International

Friday, March 15th 2013 - 06:45 UTC
World’s largest telescope at a cost of a billion Euros will be built in Chilean Andes

The Chilean Andes will be the location for the world’s largest telescope: the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), costing more than €1bn, which will capture the universe's earliest moments.
Friday, March 15th 2013 - 06:42 UTC
China names Li Keqiang as Premier at the helm of world’s second largest economy

China's leaders have named Li Keqiang as premier, placing him at the helm of the world's second-largest economy. Mr Li, who already holds the number two spot in the Communist Party, takes over from Wen Jiabao.
Friday, March 15th 2013 - 02:21 UTC
Falklands’ current cruise season much quieter and rather ‘turbulent’

This year’s Falkland Islands season has been much quieter than usual with over 19.000 passengers to the first week of March mainly because of cancellations due to weather and technical issues with a handful related to the political situation created by Argentine harassment early on the season, according to industry sources in the Islands.
Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 09:23 UTC
Falkland Islands’ referendum message to Argentina: “intimidation of Islanders must cease”

The Argentine government demands to control the Falkland Islands against the wishes of the people who live there are fundamentally incompatible with modern democratic values and attempts to intimidate the Islanders must cease, said Foreign Secretary William Hague in an update to Parliament.
Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 09:14 UTC
Falkland Islands’ referendum, Argentina should yield to reality and peoples’ self determination says Brazilian daily

Under the heading of “Malvinas: British” the influential Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo describes the 99.8% result of the Falklands referendum as a “compelling defeat” for the Argentine government and a litigation hard to sustain when international law rests more on the peoples’ perspective than in the historic, real or imaginary territorial possession.
Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 09:03 UTC
Falkland Islands’ referendum: for Canada results are ‘very clear’ but for EC it was an ‘internal affair’

The Canadian government said on Wednesday that the results of the Falkland Islands referendum are “very clear” and “only” the people of the Islands are entitled to decide on their future. However the European Commission refused to get involved in the discussion arguing it is an “internal affair” of an EU member.
Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 08:58 UTC
Falkland Islands’ referendum vote blasted unanimously in both Houses of Argentina’s Congress

The Argentine Congress in extraordinary sessions held on Wednesday in both Houses unanimously rejected the Falkland Islands referendum in which the local population overwhelmingly decided to remain as a British Overseas Territory.
Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 08:46 UTC
Leaders across the world celebrated the election as a historic moment that makes the Church more universal

Leaders across the world celebrated the election of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as the new Pope, considering it a “historical moment” and a fact that makes the “Church more universal than ever.”
Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 03:04 UTC
Cristina Fernandez will attend inauguration mass for Francis I

Argentine President Cristina Fernández will be attending the official ceremony installing Jorge Ramon Bergoglio as Francis I which is scheduled to take place next March 19. The announcement was made by the presidential office.
Thursday, March 14th 2013 - 02:14 UTC
Three firsts for Habemus Papus: Argentine, Jesuit and announced in twitter

Three firsts for the new Pope: Argentine, Jesuit and his election by fellow cardinals was announced by twitter. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is a theological conservative with a strong social conscience, and a modest man who declined the archbishop's luxurious residence to live in a simple apartment and travel by public transport.