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  • Thursday, June 16th 2016 - 07:47 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas: OAS Assembly calls on Argentina/UK to resume sovereignty negotiations

    OAS supports Argentina's commitment ”to continue exploring all possible tracks for the peaceful solution of the controversy and for its constructive attitude towards the inhabitants of the Falklands/M

    The Organization of American States, OAS, approved on Wednesday a declaration calling on Argentina and Great Britain to resume negotiations on the Falklands/Malvinas question as soon as possible.

  • Thursday, June 16th 2016 - 06:55 UTC

    Germany warns Brexit could lead to the European block's disintegration

    “A vote to leave would shake the union,” German foreign minister Steinmeier said at a joint news conference in Brandenburg.

    If the United Kingdom votes to leave the EU next week, the move could ultimately lead to the bloc's disintegration, Germany's foreign minister has warned. Frank-Walter Steinmeier was speaking near Berlin after talks with his French counterpart, Jean-Marc Ayrault.

  • Wednesday, June 15th 2016 - 19:06 UTC

    Federal Reserve cautious about the future, leaves interest rates unchanged

    “The pace of improvement in the labor market has slowed” However “economic activity will expand at a moderate pace”

    United States Federal Reserve in a unanimous vote kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday and signaled that it will assess labor market conditions, inflation expectations and financial and international developments before deciding on future actions. The U.S. central bank also lowered its economic growth forecasts for 2016 and 2017 and indicated it would be less aggressive in tightening monetary policy after the end of this year.

  • Wednesday, June 15th 2016 - 17:06 UTC

    UK Overseas Territories could suffer significantly from Brexit, says UKOTA report

    UKOTA said the overall aim of the report is not to force UKOTs onto the campaign agenda but to demonstrate the value of the EU to the UKOTs and future relationship

    Britain’s Caribbean Overseas Territories could suffer significantly if it votes to leave the European Union in the June 23 referendum, according to a report released in London.

  • Wednesday, June 15th 2016 - 16:57 UTC

    Russia on the threshold of being booted from Euro 2016 because of fan violence

    UEFA gave Russia a suspended disqualification and $168,300 fine on Tuesday for the crowd trouble in Marseille.

    Russia will be booted out of Euro 2016 if there is any repeat of the fan violence which marred their opening match with England, UEFA said. UEFA gave Russia a suspended disqualification and $168,300 fine on Tuesday for the crowd trouble in Marseille. Russian fans were seen punching and kicking England fans after their 1-1 draw in the Stade Velodrome.

  • Wednesday, June 15th 2016 - 16:49 UTC

    Adidas will open its first factory in Germany in 30 years, with robots

    Adidas says manufacturing in Germany will help improve the quality of its shoes, cut the time it takes to bring products to market and slash warehouse costs.

    Adidas will be opening its first factory in Germany in more than 30 years is one of the most visible examples of global brands bringing manufacturing home because of rising labor costs in Asia. Adidas’s 50,000 square-foot factory, in the Bavarian town of Ansbach, will rely on robots and customized automation to produce 500,000 pairs of athletic shoes a year—well below 1% of Adidas’s total annual production of 300 million pairs—when full production starts in 2017.

  • Wednesday, June 15th 2016 - 12:40 UTC

    Brexit: What if?

    A consequence is the resignation of PM David Cameron, whose position will become impossible. It was he who promised a needless referendum three years ago

    By Gwynne Dyer - After months in which opinion polls showed a six to ten percentage points lead for the 'Remain' side in the referendum campaign on continued British membership of the European Union (EU), the numbers have suddenly shifted in favor of 'Leave'.

  • Wednesday, June 15th 2016 - 07:54 UTC

    Brexit debate escalates: Remains warn of a fiscal “black hole”; Vote Leave slams “hysterical prophecies”

    Chancellor Osborne will share a stage with his Labour predecessor, Lord Darling, setting out £30bn of “illustrative” tax rises and spending cuts

    UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne says he will have to slash public spending and increase taxes in an emergency Budget to tackle a £30bn “black hole” if the UK votes to leave the European Union. The chancellor will say this could include raising income and inheritance taxes and cutting the NHS budget.

  • Wednesday, June 15th 2016 - 07:15 UTC

    Kerry announces at OAS assembly high-level talks to ease tensions with Venezuela

    Kerry said the talks would start immediately in Caracas and be led by Thomas Shannon, a veteran of U.S. diplomacy in the region.

    United States Secretary of State John Kerry announced high-level talks to ease tensions with Venezuela's populist government on Tuesday, just hours after he backed calls for a referendum that could force President Nicolas Maduro from office. Kerry said the talks would start immediately in Caracas and be led by Thomas Shannon, a veteran of U.S. diplomacy in the region. Attempts last year at dialogue between the ideological foes were stalled by Venezuela's deepening crisis.

  • Tuesday, June 14th 2016 - 12:15 UTC

    “No animosity at all towards the president”, said Macorra following a meeting with Pope Francis

    Allegedly the Pope rejected a 16,7m Pesos contribution to a papal foundation, Scholas Occurrentes

    “There is no animosity”, said Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra after meeting with Pope Francis in Rome on the sidelines of an event sponsored by the United Nations, just days after the pontiff publicly rejected a multi-million-peso “donation” from the administration of President Mauricio Macri destined for the pope’s Scholas Occurrentes program.