International

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 13:01 UTC

  Lager beer yeast arrived in Europe from Patagonia 500 years ago

  

  The mystery behind the birth of lager beer has been solved. Scientists have successfully traced the origin of the popular alcoholic beverage to a type of yeast, believed to have travelled 11,000 kilometres from Patagonia, (Argentina) to Bavaria 500 years ago.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 03:22 UTC

  Mercosur/Israel trade deal comes into effect following Argentina’s signature

  

  A free trade agreement between Israel and Argentina is set to come into effect on September 9, the Israeli Industry, Trade and Labour Ministry announced this week.

• Friday, August 26th 2011 - 03:14 UTC

  Greenpeace claims top-brand clothing garments tainted with toxic chemicals

  

  Toxic chemicals harmful to the environment and to human health have been detected in products made by 14 top clothing manufacturers, Greenpeace said this week.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:31 UTC

  Mexican billionaire Slim boosts stakes in Saks and New York Times

  

  Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim spent 8.8 million dollars to boost his stakes in Saks Inc. and New York Times adding to his biggest US holdings as the stock market slumped last week. Saks gained the most in almost a year.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:26 UTC

  Australian entomologists find cheap way of neutralizing dengue virus mosquitoes

  

  By infecting mosquitoes with bacteria from flies that commonly live in kitchen fruit bowls, researchers have stopped the insects spreading the dengue virus.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:13 UTC

  Growing dissent in German government over ECB purchase of sovereign bonds

  

  The German president has fueled concerns of a split in Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats after he criticized a move by the European Central Bank to resume buying Italian and Spanish sovereign bonds.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:08 UTC

  Canada to overhaul and expand Argentine nuclear power plant

  

  Argentina signed contracts worth 444 million dollars on Wednesday with a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin Group, Canada's top engineering firm, to extend the shelf-life of its Embalse nuclear plant.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 06:04 UTC

  Gibraltar territorial waters dispute postponed at least until after November

  

  Spain’s Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenz has confirmed that there will be no further tripartite talks regarding Gibraltar whilst the dispute on issues related to sovereignty of Gibraltar territorial waters continues.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 00:15 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez among the 20 most powerful women in the world, says Forbes

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is the second most powerful Latinamerican woman in the world according to a ranking released by Forbes.

• Wednesday, August 24th 2011 - 23:53 UTC

  Risk of Euro breaking up is holding back US recovery, says Greenspan

  

  The risk that Europe's single Euro currency could break up is the main factor holding back the US economy, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said, though he stopped short of predicting a new recession in the US.