International

• Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 06:48 UTC

  WhatsApp suffers several hours global outage

  

  WhatsApp, the popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, suffered a widespread global outage on Wednesday that lasted for several hours before being resolved, the company said.

• Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 06:36 UTC

  Two weeks of ”Think Brazil” in UK, a showcase of business possibilities between the two countries

  

  May is set to be the Brazil month in the United Kingdom. During two weeks (10-19), the Brazilian Government, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Embassy in London, and the British Government, through its network in Brazil of Consulates and the Embassy, will bring to London and other UK cities a program full of cultural activities, business meetings and institutional encounters.

• Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 06:29 UTC

  Uruguay advances with investors in a project to build a third pulp mill

  

  “Good progress has been made in the discussions between the Government of Uruguay and UPM concerning the infrastructure development and other local prerequisites for long-term industrial growth in Uruguay. We are now in agreement regarding the majority of the key items on the negotiation agenda,” says Jaakko Sarantola, Senior Vice President, UPM, Uruguay Platform.

• Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 06:02 UTC

  Facebook hires 3.000 people to help stop hate speech, abuse and self-harm broadcast on the website

  

  Facebook is hiring 3,000 people for its “community operations team”, to help stop hate speech, child abuse and self-harm being broadcast on the website. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said it had been “heartbreaking” to see people “hurting themselves and others” in videos streamed live on Facebook.

• Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 05:10 UTC

  St Helena celebrates: charter plane lands with 60 passengers; RMS scheduled to depart Friday

  

  British Overseas Territory of St Helena, an island in the middle of the south Atlantic, celebrated on Wednesday 3 May 2017, when a charter plane carrying 60 passengers landed at St Helena Airport at 1.55pm, helping to reestablish links with South Africa. Another good piece of news was that RMS St Helena, the regular connection with St Helena is scheduled to depart Cape Town on Friday.

• Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 05:01 UTC

  Theresa May accuses EU officials of trying to influence UK election with veiled “threats”

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday accused European Union officials of trying to influence the outcome of United Kingdom's general election through veiled “threats.”

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2017 - 08:57 UTC

  Argentina paid homage to officers and crew that went down with the cruiser General Belgrano 35 years ago

  

  Argentina paid homage on Tuesday to the 323 crew and officers who lost their lives when the Navy's cruiser General Belgrano was sunk on 2 May 1982, by a British submersible in the midst of the Falklands conflict 35 years ago.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2017 - 08:32 UTC

  American trust becomes largest single shareholder of FIH

  

  Conservative Party donor David Rowland has thrown in the towel in the Falkland Islands after losing a battle to take control of its key industries. The Rowland´s family investment vehicle, Staunton Holdings Limited has got rid of all its shares in the Falkland Islands Holdings (FIH) after shareholders rejected a takeover, reports the London financial media.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2017 - 07:15 UTC

  Argentina promotes sales to China through e-commerce Alibaba

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri and Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Tuesday in Buenos Aires as a way to open up new trade opportunities and to support merchants that are marketing products on Alibaba's e-commerce platforms.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2017 - 06:27 UTC

  Malcorra downplays possibility of Falklands requesting visa for Argentine visitors

  

  Argentine foreign minister downplayed the news that the Falkland Islands could impose a visa system for Argentines visiting the Islands, although admitting the ministry is following the issue closely and insisted that confidence building with the local population takes time.