International

• Friday, April 24th 2015 - 07:51 UTC

  Russia and Argentina agree on an “all-encompassing strategic partnership”

  

  Russia and Argentina signed agreements which amounted to an “all-encompassing strategic partnership” during Argentine President Cristina Fernandez visit to Moscow, which ended on Thursday with the meeting at the Kremlin with her counterpart Vladimir Putin.

• Friday, April 24th 2015 - 07:36 UTC

  CFK from the Kremlin praises Russia's support for Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty claim

  

  President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, on an official visit to Russia met at the Kremlin with Vladimir Putin and praised Moscow’s support to Argentina in the dispute with the United Kingdom over the sovereignty of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands as well as in the legal battle against speculative funds suing the country over its defaulted bonds.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 09:42 UTC

  Swedish passport tops the list of most powerful in the world

  

  Having a Swedish passport in your pocket when you go abroad is more beneficial than having travel identification from any other country in the world, according to a new study. European travel firm GoEuro looked into issues such as how easy it is to get a passport, which countries it offers access to without a visa, its price and how long it is valid for.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 09:34 UTC

  Vatican confirms Pope visit to Cuba on his trip to United States

  

  Leaders of Cuba's Catholic Church expressed joy Wednesday on learning that Pope Francis will visit the island in September amid the budding Vatican-mediated rapprochement between Havana and Washington. Francis will stop in Cuba before his Sept. 23 meeting in the United States with President Barack Obama.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 09:19 UTC

  Sunken Russian fishing vessel found at a depth of 2,700m, off Gran Canaria

  

  Russian flagged fishing vessel “Oleg Naydenov” was found by a remotely operated vehicle 15 miles south of Gran Canaria, at a depth of 2,700 meters, Minister of Development Ana Pastor Julian informed. At first, it had been reported that the ship, which sank last week, could be at about 2,400 meters deep.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 08:54 UTC

  Griesa rules hedge funds entitled to details of recent Argentine bond offering and banks must comply

  

  U.S. judge on Wednesday ruled that hedge funds suing over unpaid debt stemming from Argentina's 2002 default are entitled to details of a recent bond offering by Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 04:50 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez invites Russian investors to Argentina; Thursday she meets Putin

  

  “Argentina is a country where it is worth investing in and producing, not only because of its natural resources, also because of the human resources we have” said president Cristina Fernández in Moscow on an official visit to Russia. She praised the “recovery of Argentina's flag carrier that allows connectivity among all the zones in the country, not only the richest ones.”

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 02:09 UTC

  Record high temperatures over land and sea in March, says NOAA and NASA

  

  The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for March 2015 was the highest for the month since record keeping began in 1880. The year-to-date (January–March) globally averaged temperature was also record high, reports the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, together with data from NASA.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 02:00 UTC

  “We have yet to change our ways” says Ban Ki-moon UN on Mother Earth Day

  

  Humanity is well aware of the devastating damage and pollution it have wrought on planet Earth, and “even with this knowledge, we have yet to change our ways,” United Nations Secretary-General said on Wednesday, urging people to reset their relationship with nature and every living being it sustains.

• Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 15:37 UTC

  Spain to invest 421m Euros to promote and develop aquaculture

  

  Spain's Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment, MAGRAM, Isabel Garcia Tejerina, announced that 421 million Euros will be allocated to the Multiannual Aquaculture Strategic Plan 2014/2020. The plan outlines how aquaculture will be conducted in coming years in the framework of the new EU Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).