International

• Saturday, August 30th 2014 - 11:03 UTC

  Britain raises terrorism level to 'severe' in response to possible attacks

  

  Britain raised its terrorism threat level on Friday to “severe”, the second highest level, in response to possible attacks being planned in Syria and Iraq, Home Secretary (interior minister) Theresa May said.

• Saturday, August 30th 2014 - 07:27 UTC

  UK embassy in Chile hosted launching of the Oxford University Alumni Society

  

  The British Ambassador to Chile, Fiona Clouder, hosted a reception for the launch of the Oxford University Alumni Society. The event held at the British residence in Santiago was attended by current and former Oxford students, professors as well as other professionals interested in supporting the Society.

• Saturday, August 30th 2014 - 07:07 UTC

  New World Bank delegate in Argentina; 'country strategy' to be considered next month

  

  The World Bank board of directors will be discussing sometime next month a new aid program for Argentina focused on combating poverty, but the loans approval can't be expected until next year, according to the bank's new representative in Argentina, Jesko Hentschel.

• Friday, August 29th 2014 - 08:07 UTC

  Singer extends 'discovery' looking for Argentine assets in Chinese banks

  

  As it did in Nevada and California, a unit of billionaire Paul Singer's Elliott Management, which is Argentina's main holdout creditor, is extending its legal fight with the country to China. NML Capital served subpoenas this week to Bank of China (BOC) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in an effort to obtain information on 6.8bn dollars in financing for deals signed by the two countries in July.

• Friday, August 29th 2014 - 07:32 UTC

  Malaysia Petronas joins YPF to develop shale-oil reserves in Argentina

  

  Argentine government controlled energy company YPF said on Thursday it signed a 550 million dollars agreement with Malaysia's Petronas to develop shale-oil reserves in the massive Vaca Muerta formation.

• Friday, August 29th 2014 - 06:49 UTC

  New technology could end the debate over pipeline safety

  

  Who could have ever imagined that North America would surpass Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer of oil and natural gas liquids? A decade ago, that would have seemed laughable. Yet that’s exactly what has happened; and it’s not just Saudi Arabia that has been left in North America’s dust -- Russia has, too.

• Friday, August 29th 2014 - 06:25 UTC

  UK expertise to help Santiago's with a 'greener' public transport system

  

  The British Embassy in Chile together with the Metropolitan Public Transportation Department (DTPM) and the consultant company Sistemas Sustentables Ltd., Chile hosted the workshop ‘Improving bus technology within the public transport system of Santiago’.

• Thursday, August 28th 2014 - 06:46 UTC

  Ebola outbreak needs an 'unprecedented' response to bring it under control

  

  The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is going to get worse before it gets better, according to the top US public health official. Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control, said the epidemic would need an “unprecedented” response to bring it under control.

• Thursday, August 28th 2014 - 06:21 UTC

  “The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands” restored 1927 film gala screening next October

  

  British Composer award winner Simon Dobson’s latest high profile collaborative project will be heard at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in October, with the premiere of a new restoration of one of the most significant films about the First World War.

• Thursday, August 28th 2014 - 06:06 UTC

  Malvinas: Chile reiterates support for Argentina's claim through dialogue

  

  Foreign minister Heraldo Muñoz reiterated on Wednesday Chile's support for Argentina sovereign rights over the Falkland Islands, Georgia and South Sandwich Islands during a meeting with visiting Daniel Filmus, head of Argentina's desk relative to Malvinas and other South Atlantic Islands affairs.