International

• Tuesday, July 28th 2015 - 06:21 UTC

  Di Caprio in Ushuaia for the final scenes of “The Revenant”

  

  U.S. actor Leonardo Di Caprio is in far southern Argentina to shoot the final scenes of “The Revenant,” directed by Mexican Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, the recent winner of the Oscar for Best Picture for “Birdman.”

• Tuesday, July 28th 2015 - 05:38 UTC

  Carwyn Jones grateful to Chubut for helping preserve Welsh language and culture

  

  Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones said it was an honor and a privilege to be in Chubut for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first Welsh settlers arrival in Patagonia, and thanked provincial governor Martin Buzzi for organizing the event and helping to preserve Welsh traditions, culture and language.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2015 - 05:31 UTC

  “A diplomatic success” the presence of Wales First Minister Carwyn Jones

  

  As a day of great celebration, Argentine ambassador in the UK, Alicia Castro described the festivities for the 150th anniversary of Welsh settlers arrival to Patagonia, taking place in Chubut with the attendance of Wales First Minister Carwyn Jones, Argentine cabinet ministers and members of the Welsh-Argentine community.

• Tuesday, July 28th 2015 - 05:07 UTC

  'The Welsh are fully integrated to Argentina and have preserved their culture'

  

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez and the Presidential Legal and Technical secretary Carlos Zannini led on Monday celebrations in Chubut to mark the 150th anniversary of the Welsh community that settled in the Patagonian province. The event took place in Puerto Madryn overlooking the Golfo Nuevo.

• Monday, July 27th 2015 - 11:58 UTC

  Pearson prepared to sell 50% stake in The Economist; deal should be over b by end of summer

  

  Publishing company Pearson has confirmed plans to sell its 50% stake in the Economist Group. The statement from the firm came just days after it announced the sale of the Financial Times to Japan's Nikkei.

• Monday, July 27th 2015 - 05:53 UTC

  “Second referendum on Scottish independence inevitable; question is timing”

  

  A second referendum on Scottish independence is inevitable, according to former first minister Alex Salmond. Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr program, he said the question was over the timing which was “in the hands of Nicola Sturgeon”.

• Monday, July 27th 2015 - 05:30 UTC

  Gibraltar complains about queues at the border with Spain; drop in tourism expenditure

  

  The Gibraltar Government has included the long queues of last Thursday afternoon at the frontier with Spain in its latest report to the European Union. Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia said the report will be presented “in order to draw attention to the manner in which the Spanish government is implementing the recommendations made by the commission”.

• Saturday, July 25th 2015 - 05:14 UTC

  FIFA admits corruption scandal is putting off new World Cup sponsors

  

  FIFA has admitted the corruption scandal is putting off new World Cup sponsors and plans to hold a summit with existing backers in August. Secretary-general Jerome Valcke said: “The current situation doesn't help to finalize any new agreements.”

• Friday, July 24th 2015 - 20:21 UTC

  Tourism as a tool for development under-financed, claims Taleb Rifai

  

  Tourism’s underrepresentation in international financing for development flows remains a critical hurdle to overcome in order to fully deploy its development potential. Despite being a high impact economic activity, a major job generator and key export sector accounting for 6% of total world trade, tourism receives only 0.78% of the total Aid for Trade (AfT) disbursements and a mere 0.097% of the total Official Development Assistance (ODA).

• Friday, July 24th 2015 - 11:18 UTC

  More job losses coming to U.S. shale

  

  With the recently concluded nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries, oil prices have already started heading downward on sentiments that Iran's crude oil supply would further contribute to the already rising global supply glut. The economic crisis in Greece, OPEC's high production levels and China's market turmoil have created more pressure on oil prices, making a price rebound look highly unlikely in the near future.