International

Tuesday, December 22nd 2015 - 15:19 UTC
Huge asteroid will cross the sky on Christmas eve at 11m km from planet Earth

In a new twist to the old song, it’s Santa Claus who had “better watch out” on Christmas Eve, as he shares the night sky with a huge asteroid that will make its closest pass to Earth at about the same time the jolly old fellow is making his annual deliveries.
Tuesday, December 22nd 2015 - 15:04 UTC
Paris agreement: a triumph for people and multilateralism

By Ban Ki-Moon - Seventy years ago, the United Nations was created from the ashes of the Second World War. Seven decades later, in Paris, nations have united in the face of another threat ¬ the threat to life as we know it due to a rapidly warming planet.
Tuesday, December 22nd 2015 - 14:57 UTC
Israel invites Macri and calls on Argentine judiciary to speed up AMIA investigation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made an official invitation to Argentine President Mauricio Macri to visit his country, Israel’s ambassador to Buenos Aires Dorit Shavit confirmed.
Monday, December 21st 2015 - 07:59 UTC
PM Cameron asks for flexibility from EU leaders; confirms 2017 referendum

Britain's David Cameron has urged EU leaders to show “flexibility” and “work together” to help him reduce migration numbers. The PM said “unprecedented” levels of immigration were “undermining support for the European Union” in the UK. Cameron presented his bid to reform the EU for over half-an-hour at dinner at the European Council summit in Brussels.
Monday, December 21st 2015 - 07:37 UTC
Groundbreaking WTO agreement on elimination of agriculture export subsidies

World Trade Organization, or WTO, reached a groundbreaking accord in Kenya on Saturday which obliges developed countries to eliminate subsidies for their agricultural exports as requested by the least developed nations to protect their farmers.
Monday, December 21st 2015 - 07:14 UTC
Spain's left-right draw ends two-party system and marks time of coalitions

Spain is heading for a period of difficult coalition-building after Sunday’s elections in which Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's conservatives came first, but were far short of a majority and with no obvious coalition partner after the centrist Ciudadanos (Citizens) did worse than expected, finishing fourth.
Monday, December 21st 2015 - 06:32 UTC
Timerman admits in 2012 recording that Iran 'planted the bombs' at AMIA

Argentine journalist Daniel Santoro on Friday revealed two recordings in which former Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman is heard admitting that Iran “planted the bombs” that demolished the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1994.
Saturday, December 19th 2015 - 06:01 UTC
Resolution 2065 on Falklands: United Nations 'royally deceived' 50 years ago

The United Nations was “royally deceived”, said Falkland Islands Member of Legislative Assembly Mike Summers in response to Argentina celebrating the 50th anniversary of a UN resolution that recognised the existence of a sovereignty dispute over the Falklands.
Saturday, December 19th 2015 - 05:37 UTC
WTO statement in support of reducing fishing subsidies

World Trade Organization members, including Argentina and Uruguay, have agreed on the need to reduce fishing subsidies so as to contribute to the conservation of fishing resources worldwide. This decision was taken because WTO is convinced that fisheries subsidies contribute to economic losses in the fisheries sector, leaving serious impact on food security and livelihoods, particularly in developing countries, Star Business Report reported.
Saturday, December 19th 2015 - 04:41 UTC
China's demand for infant milk makes NZ company shares surge 140% in one year

Shares in New Zealand dairy firm - The a2 Milk Company (A2) - were up more than 30% in Sydney on Friday after the firm raised its full-year earnings forecast on demand for its infant formula in China and Australia. It is the second time since November the company has raised its guidance.A2 said group revenue could reach US$ 212 million for the period, up from US$180.