International

• Friday, April 14th 2017 - 18:33 UTC

  Falklands: Dolphin Fund desists from taking over FIH Group, at this time

  

  Dolphin Fund Ltd said late Thursday that it has decided not to make an offer for FIH Group PLC at this time, following a letter from the Falkland Islands Government warning FIH about its status should it undertake a change of ownership.

• Friday, April 14th 2017 - 17:45 UTC

  Putin also has his “Father of all bombs”, allegedly four times more powerful than MOAB

  

  The display of force by the US military with the MOAB type of ordnance has been impressive but such type of weapon is not exclusive of the US arsenal: Russia has a device four times more powerful than the US' monster bomb. The Russian version, called the Father Of All Bombs, weighs just 15,560lbs and is packed with the equivalent to 44 tons of explosive TNT.

• Friday, April 14th 2017 - 16:39 UTC

  Trump's MOAB kills 36 IS militants: allegedly no civilians casualties

  

  A US military strike with a weapon known as the “mother of all bombs” (MOAB) killed 36 IS militants and destroyed their base, the Afghan defense ministry says. The most powerful non-nuclear bomb ever used by the US in combat was dropped on IS tunnels in Nangarhar province. No civilians were affected by the explosion, the ministry said.

• Thursday, April 13th 2017 - 07:41 UTC

  Nothing new on Gibraltar, “without the Gibraltarian people” says UK ambassador in Spain

  

  The British Ambassador to Spain, Simon Manley, has once again reaffirmed the British position on Gibraltar. In an interview on Spanish television in – La Noche en 24 – he said “we are not going to negotiate on the sovereignty of Gibraltar without the Gibraltarian people”.

• Thursday, April 13th 2017 - 07:17 UTC

  Radical increase in water and sanitation investment required to meet development targets

  

  Countries are not increasing spending fast enough to meet the water and sanitation targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), says a new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on behalf of UN-Water – the United Nations inter-agency coordination mechanism for all freshwater-related issues, including sanitation.

• Wednesday, April 12th 2017 - 09:44 UTC

  UK inflation steady in March with rising food and clothing prices

  

  Inflation in the United Kingdom held steady last month, as rising prices for food and clothing were offset by lower air fares. The UK Office for National Statistics, ONS, said inflation as measured by the Consumer Prices Index remained at 2.3%.

• Wednesday, April 12th 2017 - 08:34 UTC

  Brazil says the RAF Falklands-outbound flight last Saturday was on a search and rescue mission

  

  The RAF Hercules flight which last Saturday landed in the international Brazilian airport of Porto Alegre was flying from the Falkland Islands on a search and rescue mission, as part of a humanitarian effort, according to the Brazilian reply delivered to the Argentine foreign ministry, and reported by political analyst Martin Dinatale.

• Tuesday, April 11th 2017 - 16:42 UTC

  Falklands will establish a dedicated Telecommunications Regulator

  

  The Falkland Islands government has announced that with the introduction of the new Telecommunications Ordinance, recent focus has been on setting up structures to regulate the Sure exclusive license.

• Tuesday, April 11th 2017 - 15:38 UTC

  Argentine court rules phoning the Falklands is a domestic call and 50% cheaper

  

  A local tribunal from the Argentine northern province of Jujuy (bordering Bolivia) ruled against the telephone company for having billed a call to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands as international, “instead of domestic”, adding the ruling must be published in the largest circulation provincial and national dailies, pointing out that the phone link with the Islands must be charged as a domestic long distance.

• Tuesday, April 11th 2017 - 15:30 UTC

  UK on the verge of an export and spending boom, anticipates the EY Item Club

  

  Britain is on the verge of an export and spending boom as economists rule out the likelihood of a slowdown this year. Strong global growth combined with the weak pound is expected to send overseas sales soaring, giving businesses the confidence to ramp up investment.