International

• Thursday, October 29th 2015 - 06:53 UTC

  On Amazon Day, Minister Swire praises Brazil as champion on climate change and tackling deforestation

  

  Describing Brazil as a valued partner of Britain, and champion on climate change and tackling deforestation, Minister of State for Latin America, Hugo Swire, attended on Wednesday the Amazon Day 2015 at the Brazilian embassy where he also met with ministers Texeira, Levy and Coutinho who are in London for the first UK-Brazil economic and financial dialogue round.

• Thursday, October 29th 2015 - 06:06 UTC

  Noble Energy begins production in Gulf of Mexico deepwater oil development

  

  Noble Energy with interests in Falklands' exploration, has commenced production from the Big Bend oil development in Mississippi Canyon 698 of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Noble and partners expect the single-well field to reach a maximum gross production rate of approximately 20,000 boe/d over the next couple of weeks. Approximately 90% of the volumes being produced from Big Bend are oil, Noble said.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2015 - 09:20 UTC

  Francis wraps up a successful Family synod with significant reform debate

  

  After more than two years of preparation, diocesan surveys, secret meetings, arguments, counterarguments and dialogue, the final report from the Ordinary Synod of Bishops on the Family is now in Pope Francis’ hands.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2015 - 09:11 UTC

  UN condemns 191-2, US embargo on Cuba, despite restored relations

  

  United States on Tuesday voted against a U.N. resolution condemning its embargo on Cuba, even though President Barack Obama has called on Congress to lift the trade restrictions. The vote was the first since the U.S. and Cuban leaders agreed to restore diplomatic ties last December, and the U.S. had considered taking the unprecedented step of abstaining.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2015 - 08:41 UTC

  The defense of the Falklands must take centre stage in Anglo-Chinese relations

  

  By Alex Calvo (*) - Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United Kingdom has been met with grand-sounding headlines, including references to a “golden era”. Public statements by both governments have focused on growing economic links, while some voices referred to human rights and US commentators expressed their concern at London’s closeness to Beijing at a time of increased tensions in the Indo-Pacific, above all the South China Sea.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2015 - 08:15 UTC

  Battle of the Falklands 1914: the search for the lost German battleships

  

  Last December, in a spirit of remembrance and reconciliation, and in the presence of the descendants of the fighting admirals, the Falkland Islands commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Falklands, an action that sent six ships to the bottom and claimed well over 2000 lives.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2015 - 10:22 UTC

  Day of reckoning for U.S. shale will have to wait

  

  October has been billed as a pivotal month in which indebted shale companies would see their credit lines cut, precipitating a faster consolidation in the industry that would sow the seeds of a rebound.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2015 - 10:01 UTC

  UEFA unanimously endorsed Infantino as candidate to FIFA presidency

  

  UEFA's executive committee on Monday unanimously endorsed Gianni Infantino to stand for world football's top job. The move, coming less than 10 hours before FIFA's midnight deadline for presidential bids, followed an emergency UEFA conference call of European football's top executives on Monday morning and followed consultation with national federations from “across the global football community”.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2015 - 09:39 UTC

  Processed meats can cause colorectal cancer in humans, says WHO

  

  Eating processed meats like hot dogs, sausages and bacon can cause colorectal cancer in humans, and red meat is also a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2015 - 06:36 UTC

  Falklands' “full agreement and involvement”, for any Argentine cemetery remains identification

  

  “If any identification is to take place of combatants buried in the Falkland Islands, it would have to be done with the full agreement and involvement of the Falkland Islands Government”, said the local government in a Monday release from Stanley.