International

Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 02:55 UTC
FAO recommends using jellyfish for food and cosmetics to help falling fish stocks to recover

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, warned over-fishing in the Mediterranean was boosting jellyfish, which reduce stocks further and it called for jellyfish to be used in food, medicine and cosmetics.
Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 02:51 UTC
Chinese company targets US biggest pork firm in a 7.1bn dollar deal

The biggest pork firms in China and the US plan to join forces in a 4.7bn dollar deal that aims to feed the world's most populous country. China's Shuanghui International has agreed to pay cash for the Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, which including debt, values the firm at 7.1bn.
Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 02:29 UTC
Gibraltar claims C24 is ‘failing miserably’ in its task of decolonising territories

Gibraltar veteran Minister Joe Bossano launched a scathing attack on to the record of the UN Committee of Decolonization or C24 claiming it is consistently falling to do the work it is tasked with: decolonising the territories on its list.
Saturday, June 1st 2013 - 02:25 UTC
Gibraltar takes to the streets to celebrate admission to UEFA

On Friday afternoon there was a holiday atmosphere in Gibraltar as most people took to the streets celebrate the Gibraltar Football Association's success in gaining admission to UEFA.
Friday, May 31st 2013 - 19:05 UTC
Tobacco is the deadliest global pandemic, says former Uruguayan president Vazquez

Calling tobacco use the deadliest global pandemic ever, Uruguay’s former President Tabaré Vázquez urged decision makers to step up efforts to curb smoking in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Friday, May 31st 2013 - 06:57 UTC
Royal College of Defence Studies’ members visit Chile as part of Latam tour

Fifteen members of the Royal College of Defense Studies (RCDS) visited Chile in mid-May as part of their study tour to Latin America. The visitors came from the UK, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lebanon, India, Netherlands, Uganda, Turkey and Estonia.
Friday, May 31st 2013 - 06:41 UTC
Iran/Argentina memorandum involved in a further controversy

Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman met on Thursday with Interpol top officials and said he received ‘very strong support’ for the memorandum signed with Iran, which includes the questioning of those allegedly involved in the 1994 attack on the Jewish organization AMIA in Buenos Aires that killed 85 and left dozens injured.
Friday, May 31st 2013 - 02:23 UTC
Falkland Islands: C24 must go to the territories and respect their basic human right to choose their own form of government

The Falkland Islands are only asking the international community to support the fundamental human right of Falkland Islanders to choose their own form of government, to exercise their right to self determination, said lawmaker Mike Summers during his presentation at the United Nations Decolonization Committee (24) Caribbean regional seminar, in reference to the recent referendum held in the Islands, whose sovereignty is disputed by the UK and Argentina.
Friday, May 31st 2013 - 01:28 UTC
Call for urgent total ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship in the Americas

On World No Tobacco Day, May 31, the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) is calling on countries throughout the Americas to ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship. Such bans are one of the most effective ways to reduce consumption of tobacco, which kills some 1 million people every year in this hemisphere.
Thursday, May 30th 2013 - 02:29 UTC
Insulza announced he will complete his term mandate as OAS head.

The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, plans to finish his term as head of the organisation. In an interview with El Pais (Madrid), the Chilean socialist political veteran has said that he still has two more years as head of the OAS thus quelling rumours about his resignation.