International

• Friday, May 15th 2015 - 07:23 UTC

  Brazil waiting for 50bn dollars of Chinese support to overhaul infrastructure

  

  China will invest 50 billion dollars to help overhaul Brazil's aging infrastructure, the government announced on Thursday, ahead of an official visit by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang next week. Brazil has repeated that it was determined to overhaul its dilapidated roads, railways, airports and ports.

• Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:45 UTC

  Malvinas war veterans appeal abuses case to Inter American Human Rights Commission

  

  Malvinas war veterans have taken their Human rights abuse case against Argentine officers to the Inter American Human Rights Commission, IHRC, following on Argentina's Supreme Court decision rejecting the case because of time limit.

• Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:17 UTC

  Saudi Arabia continues to turn screws on U.S. Shale

  

  Saudi Arabia continues to ratchet up production, taking market share away from U.S. shale producers. According to OPEC's latest monthly oil report, Saudi Arabia boosted its oil output to 10.31 million barrels per day in April, a slight increase over the previous month's total of 10.29 million barrels.

• Thursday, May 14th 2015 - 08:02 UTC

  Vatican formally recognizes the State of Palestine and signs first treaty

  

  The Vatican concluded its first treaty that formally recognizes the State of Palestine, with an agreement on Catholic Church activities in areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority, the Holy See said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 08:14 UTC

  Remittances to Latin America and Caribbean beat the 2008 pre-crisis record

  

  Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean set a new record high in 2014 with 65bn dollars basically supported by the recovery of the economy and labor market in the United States, according to the latest release from the Inter American Development Bank.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 07:46 UTC

  Asian countries in top five spots of OECD global schooling performance

  

  The biggest global school rankings have been published, with Asian countries in the top five spots and African countries at the bottom. Singapore heads the table, followed by Hong Kong, with Ghana at the bottom. The UK is in 20th place, among higher achieving European countries, with the US in 28th.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2015 - 07:00 UTC

  Cameron puts pressure on Europe for major changes and revamped links

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron will hold an early referendum on membership of the European Union if he can first reach a deal that satisfies his demands for major changes in Britain's relationship with the bloc, his spokesman said yesterday.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2015 - 06:25 UTC

  Argentina reacts to hedge funds attempt to block a fresh debt emission

  

  Argentina has launched a stinging attack on hedge funds attempting to block payment on last month's Bonar 24 debt issuance, stating that the petition shows the 'vulture funds' desperation following the successful auction.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2015 - 06:18 UTC

  Hollande in Havana ratifies support for Cuba and an end to the US embargo

  

  French President Francois Hollande has urged an end to the US trade embargo of Cuba and envisioned a larger French role in Cuba's engagement with the West during the first visit by a French head of state to Cuba. Havana is in foreign policy talks with both the European Union and the United States amid intense world interest in Cuba following detente with Washington in December.

• Monday, May 11th 2015 - 10:21 UTC

  Castro praises Francis and promises “to turn to the Church again if the pope continues on this vein”

  

  Cuban President Raul Castro has praised Pope Francis for brokering the restoration of relations between Cuba and the US, announced in December. At the end of a Sunday audience at the Vatican, Castro said he had thanked the Pope for his contribution for the historic rapprochement.