International

• Saturday, May 16th 2015 - 08:30 UTC

  Falklands' geophysical oil exploration buoy ends up in SW Australia

  

  The hull bears the scars of a 10,483 kilometre journey from the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic, through the Southern and Indian Oceans to the shores of Esperance in southern Western Australia, according to reports in the Australian media.

• Saturday, May 16th 2015 - 07:46 UTC

  Levy tries to convince investors in London that Brazil slowdown is temporary

  

  Brazilian Finance Minister Joaquim Levy said he expected the country’s economic slowdown to be temporary and that fiscal discipline remained central to ensuring the recovery as a commodity price boom waned. Addressing investors in London, Levy said fiscal discipline was needed to cushion the economy against the inflationary effects of the falling Real currency.

• Friday, May 15th 2015 - 07:38 UTC

  The project of a trans-continental railway, Atlantic to Pacific, with Chinese funds

  

  Peru, Brazil and China are moving forward on a transcontinental railway that will cut across the continent, climb the Andes and connect port cities in the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.

• 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.