International

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 15:19 UTC

  “Only the Falkland Islanders can be the masters of their future”

  

  In an article published today the Foreign Secretary William Hague sets out why the future of the Falkland Islands can only be decided by its people themselves.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:57 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute: protestors burn Union Jack flags outside UK embassy in Buenos Aires

  

  Left-wing activists have protested outside the British embassy in Buenos Aires to demand Argentina break off diplomatic relations with the UK over the Falkland Islands dispute.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:52 UTC

  Russia ‘far advanced’ to host the World Cup (in 2018) than Brazil

  

  Russia is already better prepared to host the 2018 World Cup than Brazil, which will stage the 32-team soccer competition in 2014, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Friday.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:51 UTC

  Vote on US legislation to combat online piracy postponed

  

  Yielding to strong opposition from the high tech community, United States Senate and House leaders said Friday they will put off further action on legislation to combat online piracy.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:36 UTC

  Italian cabinet approves legislation to deregulate services and professions

  

  Italy's cabinet on Friday approved legislation to deregulate service sectors and professions in an effort to increase competition, cut costs to consumers and boost chronically weak growth in the Euro zone's third largest economy.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:26 UTC

  GM regains in 2011 title as the world’s top selling automaker

  

  General Motors Co regained its title as the world's top-selling automaker in 2011, less than three years after its 2009 taxpayer-funded bankruptcy under the Obama administration.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 15:24 UTC

  Global average temperature in 2011 the ninth warmest in modern records

  

  The global average temperature in 2011 was the ninth-warmest in the modern meteorological record, continuing a trend linked to greenhouse gases that saw nine of the 10 hottest years occurring since the year 2000, NASA scientists said this week.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 14:45 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas bilateral issue, but Islands are covered by EU as British OT

  

  The European Union considers that the new tense situation between Argentina and the UK over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands is a “bilateral issue”, however the Falklands figure under EU treaties as a British Overseas Territory, said the EU Foreign Affairs Representative spokesperson.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 08:03 UTC

  Fitch anticipates it will review ratings of six Euro zone states

  

  Fitch expects its ratings review of six Euro zone states will result in downgrades of one to two notches in most of those countries, senior director Ed Parker said at a Fitch conference in Madrid.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 07:58 UTC

  UK unemployment hits 2.69 million (8.4%), highest since January 1996

  

  UK unemployment rose by 118,000 in the three months to November to 2.69 million, official figures show. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) said the unemployment rate also rose to 8.4% from 8.3%, the highest since January 1996.