International

Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 07:56 UTC
Mexico's Slim poised to become New York Times Co. largest shareholder

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is poised to become the largest shareholder in the New York Times Co. after already almost doubling his money from an investment that helped the newspaper get through the financial crisis.
Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 05:42 UTC
Argentine government bluntly rejects 'Iran cover up' accusation as 'nonsense'

Argentina's Presidency Secretary General Anibal Fernandez bluntly rejected the accusations by the prosecutor in the AMIA bombing probe against president Cristina Fernández, foreign minister Hector Timerman and other Kirchnerite officials for allegedly “covering up” Iranian citizens in the investigation.
Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 05:32 UTC
Argentine president accused of 'covering up' Iran's role in Buenos Aires deadly attack

An Argentine federal special prosecutor on Wednesday accused President Cristina Fernandez of seeking to cover up the involvement of Iran in a 1994 terrorist attack on a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires that claimed 85 lives and 300 injured.
Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 05:09 UTC
Premier drastically cuts spending; Falklands projects included in 2015 agenda

UK hydrocarbons producer Premier Oil with strong interests in the Falklands expects to book a 300 million dollars impairment charge due to the plunge in oil prices and plans to cut jobs and investment by 40% compared to 2014, to rein in costs, it said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, January 14th 2015 - 22:46 UTC
Chinese jet fighters, an option to re-equip the Argentine Air Force

China has emerged as a possible supplier of jet fighters to help modernize the Argentine Air Force, depleted since the 1982 Falklands' war, according to reports from Defense News. In effect the FC-1/JF-17’s, 'Thunder' operational with the Pakistani air force and proven in combat could be a suitable, accessible option for the Argentines after the Spanish, French, Israeli offers seem to have fallen through.
Wednesday, January 14th 2015 - 09:31 UTC
World Bank cuts 2015 global growth forecast; however lower oil prices will delay rate hikes

The World Bank on Tuesday cut its global growth forecast for 2015 and lowered the estimate for 2014, as several headwinds mitigate the effects of an improving U. S. economy and plunging oil prices.
Wednesday, January 14th 2015 - 07:47 UTC
OPEC member stands by group's decision not to cut output to tackle glut

Brent and US WTI crude oil prices fell to their lowest levels in almost six years on Tuesday as a big OPEC producer stood by the group's decision not to cut output to tackle a glut in the market.
Wednesday, January 14th 2015 - 07:30 UTC
Paris killings deepen Islam controversy in Germany with rallies in several cities

Thousands of Germans turned out for an anti-Islam rally on Monday in Dresden, where some protesters wore black ribbons to show their solidarity with the 17 victims of last week’s terror attacks in Paris.
Wednesday, January 14th 2015 - 07:19 UTC
New Zealand navy detects three toothfish poachers red-handed in the Ross Sea

The New Zealand navy has discovered a third boat fishing illegally. The Foreign Ministry informed that the HMNZS Wellington caught another vessel, “Yongding”, to the west of the Ross Sea, in Antarctic waters.
Wednesday, January 14th 2015 - 07:09 UTC
HMS Protector involved in CCAMLR inspection in Antarctic waters

The Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship has carried out her first inspection of a fishing vessel in Antarctic Waters. HMS Protector met the fishing vessel while on patrol in Antarctic waters and made arrangements to carry out the inspection.