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International

  • Friday, December 9th 2016 - 09:27 UTC

    UK celebrates 25th anniversary of Antarctic Environmental protection treaty

    “The Environmental Protocol is the only international agreement designed to protect an entire continent” pointed out Sir Alan

    On the twenty fifth anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty Protocol on Environmental Protection, British Minister for Polar Regions, Sir Alan Duncan underlined the hsitoric contribution and role played by the UK in Antarctica and in elaborating the protocol. Sir Duncan also pointed out that Antarctica has been the scene of considerable cooperation between the UK and Argentina, both within the Treaty system and in the field of science, “an area where I hope we may be able to do even more in the coming years”.

  • Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 19:01 UTC

    Russia sells 19.5% of Rosneft - ‘biggest privatization deal of 2016,’ says Putin

    Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin reached an agreement with private investors and a Qatari fund to sell 19.5% of shares

    Russian President Vladimir Putin labeled the sale of 19.5% of state-owned oil giant Rosneft's shares to the natural resource trader Glencore International and a Qatari sovereign wealth fund for over $11 billion was “the biggest sale and acquisition in the world’s oil and gas sector in 2016,” the official Kremlin website reported Wednesday.

  • Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 17:18 UTC

    Falklands War carrier HMS Illustrious headed for scrapping in Turkey

    HMS Illustrious is the last aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy until the new Elizabeth-class ships become available

    Replacements are years away and still Britain’s last aircraft carrier, ‘HMS Illustrious,’ has set sail to be scrapped in Turkey. The vessel, known as 'Lusty,' came into service in 1982 and was rushed into service to catch the lattermost stages of the Falklands War. She also served in the Gulf Wars and Sierra Leone conflict. It was one of three Invincible-class ships commissioned in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

  • Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 10:15 UTC

    Time magazine names Trump “Person of the Year”, president of the divided States of America

    “Donald Trump: President of the Divided States of America”, was positioned next to the cover photograph of the president-elect sitting in his private residence

    Time magazine on Wednesday named Donald Trump its Person of the Year, bestowing what the president-elect called an “honor” even as he derided the idea that he’ll lead “the Divided States of America.”

  • Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 08:40 UTC

    Identification of soldiers buried in Falklands: talks on protocol procedure being in Geneva

    MLA Mike Summers will represent the Falklands as a member of the British delegation to the talks in Geneva

    The governments of Argentina and the Falkland Islands reported almost simultaneously this week that respective delegates had left for Geneva, Switzerland to hold talks on Thursday and Friday with the International Red Cross (CICR) on the process to follow for the identification of 'unknown' Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falklands.

  • Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 12:16 UTC

    Japanese tech firm meets Trump and pledges to invest US$ 50bn in the US

    Son made the announcement after meeting president-elect Donald Trump in New York. Trump shared the news about the Softbank investment on social media

    Shares of Japanese technology firm Softbank have soared to their highest level in more than one year in Tokyo trade, jumping 5% at the open. That is on news Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said he will invest US$50bn in US businesses. But details are lacking on where the money will go and how it will benefit American businesses.

  • Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 11:57 UTC

    Supreme Court debates if PM May can use a regal prerogative to implement Brexit

    The most constitutionally significant case for Britain in decades, will determine whether May can use a prerogative once reserved for kings to invoke Article 50

    Four day debate Five months after United Kingdom's referendum to abandon the European Union, the question of who actually gets to pull the trigger on Brexit remains a muddle. Prime Minister Theresa May says she does. A high-level British court argued otherwise last month, ruling that Parliament must have a say. Now it’s up to the U.K. Supreme Court, which this week began hearing arguments in a case that could complicate May’s plan to set in motion Britain’s exit by the end of March.

  • Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 11:38 UTC

    PISA global education survey has mostly Asian countries in the top ten

    Singapore was top of the class followed by Japan, Estonia, Taiwan and Finland. Japan and Canada, which came seventh, G7 nations fell lower in the data.

    Singapore has come top of the class in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) latest global education survey, with the Asian city-state's students the highest performing in tests on basic academic skills. Japan came in second in the OECD's survey, followed by Estonia, Taiwan and Finland. Japan and Canada, which came seventh, G7 nations fell lower in the data.

  • Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 11:05 UTC

    Argentina excluded from OECD PISA academic tests: information deemed “insufficient”

    In the 2015 PISA, 7,500 Argentine students participated from 238 different schools, but the results won’t be counted, the country has been excluded.

    Argentina has not been included in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s ranking of education quality because the information provided by the country was deemed insufficient. The OECD-designed PISA test evaluates the academic performance of 15-year-olds in 71 countries around the world in math, science and reading comprehension. It’s been conducted every three years since 2000.

  • Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 10:49 UTC

    Merkel U-turns on immigration as she launches reelection campaign

    Angela Merkel is suprisingly not so open to immigration as she launches her reelection campaign

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a public ban on the full-face veil as her political party gears up to back her for a fourth term in office. “Here we say 'show your face'. So full veiling is not appropriate here. It should be prohibited wherever legally possible,”