International

• Wednesday, August 24th 2016 - 05:50 UTC

  PM May congratulates Team GB on Rio achievements; celebration parade planned in Manchester

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May gave a statement on how UK Olympians have made history and inspired the next generation. Team GB in Rio do Janeiro Olympics took more medals than ever at an overseas Games.

• Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 - 10:02 UTC

  “Time to recover Falklands/Malvinas dialogue”

  

  Discussions between the UK and Argentina in 1980 referred to the Falkland Islands dispute have been reconstructed by an Argentine researcher bringing together recent documents from Britain's National Archives and the memoirs of two prominent members of the military government of the time in Buenos Aires, Finance minister Jose Alfredo Martinez de Hoz and the ambassador in the UK, Carlos Ortiz de Rozas.

• Tuesday, August 23rd 2016 - 06:15 UTC

  EU Parliament president calls Argentina a crucial associate in the redefinition of global relations

  

  Visiting president of the European Parliament Martin Shultz called on his Argentine hosts to leave behind those chapters “with no dialogue” and concentrate on Mercosur/EU trade and cooperation negotiations that have been stalled for almost twenty years, taking advantage of an Argentina opened to the world and an ally when international relations are being redefined.

• Monday, August 22nd 2016 - 11:13 UTC

  Despite all odds, Rio “the marvelous city” earned its Olympian record

  

  Rio do Janeiro is the marvelous city, the heart of Brazil, are the lyrics of the song which identifies the sublime and the misery of Latin America's biggest country with the largest economy. This Sunday ended the almost three weeks 31st Summer Olympics hosted for the first time by a non developed country, and contrary to fears and uncertainties ended as a complete success, winning the hearts of all those who shared the Rio Games.

• Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 06:06 UTC

  Scientists spot bright purple googly-eyed squid on Southern California ocean floor

  

  Scientists scanning the rocky ocean floor off Southern California have spotted a bright purple, googly-eyed stubby squid. The creature, a stubby squid, was discovered by the Exploration Vessel Nautilus team after they placed a camera on a remote-operated vehicle and came across the iridescent cephalopod with giant round eyes.

• Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:54 UTC

  July was the northern hemisphere hottest month in history of record- keeping

  

  July is typically the hottest month for the globe in the northern hemisphere, and last month didn’t disappoint. But this time around, it was not only the hottest July on record, but the hottest month in the history of record-keeping.

• Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 05:29 UTC

  UK strongly supports innovative solutions for the Chilean mining sector

  

  The British Embassy in Chile participated at the mining conference Medmin to strengthen the importance of British innovative solutions for the mining sector in a country which is highly dependent on minerals and is the world's leading exporter of copper.

• Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 01:50 UTC

  Falklands allows return of abandoned Argentine yacht rescued in Islands waters last October

  

  The Argentine flagged yacht “La Sanmartiniana” which was rescued in October 2015 while abandoned and adrift, by a Falkland Islands Fisheries Protection Vessel and towed to Stanley, where it has remained since waiting for claimants, has finally been released, after the Argentine group FIPCA complied with all the formalities for its recovery.

• Saturday, August 20th 2016 - 01:45 UTC

  UN acknowledges role in the Haiti imported cholera epidemic that killed thousands

  

  For the first time since a cholera epidemic believed to be imported by the United Nations peacekeepers began killing thousands of Haitians nearly six years ago, the office of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has acknowledged that the United Nations played a role in the initial outbreak and that a “significant new set of U.N. actions” will be needed to respond to the crisis.

• Friday, August 19th 2016 - 13:08 UTC

  UK health officials call on university students to vaccinate against Meningitis

  

  Health officials in the United Kingdom have reported a progressive increase in cases of the deadly bacterium, Meningitis W (MenW), prompting calls for university students to get vaccinated. Cases of MenW have been increasing year-on-year, from 22 cases in 2009 to over 200 cases in the past 12 months, according to Public Health England.