International

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 00:07 UTC

  Prince Harry will visit Brazil in March and open Britain GREAT 2012 campaign

  

  HRH Prince Harry will visit Brazil in March, Foreign Secretary William Hague confirmed on Thursday. Hague is currently on a two-day visit to Brazil and made the announcement during a press conference next to Sérgio Cabral, Governor of Rio de Janeiro.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 00:02 UTC

  Argentina praises ‘immediate support’ from the region in the Falklands’ dispute

  

  Argentina’s acting president and Vice-President Amado Boudou praised the immediate support expressed by several countries in the region in the bilateral conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty.

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 23:07 UTC

  “Argentina plotting a mock fishermen’s Falklands’ invasion” says UK media

  

  A British newspaper revealed that the UK Prime Minister’s accusations of ‘colonialism’ against Argentina came after being warned that “Buenos Aires was plotting a mock fishermen’s invasion” of the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, January 19th 2012 - 04:00 UTC

  “Get ready” a big storm is on its way, warns the latest World Bank forecast

  

  The World Bank warned developing countries today to prepare for the “real” risk that an escalation in the Euro area debt crisis could tip the world into a slump on a par with the global downturn in 2008/09.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 23:38 UTC

  IMF anticipating major storms wants to boost war chest by 600 billion dollars

  

  The International Monetary Fund is seeking to boost its war chest by 600 billion dollars to help countries reeling from the Euro zone debt crisis, but some nations insist Europe must first do more to support its ailing members, international financial sources said on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 23:35 UTC

  Timerman and Randazzo lash back at Cameron over Falklands’ dispute

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman echoed the statements made by UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron in which he accused Argentina of “colonialism,” and counter attacked by saying that “it catches one’s attention to hear such statements when Great Britain and Colonialism are synonymous.”

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 21:02 UTC

  Hague praises Brazil’s global presence and reaffirms British policy towards the Falklands

  

  Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague praised Brazil's growing economic and political power as he opened two days of talks with the country's leaders, and also assured that British policy on the Falkland Islands will not change despite pressure from Argentina.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 16:29 UTC

  UK Services Antarctic expedition celebrates Scott’s South Pole feat in 1912

  

  Members of the British Services Antarctic Expedition 2012 on Tuesday marked the 100th anniversary of the day Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated team reached the South Pole, as their own journey begins.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 16:14 UTC

  Cameron accuses Argentina of ‘colonialism’ and reiterates protection of Falklands

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron has accused Argentina of “colonialism” over the country's claim to the Falkland Islands. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, Cameron vowed to protect the Islands' population and allow them to decide their own future.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 05:36 UTC

  Hague arrives in Brazil for two-day visit to launch a ‘strategic dialogue’

  

  Foreign Secretary William Hague begins Wednesday a two-day visit to Brazil which according to Brazilian sources will mark the beginning of a strategic dialogue between the two countries.