International

Tuesday, April 23rd 2013 - 01:51 UTC
Argentine loses top post in UN Atomic Energy Agency dealing with Iran

Argentina’s Rafael Grossi has resigned as assistant director-general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), sparking speculation as to whether his exit might be linked to Argentina’s agreement earlier this year with Iran.
Monday, April 22nd 2013 - 08:54 UTC
Antarctica tour operators hold four-day annual meeting in Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile will be hosting until next Thursday the four-day annual meeting of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, IAATO which has a confirmed attendance of over a hundred representatives from the industry.
Monday, April 22nd 2013 - 08:06 UTC
Berlusconi master-minds right-left agreement in support of President Napolitano’s re-election

The leader of Italy's anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, Beppe Grillo, criticised the re-election of President Giorgio Napolitano as a desperate attempt to retain power by a discredited establishment.
Saturday, April 20th 2013 - 08:56 UTC
Fitch trims UK top credit rating on weaker economy and fiscal outlook

Britain's credit standing took a further blow when Fitch Ratings became the second major international agency to strip the country of its top-notch credit rating. The move is an embarrassment for the Conservative-led government which promised to protect the country's rating when it took power in 2010, and will heighten the debate about whether austerity is still the right approach.
Saturday, April 20th 2013 - 08:48 UTC
Gibraltar will commemorate, not celebrate the 300 year of the Treaty of Utrecht

Gibraltar will commemorate, not celebrate the 300 year old Treaty of Utrecht this year, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, told members of the Fabian Society in London earlier this week. The treaty refers to the cession in perpetuity by Spain to the British Crown of Gibraltar in 1713 under Article X of the agreement which put an end to the War of Spanish Succession (1701/1714)
Saturday, April 20th 2013 - 08:39 UTC
US hedge funds reject Argentina’s offer to settle defaulted sovereign bonds suit

Two US hedge funds suing Argentina for full payment on defaulted bonds rejected on Friday, President Cristina Fernandez government offer to settle the suit with a deal that would give them approximately 25% of what they were seeking.
Saturday, April 20th 2013 - 06:06 UTC
Italy’s centre-left Bersani resigns after party rebels and inflicts humiliating defeats

Italy’s centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani announced his resignation after party rebels sabotaged two separate candidates he had backed for state president, deepening the country’s political stalemate.
Saturday, April 20th 2013 - 06:00 UTC
New strain of bird flu has capacity to mutate rapidly; could become transmissible among humans

The new strain of bird flu that has killed 17 people in China has been circulating widely “under the radar” and has acquired significant genetic diversity that makes it more of a threat, warned scientists.
Friday, April 19th 2013 - 05:46 UTC
Argentina begins Washington round of contacts ahead of IMF-WB spring meeting

Argentine Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino is in Washington ready to start his official activities in the margins of the 2013 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring meeting.
Friday, April 19th 2013 - 05:39 UTC
IMF chief summoned to appear before French court over an arbitration payment

IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been summoned to appear before a French magistrate on May 23 for questioning over an arbitration payment to a wealthy supporter of former President Nicholas Sarkozy, news website Mediapart reported.