International

• Tuesday, June 9th 2015 - 07:12 UTC

  IOM: more Europeans migrate to Latin America than the other way around

  

  The International Organization for Migration, IOM released a study on Monday revealing a trend of increased migration flows from the European Union (EU) to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, and a marked decrease in the movement of people in the other direction.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

  “Healthy oceans, healthy planet”, an essential component of the Earth's ecosystem

  

  Although the world’s oceans are vast, their capacity to withstand damage caused by human activity is limited, compromising their critical contribution to the future of sustainable development, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared on Monday as the United Nations kicked-off its celebrations for the 2015 edition of World Oceans Day.

• Monday, June 8th 2015 - 13:00 UTC

  China imports dropped 17.6% during May, and exports 2.5%

  

  Exports in the world's second largest economy, China, fell for a third consecutive month in May, highlighting slowing demand in the country. Sales abroad fell 2.5% from a year ago in dollar denominated terms, and 2.8% in Yuan denominated figures.

• Monday, June 8th 2015 - 09:11 UTC

  Uruguay's vice-president travels to Brussels to advance Mercosur/EU trade talks

  

  Uruguay's vice-president Raúl Sendic and Foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa will be attending this week's summit of EU and Celac leaders scheduled in Brussels, which will also address in the sidelines, current EU/Mercosur negotiations for a wide ranging trade agreement.

• Monday, June 8th 2015 - 08:51 UTC

  Obama presses Cameron on defense expenditure and remaining in the EU

  

  Barack Obama has pressed David Cameron to maintain Britain's commitment to meeting the NATO target of spending 2% of GDP on defense. In talks at the G7 summit in Germany, the US President also said he was “looking forward” to Britain remaining in the European Union.

• Monday, June 8th 2015 - 08:25 UTC

  “Argentine Malvinas question” support group has a branch in Saudi Arabia

  

  Argentina is seeking the support of Saudi Arabia in its dispute with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands sovereignty. This was the appeal of the country's Ambassador Jaime Sergio Cerda during a seminar recently on the matter at his residence in the Diplomatic Quarter of Riyadh, reports Arab News.

• Monday, June 8th 2015 - 08:05 UTC

  Maduro cancels trip to Rome and meeting with the Pope because of a 'flu spell'

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced he had canceled a planned trip to Rome and Vatican during which he was due to meet Pope Francis, because he is sick with flu. Analysts believe the 'diplomatic' flu spell could be linked to protests in Rome and the Vatican bringing up the issue of political prisoners, following on several letters sent to the Holy See.

• Monday, June 8th 2015 - 07:49 UTC

  Francis receives Cristina Fernandez, but is criticized for mingling in Argentine politics

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was received on Sunday in the Vatican by Pope Francis for an encounter that lasted almost two hours, in the fifth meeting between the pontiff and head of state since the ex-Buenos Aires archbishop was elected to the Holy See. The meeting however was not without criticism from Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, June 6th 2015 - 11:23 UTC

  Corporations experience huge 'trust deficit' in major Western economies, says TUC

  

  Just one in five of people in western economies like France, Germany, the UK and the US agree that corporations can be trusted with their global workforce, according to a new poll commissioned by International Trade Union Confederation.

• Saturday, June 6th 2015 - 09:39 UTC

  Environmental groups lobbying to derail Shell drilling for oil in the Arctic

  

  Environmental groups and organizations are lobbying to derail Royal Dutch Shell PLC's plan to drill in the Arctic Ocean as soon as July. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, gave conditional approval in May to Shell's resumption of fossil fuel exploration in the Arctic, which was paused after a mishap-filled 2012 season.