International

• 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.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 07:47 UTC

  Murdoch’s group acknowledges covering up illegal tapping and destroying evidence

  

  The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has acknowledged to victims that executives covered up the scale of illegal activity by destroying evidence and lying to investigators, victims' lawyers said.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 07:37 UTC

  Hague reaffirms sovereignty and values discussing Falklands self-determination with Brazil

  

  Foreign Secretary William Hague during a major speech on foreign policy in Brazil said that the UK will always uphold sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and the rights of the Islanders to self determination.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 07:24 UTC

  Sawle tells Argentina to leave the Falklands in peace and respect their right to self determination

  

  Britain nowadays is not a colonialist country and Argentina should leave the Falkland and its people in peace and respect their right to self determination, said Falklands elected member of the Legislative Assembly Dick Sawle quoted in the Argentine media.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 00:11 UTC

  Timerman: “Malvinas” strategy is working, not even English newspapers support Cameron

  

  Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman assured that Argentina’s strategy on the Malvinas Islands sovereignty claim “is working” and added that “the only way for England to get out of this mess is through direct negotiations with Argentina.”

• 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.