International

• Wednesday, November 30th 2016 - 10:55 UTC

  Peruvian ex First Lady must face charges before taking job as FAO representative

  

  The United Nations has postponed the promotion of former Peruvian first lady Nadine Heredia to a key post in the Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, in Geneva amid a money laundering investigation. The Judicial branch of Peru ordered Heredia to return to the country within 10 days after she left for Switzerland for several days to begin her role as the FAO's Geneva director.

• Wednesday, November 30th 2016 - 09:54 UTC

  “A little piece of the Malvinas” and Falklands' berries for Pope Francis

  

  An Argentine teacher and runner who has competed three times in the annual Falklands marathon met last week Pope Francis, in Rome, and handed him a “little piece of the Falklands” and some of the berries that the Argentine soldiers had to eat during their time in the 1982 conflict.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 16:34 UTC

  Argentine yacht rescued by Falklands en route back to Mar del Plata

  

  The Argentine yacht “La Sanmartiniana”, which had been spotted and rescued, abandoned in the high seas, October 2015 by a Falklands Fisheries Protection patrol finally left the Islands on Sunday morning 27 November and is in route to Mar del Plata with a stop in Puerto Deseado, reported Robert King, Falkland Islands government Collector of Customs, Registar of Ships, Shipping Master, Receiver of Wreck and Admiralty Marshal.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:01 UTC

  US told by WTO to drop a special tax exemption that benefits Boeing

  

  United States was given 90 days to drop a special tax exemption for the giant aerospace company Boeing because it amounts to an unlawful subsidy. The World Trade Organization (WTO) made the order after investigating a complaint from the European Union.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 08:21 UTC

  OECD optimistic about global growth; anticipates strong performance of Argentine economy next year

  

  Fiscal initiatives could boost global economic growth, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Monday in its semi-annual economic forecast. The Paris-based think tank predicted a global gross domestic product (GPD) growth rate of 3.3% in 2017, a figure that remained unchanged from its last outlook released in June.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 08:02 UTC

  Anti personnel mines conference opens in Santiago; Chile free of minefields by 2020

  

  Ambassadors and representatives of nations that signed the Ottawa Convention called on Monday in Santiago for a quicker clearing of minefields, so that by 2025 the world will be completely free of landmines.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 07:12 UTC

  UK Independence Party has new leader, Paul Nuttall: third choice in three months

  

  Paul Nuttall has been elected leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, replacing Nigel Farage. The 39-year-old Member of the European Parliament, who served as UKIP's deputy leader for six years, won 62.6% of support among party members He promised to “put the great back into Britain” and force the government to “give us a real Brexit”.

• Monday, November 28th 2016 - 09:36 UTC

  Doubts about OPEC's production cut agreement make crude oil prices dive

  

  Oil prices fell over 1 percent Monday in Asia following a decline of more than 3 percent Friday over disagreement between members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC exporters like Russia. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were trading at $46.40 per barrel at 0035 GMT (7.35 a.m. ET), down 84 cents, or 1.8 percent, from their last close, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 were down 74 cents, or 1.6 percent, at $45.32 a barrel.

• Monday, November 28th 2016 - 08:50 UTC

  New UK ambassador to Brazil; outgoing diplomat will head Existing EU Department

  

  Dr Vijay Rangarajan CMG has been appointed United Kingdom's Ambassador to Brazil in succession to Alexander Ellis. Dr Rangarajan will take up his appointment in Spring 2017. Outgoing ambassador Ellis has been appointed Director General at the Department for Exiting the European Union and will be taking his new role next January.

• Monday, November 28th 2016 - 08:42 UTC

  UK trade envoy in Brazil to promote business in oil, finance, infrastructure and mining sectors

  

  A United Kingdom member of parliament and Special Envoy for Trade and Investment, Mark Prisk is in Brazil for a round of business talks in the oil and gas, financial services, mining and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Prisk is visiting Brazil for the second time in six months and his agenda will take him to Rio do Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia.