International

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 11:27 UTC

  First landing ever in St Helena airport scheduled for next week as part of calibration flights

  

  A historic milestone is set to be reached next week when a Beechcraft King Air 200 aircraft is due to land at the new St Helena Airport to carry out a series of calibration flights. This will be the first aircraft to land on St Helena, the island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 10:26 UTC

  Cuba plans to release 3.522 prisoners ahead of Pope's visit this month

  

  State-run newspaper “Granma” reported that Cuba would release 3,522 prisoners three days ahead of the September 19-22 visit by Pope Francis. However Cuban officials, who officially deny that the country has political prisoners, said they would not release inmates convict of crimes against state security.

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 10:18 UTC

  Gibraltar: Elizabeth “our Queen by invitation and not by imposition; twice voted”

  

  The Queen of Gibraltar and the Rock’s evacuation generation were honoured on National Day Thursday by thousands of Gibraltarians who crammed into Casemates Square dressed in red and white.

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 09:59 UTC

  UK offshore oil sector lost 65.000 jobs; industry's challenge: taking a barrel's operational cost to £15

  

  The contraction of Britain's offshore oil sector has already stripped out 65,000 jobs, according to a new report. The calculation of a 15% drop since the start of last year came from the annual economic impact report of trade body Oil and Gas UK.

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 09:51 UTC

  Germany warns global economy faces financial bubble: too much central banks stimuli

  

  The global economy faces a financial bubble from central banks pumping cash into economies, Germany's finance minister has warned. The comments come after the European Central Bank (ECB) said it would extend its stimulus program if needed.

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 09:44 UTC

  Seventh meeting of Cristina Fernandez and Francis, this time in Cuba

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernández has formally accepted an invitation by her Cuban counterpart Raul Castro to attend a mass Pope Francis will deliver in the Plaza de La Revolucion in Havana on September 20.

• Friday, September 11th 2015 - 10:24 UTC

  Murdoch's Fox takes control of National Geographic Society for US$ 725m

  

  The National Geographic Society sold its iconic yellow-bordered magazine and other media assets to Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox for $725 million, the companies announced Wednesday. National Geographic Society, which found the magazine in 1888, has chosen to sell the publication amid slumping circulation and advertising sales.

• Friday, September 11th 2015 - 09:58 UTC

  FAO's August Food Price Index at its lowest in almost seven years

  

  International food commodity prices continued to decline in August as ample supplies, a slump in energy prices and concerns over China's economic slowdown all contributed to the sharpest fall of the FAO Food Price Index in almost seven years.

• Friday, September 11th 2015 - 09:33 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez wants Argentina in BRICS and asks Lula da Silva to act as the lobbyist

  

  President Cristina Fernández called on Brazil’s former president Lula da Silva to become Argentina’s “ambassador” to help it join the group of emerging countries known as BRICS, acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Lula is currently campaigning in support of incumbent presidential candidate Daniel Scioli, and the so called 'Kirchner' model that 'transformed Argentina'.

• Friday, September 11th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  UN Assembly overwhelmingly supports Argentina in the sovereign debt debate

  

  The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution put forward by Argentina regarding sovereign debt restructuring, which seeks to limit the movement of speculative funds in influencing such actions.