International

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 19:49 UTC

  HMS Richmond welcomes on board CBF Air Commodore La Forte

  

  Commander British Forces South Atlantic Islands, Air Commodore Russell La Forte CBE, based in the Falkland Islands, MPA, was welcomed aboard HMS Richmond by Commanding Officer, Commander Robert G Pedre, and the ship’s company.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 19:02 UTC

  Spain warns “exhaustive checks” at border crossing with Gibraltar will continue

  

  The Spanish Government warned on Tuesday that it would continue to implement exhaustive checks on vehicles and pedestrians crossing into Spain from Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 18:52 UTC

  Latin America's English proficiency ‘very low’

  

  Despite a strong economy attracting new international business and increasing the need for multilingual professionals in the workforce, Chile remains one of the countries with the lowest levels of competency in English among adults worldwide, according to a study released Friday.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 06:38 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Visiting MPs refuse to organize working group on the Islands sovereignty

  

  A group of visiting British MPs and Lords refused to organize a working group over the issue of Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty with their Argentine counterparts during a visit to Congress in Buenos Aires on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 06:32 UTC

  Britain dismisses suggestion of any bilateral negotiations with Spain on Gibraltar

  

  The British Government has dismissed any suggestion of a return to bilateralism with Spain over Gibraltar. In a response to a question tabled in the House of Commons, Europe Minister David Lidington repeated Britain’s long-standing commitment to the people of Gibraltar over sovereignty.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 06:27 UTC

  Foreign Office analyzes OAS initiative on drugs policy: fears some Latam countries may dump coercive policies

  

  The OAS’s June 2013 paper on the drugs problem in the Americas responded to a growing debate in Latin America and has been seen as groundbreaking. Its underlying message is that current approaches to drugs are not working and that change is needed. But there is no common view in the region on the way forward, according to a paper from the Foreign Office.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 06:22 UTC

  New oil resources does not mean an era of abundance cautions IEA

  

  Technology and high prices are opening up new oil resources, but this does not mean the world is on the verge of an era of oil abundance, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) 2013 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO 2013).

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 00:25 UTC

  For the third time in five years, Miss Venezuela takes the Miss Universe crown

  

  For the third time in five years, Miss Venezuela has taken the Miss Universe crown. Gabriela Isler became the 62nd Miss Universe last weekend beating out 85 other hopefuls in the 2013 pageant held at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall in Russia.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2013 - 00:09 UTC

  OPEC admits shale oil boom, mostly in the US, will have an impact on world supply

  

  OPEC said on Tuesday its rivals will produce more oil than expected this year, as it continued backpedaling from its previous skepticism over the significance of a US shale boom. The views of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries show it is narrowing its differences with oil consumers on the impact of resurgent North American output.

• Tuesday, November 12th 2013 - 08:02 UTC

  European satellite plunges into the Atlantic south of the Falkland Islands

  

  European Space Agency's (Esa) Goce satellite has re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, burning up in the process. US tracking data suggests any surviving debris fell into the South Atlantic, just off the tip of South America, south of the Falkland Islands.