International

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 00:50 UTC

  Royal Navy displays abilities in the Solent during four-day high profile exercises

  

  The full gamut of the Royal Navy's abilities was on show in the Solent last week, during a series of high-profile action-packed demonstrations. The Solent separates the Isle of Wight from mainland England and is the access to Southampton.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 21:23 UTC

  US stops funding of UNESCO following admission of Palestine

  

  United States said on Monday it had stopped funding UNESCO, the U.N. cultural agency, following its vote to grant the Palestinians full membership.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 20:25 UTC

  Palestine becomes full member 195 of UNESCO (14 against, 52 abstentions)

  

  The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO voted on Monday to admit Palestine as a full member of the Paris-based agency.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 20:16 UTC

  Over 23 million Europeans unemployed; inflation reaches 3% in October

  

  Over 23 million are unemployed in the 27 countries of the Euro zone, the statistical office of the European Union Eurostat informed Monday.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 20:12 UTC

  For Euro aid package to work “all elements must be implemented” says Germany

  

  The package of measures agreed by European leaders this month to stem their debt crisis will only work “if all elements are implemented”, German Deputy Finance Minister Joerg Asmussen said in an interview Monday.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 05:57 UTC

  Sometime Monday we’ll be seven billion people in the world, says UN division

  

  With more than two babies born every second, the arms on the world population clocks are whirling round so fast that no-one really knows how many people there are on Earth.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 05:50 UTC

  Argentina could finally decide to name ambassador in London, says Clarin

  

  While Argentina’ Foreign Affairs ministry prepares for a renewal of its main officials, according to Buenos Aires daily Clarin, among the possible policy changes beginning December 10, is naming ambassador in London, a post which remains vacant since 2008 when Federico Mirré period was over.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 05:37 UTC

  First carbon-composite airliner flies makes its first commercial link

  

  The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the world’s first carbon-composite airliner, flew to Hong Kong from Tokyo carrying its first paying passengers this week.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 05:33 UTC

  UK campaign to combat teenager over-weight with gastric balloons

  

  British overweight teenagers in South Yorkshire could be fitted with gastric balloons, if a trial is approved. Sheffield Children's Hospital said it wanted to use the balloons to help 10 morbidly obese 13 to 18-year-olds lose weight. Those weighing between 14 and 20 stone (89kg-127kg) will be considered.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 02:51 UTC

  Unasur condemns presence of HMS Montrose in the Falklands

  

  The Unions of South of American Nations, Unasur, rejected British military presence in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and again reiterated their full support for Argentina’s ‘legitimate claims’ in her dispute with the UK over the sovereignty of the South Atlantic islands.