International

Friday, March 20th 2015 - 07:12 UTC
Names of Argentines with HSBC offshore accounts in Switzerland to be made public

Argentina will move forward with its investigation of the HSBC offshore accounts in Switzerland, and will make public the names of those Argentine citizens and organizations that held money overseas in the financial entity, allegedly with the purpose of eluding local taxes.
Thursday, March 19th 2015 - 08:33 UTC
Almagro pledges an end to OAS fragmentation and a hemisphere without exclusions

Uruguay's former Foreign minister Luis Almagro was elected on Wednesday by the member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) as Secretary General for the next five years, during the XLIX Special General Assembly held at the OAS headquarters in Washington DC.
Thursday, March 19th 2015 - 08:27 UTC
Belize representative elected OAS Assistant Secretary General

The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) elected on Wednesday the Permanent Representative of Belize, Ambassador Nestor Mendez, as the next Assistant Secretary General of the hemispheric institution.
Thursday, March 19th 2015 - 08:07 UTC
Conservationists praise UK for creating largest marine reserve around Pitcairn islands

Leading conservation groups, scientists and residents of Pitcairn Island congratulated the UK Government on its decision to create the world’s largest marine reserve around the Pitcairn Islands, a UK Overseas Territory in the South Pacific.
Wednesday, March 18th 2015 - 08:20 UTC
EU main economies announce plans to join China-led development bank, despite US warning

France, Germany and Italy on Tuesday announced plans to join the Chinese-led development bank AIIB, drawing concern in Washington which views the institution with skepticism. The three European countries want ”to become founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)”, they said in a statement.
Wednesday, March 18th 2015 - 08:14 UTC
Failure to approve IMF reforms puts “credibility of the US at risk” Lew warns Congress

The credibility of the United States is at risk if Congress fails to approve International Monetary Fund quota and governance reforms, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew warned on Tuesday. For more than two years the US Congress has prevented the 2010 IMF reforms from taking effect.
Wednesday, March 18th 2015 - 07:57 UTC
Argentine jurist elected to head the UN Human Rights Committee

Argentine jurist Fabian Salvioli was unanimously elected on Tuesday to lead the UN Human Rights Committee. The 51-year-old lawyer will be presiding over the UN body for one year. Salvioli has been a member of the UN Human Rights Committee since 2009.
Wednesday, March 18th 2015 - 01:52 UTC
Hundreds of sea lion pups stranded in California as nursing mothers can’t find sufficient food

Animal rescue centers in California are being inundated with stranded, starving sea lion pups, raising the possibility that the facilities could soon be overwhelmed, the federal agency coordinating the rescue said.
Tuesday, March 17th 2015 - 08:06 UTC
Falklands’ HMS Conqueror which sank Belgrano to be exhibited at UK memorial centre

The first British nuclear submarine to fire at Argentine battle cruiser General Belgrano during the Falkland Islands conflict is to be exhibited at a memorial centre, the UK-based Sunday Express reported on Sunday. The HMS Conqueror — known for having contributed to sinking of the Argentine cruiser, at the cost of 323 lives — is due to be allocated in a commemoration to the British fleet used during 1982 South Atlantic conflict.
Tuesday, March 17th 2015 - 07:32 UTC
Prince Harry leaves armed forces after a decade of service including tours in Afghanistan

Britain's Prince Harry announced on Monday that he will leave the armed forces after a decade of service that included two tours of duty in Afghanistan. Queen Elizabeth's 30-year-old grandson, the fourth-in-line to the throne, said he would quit the military in June following a four-week secondment with the Australian Defense Force.