International

• Wednesday, January 27th 2016 - 07:16 UTC

  “Antiquated and muddled”, Corbyn's views on BOTs says Gibraltar's opposition leader

  

  The Leader of Gibraltar's Opposition has described UK Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn’s views on overseas territories as ‘antiquated and muddled’.

• Wednesday, January 27th 2016 - 07:04 UTC

  Oil forecasted to stabilize at US$ 37 a barrel this year, says World Bank

  

  The World Bank is lowering its 2016 forecast for crude oil prices to $37 per barrel in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook report from $51 per barrel in its October projections.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 12:22 UTC

  Dire state of fisheries and worsening air pollution, revealed by Environmental performance index

  

  The worrying state of many fisheries and worsening air pollution are some of the problems revealed by the 2016 Index of Environmental Performance (EPI), an initiative that assesses how 180 countries protect ecosystems and human health of environmental damage.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:54 UTC

  ECB Dragui insists his policies will help raise inflation, currently at 0.2%

  

  European Central Bank President Mario Draghi has fought back against critics, insisting the bank's policies will help to raise inflation. Eurozone inflation is currently 0.2%, way below the ECB's target of near 2%. But Mr Draghi insisted that the central bank would meet its obligations.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:47 UTC

  Malvinas: when Argentina is strong and united, world public opinion will back us

  

  The meeting of the Argentine president with the British prime minister in Davos was “a good thing” a symptom that we are back on the right political track, which has been applied before: to continue claiming sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, without having to spoil good relations, investments, trade, and with time and circumstances even consider joint undertakings.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 08:14 UTC

  Shackleton Solo Expeditioner dies in Punta Arenas hospital

  

  Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions, ALE, reports with great sadness the death of polar expeditioner Henry Worsley at a hospital in Punta Arenas, Chile, after complications caused by bacterial peritonitis. Henry returned from Antarctica on January 23 after nearly completing his Shackleton Solo Expedition.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:55 UTC

  OAS 'virtually bankrupt and facing existential threat' says Permanent Council chairman

  

  The new chairman of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) Sir Ronald Sanders says the institution is now facing a “serious existential threat”, with its coffers virtually empty. OAS currently has Uruguay's Luis Almagro as Secretary General.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:46 UTC

  UK government chief scientist in Chile to attend congress on education and science

  

  Sir Mark Walport, the British Government Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of Science and Engineering Profession, arrived in Chile on 21 January. He has been invited by the Chilean Senate to participate in the Futures Congress, in which national and international scientists, analysts and thinkers, analyze the most significant issues, challenges and achievements in the world of science.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2016 - 07:22 UTC

  Together, let’s reform the EU

  

  by David Cameron (*) - Britain is going to hold a referendum on whether to stay in the European Union. Support for our membership has declined over many years, so I am negotiating changes in 4 areas which will directly address the concerns of the British people. But I believe these changes can build a stronger EU that will benefit all 28 member states. Let me explain.

• Monday, January 25th 2016 - 20:12 UTC

  Four dead sperm whales wash on to the beaches of eastern England

  

  Four dead sperm whales have washed up on beaches in eastern England, coastguard authorities said Sunday, a week after similar deaths across the North Sea in Germany and the Netherlands. Two whales washed up near the resort of Skegness on the English east coast on Saturday, said the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). They laid side by side on the beach. A third dead whale appeared on Sunday.