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  • Monday, August 15th 2016 - 13:34 UTC

    New Zealand track Rockhopper penguins 15.000 km winter journeys

    It's hoped the study will help determine why Rockhopper numbers on New Zealand's Campbell Island have plummeted.

    Two species of sub-Antarctic penguin have surprised scientists in New Zealand by travelling up to 15,000km during six months spent at sea. Researchers tagged 90 Rockhopper and Snares crested penguins to find out where they go during the southern hemisphere's winter, and were astonished by the birds' long-distance journeys, the New Zealand Herald reports.

  • Monday, August 15th 2016 - 07:09 UTC

    Mercosur-India talks expected to expand preferential trade agreement

    “We are largely interested in exporting processed foods and electronics to Mercosur”, said Sachin Chaturvedi, head at the Ministry of External Affairs

    India has begun the process of expanding its preferential trade agreement with the Mercosur trade bloc, opening its market more to South America and negotiations are expected to start in a month or two. The number of products on which tariff concessions is given is likely to increase to more than 3,000 from 450 at present with more agricultural products getting covered in the pact.

  • Monday, August 15th 2016 - 06:39 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas: Malcorra confirms new dialogue with UK in a raft of issues

    “We have a relation with the UK that goes beyond the Malvinas issue” but also a deep disagreement and president Macri has told this to ex PM David Cameron

    Argentina is at the beginning of a new dialogue on the Malvinas issue with the current UK government and this includes air links, hydrocarbons, identifying Argentine graves remains in Falklands, a possible meeting of the two countries' leaders in China, but none of this will happen overnight or make media headlines, anticipated foreign minister Susana Malcorra.

  • Thursday, August 11th 2016 - 17:53 UTC

    Falklands discards air links with Argentina and iterates London pledge to support hydrocarbons development

    A copy of the letter sent by PM Theresa May to president Mauricio Macri as reported in the Argentine press

    The Falkland Islands government has made a public statement pointing out that the UK Government has been open and transparent with FIG about how it would like to improve the bilateral relationship with Argentina but ”has made it clear that this will not include negotiations on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.”

  • Thursday, August 11th 2016 - 04:52 UTC

    Falklands air links and oil talks between UK and Argentina confirmed by Malcorra

    Malcorra in a press conference confirmed that she discussed the issues of air links and oil with Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in London

    Foreign minister Susana Malcorra confirmed on Wednesday that Argentina and the United Kingdom are holding talks, “moving to a more productive phase” which includes making progress towards new “air links between the Falkland Islands and third countries” plus the removal of “restrictive hydrocarbons measures”.

  • Wednesday, August 10th 2016 - 05:42 UTC

    Stress tests expose weakness of EU banks, particularly Deutsche Bank

    “European banks lack sufficient capital to offset the losses expected in the case of another financial crisis,” the ZEW said in a statement on Tuesday.

    Germany's Deutsche Bank had the highest potential capital shortfall, 19 billion Euros in a study of 51 European banks using U.S. Federal Reserve stress test methods, German economic research institute ZEW said.

  • Wednesday, August 10th 2016 - 03:49 UTC

    UK with a Great Pavilion will be present at Uruguay's main agriculture show

    One of the highlights of this year will be the focus on agricultural technology with a series of lectures by British and Uruguayan experts.

    With just a month to go until Uruguay's main agro show, Expo Prado, the British Embassy in Montevideo announces that for the third consecutive year it will be present with a Great Pavilion focused on business, education, culture, tourism, gastronomy and entertainment. British brands such as JCB Machinery, Polo Club clothing, FCR-DAS who specialise in quality management certification, fire extinguishers from Noblex, Brompton and other bicycles courtesy of Muvin will all be taking part.

  • Tuesday, August 9th 2016 - 22:18 UTC

    Seabirds threatened by by-catches, pollutants and climate change, according to BAS research

    Lead author Dr Richard Phillips from BAS says seabirds become hooked on baited hooks, trapped in nets or collide with warp cables, when scavenging for food

    A review of breeding distributions, population trends, threats and key priorities for conservation actions on land and at sea for the 29 species covered by the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) has been published in the journal Biological Conservation. It reveals increased conservation efforts are required in order to secure a sustainable future for albatrosses and large petrels.

  • Tuesday, August 9th 2016 - 09:11 UTC

    Pope Francis blesses massive dignity march in Buenos Aires against unemployment and recession

    The rally, which happens every year in the name of San Cayetano, patron saint of workers and the unemployed, saw the iconic church swamped with people

    Argentines with the support of the Catholic Church and a message from Pope Francis, on Sunday turned an annual religious celebration into a massive rally to protest growing unrest over unemployment, recession, inflation and a promised second half of the year rebound which remains absent.

  • Tuesday, August 9th 2016 - 08:51 UTC

    China's foreign trade further declines in July: imports down by 12.5%

    China is a crucial driver of the worldwide economy and the data is seen as a snapshot of the global outlook.

    Chinese exports have seen a further decline in July, adding to concerns over the global economic outlook. Exports fell by 4.4% compared to a year earlier, which was a slight improvement over June's 4.8% drop but still worse than analysts had been expecting. And imports were also weaker than estimated, down by 12.5%.