International

Tuesday, May 6th 2014 - 06:32 UTC
India, Brazil and South Africa want Argentina to join the BRICS club

India, Brazil and South Africa are interested in having Argentina join the BRICS group of emerging economies which also includes Russia and China, according to Indian ambassador in Buenos Aires Amarenda Khatua in an interview with Clarin.
Tuesday, May 6th 2014 - 06:26 UTC
NASA catches images of volcanic activity in South Sandwich Islands

The South Sandwich Islands, in the far southern Atlantic Ocean, are often shrouded with thick cloud, making it difficult to view the region from space. Sometimes, however, the use of false-color imagery can be used to reveal events that would otherwise be obscured under cloud cover.
Tuesday, May 6th 2014 - 06:06 UTC
Liberal International calls on Spain to end coercion campaign against Gibraltar

The Congress of Liberal International, meeting in the Netherlands, has called on the Spanish Government to end the campaign of coercion and economic sanctions against Gibraltar and urged Madrid to return to the Trilateral Forum for Dialogue.
Tuesday, May 6th 2014 - 05:58 UTC
UN calls on Vatican to change the 'climate of impunity' on child sexual abuse

A UN committee on torture grilled on Monday the Vatican on the Catholic Church's child sexual abuse crisis, urging a permanent investigation system to end a “climate of impunity” prevailing for decades.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:52 UTC
London concerned Spanish actions against Gibraltar are damaging bilateral relations

The British Government has again voiced public concern that Spanish actions against Gibraltar are damaging its bilateral relationship with Spain. In a response to a parliamentary question in the House of Commons, Europe Minister David Lidington said Britain was keeping its options open on how to respond to Spain.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:47 UTC
West will never go to war over non-NATO Ukraine

By Gwynne Dyer - With due apologies to God, Voltaire and the Ukrainians, I must point out that if Ukraine did not exist, it would not be necessary to invent it.It is not a great power, it has no resources the world cannot do without, and it is not a “vital strategic interest” to anybody except the Ukrainians. Not even to the Russians, although they are acting at the moment as though it were.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:42 UTC
Foreign tourists in Britain expected to spend 46 billion dollars by 2017

Spending by foreign tourists in Britain is set to rise 34% to over 27 billion pounds (46 billion dollars) a year by 2017, according to research published on Friday, boosting the country's retail and leisure industries.
Monday, May 5th 2014 - 06:31 UTC
Mosquito transmitted Chikungunya has become an epidemic in the Caribbean

The head of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales, has declared the Chikungunya virus has reached epidemic proportions in the Caribbean. The mosquito-borne illness was first detected in the Caribbean in December 2013, in St Martin, and last week Antigua and St Vincent and the Grenadines became the latest countries to declare an outbreak.
Sunday, May 4th 2014 - 13:52 UTC
Bacteria antibiotic resistance is winning the day and a major threat to public health

A new report by WHO–its first to look at antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, globally–reveals that this serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country.
Saturday, May 3rd 2014 - 06:18 UTC
Uruguay interested in joining negotiations to liberalize trade in services

Uruguay has expressed an interest in actively participating in negotiations to liberalize trade in services in the framework of TISA, Trade in Services Agreement which recently held its seventh round of talks in Geneva.