International

• Thursday, November 10th 2016 - 11:20 UTC

  HMS Protector opens 2016/17 season in South Georgia surveying 160 sq miles of seabed

  

  Having spent last Antarctic summer celebrating the deeds of one British polar hero, the crew of Royal Navy icebreaker HMS Protector have opened the 2016-17 survey season honoring his rival. A century after Sir Ernest Shackleton landed at King Haakon Bay on South Georgia in a makeshift lifeboat – the James Caird – Protector entered the same fjord and sent her hi-tech survey launch – the James Caird IV – close to the identical spot.

• Thursday, November 10th 2016 - 11:04 UTC

  PM May congratulates Trump and looks forward to working with him

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has led UK political congratulations for Donald Trump after his US election victory. The PM said Britain and the US had an “enduring and special relationship” and would remain close partners on trade, security and defense.

• Thursday, November 10th 2016 - 08:11 UTC

  Malvinas is no impediment for dealing with UK, but “Islands population can't be denied”

  

  The Malvinas sovereignty dispute should not be an impediment to advance in a pro-active agenda with the United Kingdom, and to progress in agreements to attract investors to Argentina, said foreign minister Susana Malcorra, who also admitted that it's not possible to deny the existence of the Malvinas inhabitants, “of which we have been distanced for too long”.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 17:02 UTC

  In Rome, Pepe Mujica cries “Help!” as Trump wins election

  

  The former Uruguayan President came up with “a word that says it all: Help!” during a radio interview. Tabaré Vázquez to wait for official results to be released.Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, in Rome to attend the third World Meeting of Popular Movements made those remarks during a radio appearance. Mujica had expressed his preference for Hillary Clinton.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 15:42 UTC

  Preconceptions, misconceptions and experts that fail to see reality

  

  Explaining the not so quite unexplainable. Donald Trump's victory by a convincing margin left all those so called analysts who had foreseen his defeat as inevitable trying to find out how they had so spectacularly misread the world. The role of mass media under fire.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 12:58 UTC

  UK wins F-35s global repair and maintenance hub in North Wales

  

  The British Ministry of Defense (MOD) has announced that the UK has been chosen by the F-35 Program Office to be a global repair hub providing maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade services for F-35 avionic and aircraft components. Over the lifetime of the program, hundreds of European-based F-35 aircraft will be serviced and maintained in North Wales.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 09:57 UTC

  Scotland will apply to intervene against the UK government's Supreme Court appeal on Brexit

  

  Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that her semi-autonomous government will apply to the UK Supreme Court to intervene against the UK Government case, in a bid to secure a vote not just for the House of Commons but for the Scottish parliament.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 09:48 UTC

  Supreme Court will hear UK government's appeal on Parliament involvement in Brexit process 5 December

  

  Britain's Supreme Court said Tuesday it has set aside four days starting on December 5 to hear the government's appeal against a landmark ruling that it must seek parliament's approval to start the Brexit process. All 11 Supreme Court judges will hear the case, which could delay Britain's withdrawal from the European Union, and will deliver their judgment “probably in the New Year”, a court statement said.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2016 - 14:50 UTC

  Something is happening in China: new Finance and State Security ministers

  

  China appointed a new finance minister on Monday who is expected to maintain an expansionary fiscal policy and push reforms to put a lid on rising debt levels in the economy. Xiao Jie, a former tax chief and Minister of Finance deputy minister, was named minister of finance, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2016 - 06:56 UTC

  Argentine-Qatari fund created for infrastructure works

  

  Argentina and Qatar agreed to create a billion-dollar joint fund to carry out infrastructure works, as part of Vice President Gabriela Michetti's visit to Middle Eastern countries, it was announced Monday.