemetery

Following work undertaken by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in identifying the remains of unidentified Argentine soldiers buried in the Falkland Islands Darwin cemetery, an Argentine private charter will be arriving at Mount Pleasant on Monday March 26.