International

• Saturday, August 23rd 2014 - 06:23 UTC

  HMS Iron Duke visits Namibia; next calls South Africa and Falklands

  

  HMS Iron Duke on Atlantic Patrol Tasking South, which includes the Falklands and South Georgia Islands, has visited the Namibian port of Walvis Bay where she has built on relations with the country’s Navy and its people.

• Friday, August 22nd 2014 - 23:48 UTC

  Don't blame Columbus: TB in the Americas already was present...in seals

  

  The long-held idea that Europeans were the first to bring tuberculosis to the Americas when they arrived in the 15th Century has been thrown into doubt. Instead, a study suggests that the deadly disease was present in the area hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus made landfall.

• Friday, August 22nd 2014 - 23:36 UTC

  WTO rules against Argentina in trade dispute with world powers

  

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel ruled on Friday against Argentina in a 2012 case brought by the United States, European Union and Japan against Argentine import licensing rules used to restrict imports.

• Friday, August 22nd 2014 - 13:19 UTC

  Two first patients treated for Ebola virus in US hospital have been released

  

  The two United States aid workers who were the first patients ever to be treated for the Ebola virus at a hospital in the US have been released, capping a transcontinental medical drama that stirred public debate about whether citizens with the virus or exposed to the virus should have been allowed to return.

• Friday, August 22nd 2014 - 13:07 UTC

  Unlikely bedfellows: mines that run on solar or wind power

  

  Mining companies are often seen as dinosaurs when it comes to making changes that will benefit the environment, but that perception may be shifting as some companies turn to renewable energy to cut costs and lighten their carbon footprint.

• Friday, August 22nd 2014 - 08:20 UTC

  Nobel Prize Stiglitz sides with Argentina in reopening the debt swap

  

  In an interview with Argentina’s daily 'Ambito Financiero', Nobel Economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz considered the Argentine government’s move to reopen the debt swap and replace the Bank of New York Mellon with local Banco Nacion as trustee a “good call” saying the reopening would not be mandatory, “voluntarily” inviting bondholders to join the strategy.

• Friday, August 22nd 2014 - 07:33 UTC

  European holders of swapped Argentine bonds willing to accept removal of the RUFO clause

  

  European investors holding 5.2 billion dollars of restructured Argentine bonds are negotiating the removal of the Rights Upon Future Options (RUFO) clause that Argentina claims prevents them from negotiating with holdout funds, it was reported in the Buenos Aires media.

• Thursday, August 21st 2014 - 07:55 UTC

  Falklands war vessel in which Argentina surrendered South Georgia, to the scrap yard

  

  The Royal Navy man-o-war on which Argentina formally surrendered the island of South Georgia during the 1982 Falklands War began its final journey on Wednesday before being scrapped. HMS Plymouth could not be saved despite years of attempts to find a permanent home for the frigate.

• Thursday, August 21st 2014 - 06:58 UTC

  Italian bondholders' representative supports Argentina decision to change debt's jurisdiction

  

  The Italian legal representative of Argentine bondholders, Tullio Zembo praised the Sovereign Public Debt Payment Law announced by President Cristina Fernandez, saying the decision to change the debt’s jurisdiction to Buenos Aires is “probably the most appropriate.”

• Thursday, August 21st 2014 - 06:26 UTC

  Soccer fan Pope Francis receives San Lorenzo, South America's best team

  

  Soccer took center stage at the Vatican Wednesday morning when members of Argentina's San Lorenzo visited their most famous fan, Pope Francis, to share the joy of winning the Copa Libertadores last week.