International

• Friday, January 23rd 2015 - 05:57 UTC

  Cameron announces draft bill that will transfer more powers to Scotland

  

  The British government has begun a historic transfer of powers to Scotland, keeping a pledge it had given to persuade Scots to reject independence as renewed nationalist support surges.

• Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 11:36 UTC

  Oil price collapse hurting some more than others

  

  U.S. oil and gas rig counts dropped to their lowest level in over four years, falling by an additional 74 units for the week ending on January 16. The lower count provides fresh evidence that low oil prices are forcing drillers to pare back operations and slash spending.

• Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 06:53 UTC

  Uruguay's Almagro becomes the only contender for OAS Secretary General post

  

  Guatemalan former Vice President Eduardo Stein on Wednesday announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy to head the Organization of American States due to health reasons. Stein's withdrawal leaves Uruguay's foreign minister, Luis Almagro, as the only declared candidate for the post.

• Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 05:24 UTC

  Falklands' invasion in 1982, prevented an 'irreversible' solution for Gibraltar

  

  Had it not been for the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, and the war that followed, Spain would have achieved through negotiations an 'irreversible solution' to the Gibraltar dispute with Great Britain, revealed Spanish diplomat, scholar and academic Jose Cuenca in his recently launched book, “From Adolfo Suarez to Gorbachev; an ambassador's testimonies and shared secrets”.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 10:46 UTC

  Falkland Science Symposium celebrate Penguin Awareness Day

  

  The world’s northernmost colony of king penguins has something to celebrate this week, as Tuesday marks Penguin Awareness Day and these well dressed seabirds play host to an international group of scientists gathered to discuss the Falkland Islands’ rich potential for new research.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 08:24 UTC

  OAS and Commonwealth discuss challenges to democracy and governance

  

  The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, and the leadership of the Commonwealth Secretariat held discussions on challenges to democracy and good governance facing member states of both organizations.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 08:16 UTC

  Falklands governor hosts reception for visiting scientists of the Americas

  

  Visiting scientists from “all corners of the Americas” have received a warm welcome to the Falkland Islands. The delegates from the US, Canada, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and Chile are experts in a range of fields including marine ecology, oceanography and geology and are on a week-long visit at the invitation of the Falkland Islands government and the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, SAERI.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 08:03 UTC

  Obama pledged 'middle-class economics' but faces a Republican congress

  

  US President Barack Obama has declared an end to the financial crisis and pledged economic policies to benefit all Americans, in his annual State of the Union address to Congress. In a speech devised to appeal to working families, Mr Obama outlined his strategy for “middle-class economics”.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 07:49 UTC

  AMIA/Nisman: a situation of unpredictable consequences, says Rosendo Fraga

  

  The death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman puts Argentina in a situation of unforeseeable outcome in which converge foreign policy, institutional functioning and local politics, according to Rosendo Fraga one of the country's most respected political analysts.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 07:05 UTC

  Argentina confirms customs imports restrictions despite WTO ruling

  

  The administration of president Cristina Fernandez confirmed to Argentine business leaders that customs restrictions on imports will stay in place, despite strong international pressure for barriers to be lifted.