International

• Friday, December 19th 2014 - 08:04 UTC

  CFK yearns UK 'will agree to talk about Malvinas', praises US-Cuba accord

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner wishes the United Kingdom would agree to discuss the issue of the Malvinas (Falklands) just like US, Cuba talked over their differences

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 18:12 UTC

  Oil price tumbles after OPEC releases 2015 forecast

  

  The demand for oil in 2015 will drop to its lowest level since 2002 because of an oversupply of crude and stagnant economies in China and Europe, according to OPEC's latest forecast. And that's just one of several sour estimates.

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 12:53 UTC

  Prime Minister Cameron announces Falkland Islanders to receive medal

  

  Collective South Atlantic accolade to be presented next year for 'serious and grave threat' to sovereignty. Baroness Thatcher statue also to be unveiled.

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 04:45 UTC

  Holdout funds, Malvinas: Mercosur presidents back Argentina

  

  Full support also expressed for Venezuela against sanctions from the administration of United States President Barack Obama.

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 02:26 UTC

  Church of England appoints first female bishop

  

  A married woman, whose husband is also a priest, will be consecrated next month. Prime Minister Cameron speaks of “an important day for equality”.

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 01:17 UTC

  Francis instrumental in US-Cuba relationship process

  

  The first Latin American pope in history sent letters to Obama, Raúl Castro and brokered negotiations which ended up in Wednesday's announcement that both countries are to resume full ties.

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 01:04 UTC

  Tango dance at St Peter’s Square to celebrate Pope's birthday

  

  Buenos Aires-born Pontiff offered out-of-the-ordinary milonga in his honour. He also receives cakes and other gifts from children and seminarists, but doesn't forget the atrocities taking place in Australia, Pakistan and Yemen.

• Wednesday, December 17th 2014 - 20:21 UTC

  OAS Celebrates “Historic Announcement” of Resumption of Diplomatic Relations between the United States and Cuba

  

  The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today welcomed the “historic announcement” made by the Presidents of Cuba and the United States, Raúl Castro and Barack Obama, of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries, as well as the re-opening of embassies in Washington and Havana, the lifting of certain commercial restrictions and the beginning of new paths for cooperation on issues of mutual interest, among other measures.

• Wednesday, December 17th 2014 - 12:40 UTC

  FAO forecasts record world cereal production buoyed by bumper crops in Europe and US

  

  Latest indications confirm that world cereal production will reach an all-time record of more than 2.5 billion tonnes in 2014. Buoyed by bumper crops in Europe and a record maize output in the United States this year's cereal output should reach 2.532 billion tonnes, including rice in milled terms, or 0.3% higher than 2013, according to FAO's latest Crop Prospects and Food Situation Report.

• Wednesday, December 17th 2014 - 07:38 UTC

  State Dept. document assuring Uruguay Gitmo inmates innocent disclosed

  

  Uruguayan president produces US-signed evidence to calm down opposition. Refugees adapting gradually to life in Montevideo.