International

Friday, December 27th 2013 - 05:18 UTC
Australian cruise operators interested in developing Puerto Williams in Chile

Australian travel agents linked to the cruise industry visited Puerto Williams in the extreme south of Chile to check on the facilities, services and infrastructure with the purpose of planning cruise calls on a regular basis. Puerto Williams in located on Navarino island across from Ushuaia in Argentina.
Friday, December 27th 2013 - 05:07 UTC
World Cup 2014: Brazil most expensive stadium has a leaking roof

Reports from stadium operators in Brazil have revealed that the most expensive of the 12 stadiums built or renovated for the 2014 FIFA World Cup has a leaking roof, less than eight months after it was finished.
Friday, December 27th 2013 - 05:01 UTC
UK Met Office will offer daily forecasts about the weather in space: solar storms the target

The United Kingdom Met Office is to begin offering daily forecasts about the weather in space. The 24 hour service will aim to help businesses and government departments by providing early warnings of solar storms that can disrupt satellites, radio communications and power grids. The first forecast is expected to be available next spring.
Friday, December 27th 2013 - 00:59 UTC
China pumps 5bn dollars to help banking system with rising interest rates

China's central bank has pumped 5bn dollars into the banking system to ease concerns over a credit squeeze that has caused rising interest rates. The People's Bank of China did not explain its actions, but over the last few days there has been growing concern over the availability of credit.
Thursday, December 26th 2013 - 08:43 UTC
Virus kills over 1.000 migratory bottleneck dolphins in US eastern seaboard

More than 1,000 migratory bottlenose dolphins have died from a measles-like virus along the US Eastern Seaboard in 2013 and the epidemic shows no sign of abating, a marine biologist said. The death toll exceeds the 740 dolphins killed during the last big outbreak of the then-unknown virus in 1987-88.
Thursday, December 26th 2013 - 08:24 UTC
Gibraltar changes tax laws to meet EU requirements

Gibraltar has changed its tax laws to tweak the Income Tax Act 2010 to meet EU requirements. The Chief Minister Fabian Picardo certified the bill as urgent to speed up its process through Parliament.
Thursday, December 26th 2013 - 07:51 UTC
The Economist’s country of the year: Uruguay

Human life isn’t all bad, but it sometimes feels that way. Good news is no news: the headlines mostly tell of strife and bail-outs, failure and folly.
Thursday, December 26th 2013 - 07:31 UTC
Gazprom confirms in has started production at Prirazlomnoye field on the Arctic shelf

Gazprom has started producing oil from the Prirazlomnoye field, which is the first Russian project for developing the Arctic shelf and the commencement of their large-scale activities aimed at creating a large hydrocarbon production center in the region, according to the company.
Thursday, December 26th 2013 - 06:00 UTC
UK sponsored 'innovation vouchers' for Chilean small and medium sized enterprises

Fifteen “innovation vouchers” were awarded to Chilean (Small and medium enterprises), SMEs who will now begin working with project teams from the Universidad Católica, Universidad de Desarrollo and Universidad de Santiago to improve their company’s products and services.
Wednesday, December 25th 2013 - 22:03 UTC
Three icebreakers to the rescue of Antarctica trapped Russia's 'Akademic Shokalskiy'

Seventy four people spent Christmas aboard a cruise ship that has become stuck in the ice in a remote region off the coast of Antarctica and rescue vessels are at least two days away, according to Australian maritime officials. Three icebreakers are sailing to the rescue.