International

Thursday, April 18th 2013 - 00:30 UTC
Falkland Islands in moving tribute to Baroness Thatcher, “a great friend of the Islands”

A memorial and thanksgiving service to Baroness Thatcher was held in the Falkland Islands Wednesday afternoon at the local church a few hours after the main ceremony in London’s St Paul cathedral.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 23:49 UTC
Latam countries in OAS recognized Maduro as Venezuela’s elected president

Representatives from several Latinamerican and Caribbean countries before the Organization of American States recognized on Wednesday Nicolas Maduro as elected president of Venezuela. Nicaragua, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Uruguay among others congratulated the new head of state and praised the Venezuelan people for their massive and peaceful turnout last Sunday for the historic voting day.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 08:02 UTC
Special Committee of 24 scheduled to hold Pacific Regional Seminar in Ecuador

The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation — also known as the Special Committee of 24 — is to hold its Pacific Regional Seminar in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from 28 to 30 May. Its agenda is to review progress in the United Nations decolonisation process.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 07:50 UTC
Margaret Thatcher: Some Personal Memories

By David P. Michaels - I was, naturally, sad to hear the news about Lady Thatcher, but cheered myself up by remembering some wonderful, private moments with her, rather than the state of her health these recent years and her subsequent death this past week.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 07:43 UTC
India’s exports to booming Colombia have crossed the billion dollar mark

By R. Viswanathan - Yes. India's exports to Colombia have crossed the billion dollar mark, reaching 1.124 billion dollars in 2012. Colombia is the third biggest destination of India's exports to Latin America after Brazil and Mexico.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 07:41 UTC
Europe austerity measures are impacting on healthcare and increasing xenophobia

Austerity measures are impacting European Union healthcare services and causing an increase in xenophobia, warn the humanitarian group Doctors of the World this week highlighting Spain as a potential hotspot.
Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 07:33 UTC
Austria keeps to bank secrecy and demands UK and US shed light on their tax havens

Austria vowed to stick to its bank secrecy laws, defying renewed pressure to follow Luxembourg in revealing information on European Union depositors and criticized the United States and Britain for permitting tax havens.
Tuesday, April 16th 2013 - 06:21 UTC
Attack on Boston marathon leaves three dead, 17 critically injured and fears it was a 'terrorist bombing'

An investigation is under way after two explosions near the finishing line of the Boston Marathon left three people dead and more than 100 injured. The FBI has taken over co-ordination of what it described as a “potential terrorist inquiry”.
Tuesday, April 16th 2013 - 03:32 UTC
Investors dumping precious metals: gold fall the biggest since 1980

Gold futures plunged more than 9% on Monday, marking the biggest one-day percentage fall in 30 years and extending losses over the past two sessions to more than 13%, as the precious metal pushed deeper into bear market territory. The June contract for gold settled at 1,361.10 dollars an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, 140.30 or 9.3% lower than the previous session's close.
Tuesday, April 16th 2013 - 03:30 UTC
Antarctica summer ice melt at it highest level in 1.000 years

The summer ice melt in parts of Antarctica is at its highest level in 1,000 years, Australian and British researchers reported on Monday, adding new evidence of the impact of global warming on sensitive Antarctic glaciers and ice shelves.