International

• Tuesday, March 30th 2010 - 04:17 UTC

  Latest strike by cabin crew cost British Airways £ 5 million a day

  

  British Airways has said that the latest strike by cabin crew has cost them £5.5m-a-day - down from £7m for the first walkout. The airline claims it carried 118,575 passengers in total over Saturday and Sunday compared to 86,262 the last weekend.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 18:48 UTC

  Falklands training ground for UK troops to be deployed in Afghanistan

  

  Eight thousand miles from the United Kingdom in the Falkland Islands more than 150 soldiers from 1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment are preparing for war.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:33 UTC

  Gibraltar-Madrid air-bridge in doubt after Spanish airline suspends flights

  

  The future of the air bridge between Gibraltar and Madrid was in doubt following Ándalus Líneas Aéreas suspension last week of all flights in the face of unpaid debts running into hundreds of thousands of dollars.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:25 UTC

  China takes the lead position as the world’s main exporter

  

  The World Trade Organization confirmed China's top position in the global markets saying it had now overtaken Germany as the world's top exporter. The United States comes in third on the list behind Germany.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:19 UTC

  Chinese firm buys Volvo from Ford for 1.8 billion USD

  

  A Chinese firm has sealed a 1.8 billion USD deal to buy Volvo, the troubled US-owned Swedish car maker, ending more than a decade of ownership by Ford Motors.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 00:21 UTC

  UK participates in Chile’s FIDAE with cutting edge technology in defence

  

  United Kingdom companies involved in some of the most cutting edge technology in the defence and security sectors are currently in Santiago for the Air and space air exhibition, FIDAE.

• Sunday, March 28th 2010 - 21:46 UTC

  First gay marriage in Westminster: groom was Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant

  

  The Palace of Westminster, which houses the British Parliament, was on Saturday the venue of an unprecedented event: its first gay wedding.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:47 UTC

  Chile and Uruguay best ranked in global information technology report

  

  Sweden tops the rankings of The Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010, released this week for the ninth consecutive year by the World Economic Forum.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:44 UTC

  Falklands join Earth Hour, the 125th country to participate in the global event

  

  The Falkland Islands are to participate Saturday in ‘Earth Hour’, a global awareness campaign on climate change organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature which spans thousands of cities around the world.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:19 UTC

  In support of our planet, Earth Hour’s global display of climate action

  

  Saturday March 27 at 8.30pm local time, more than 4000 cities and towns across 125 countries and regions will switch off their lights for Earth Hour in an historic moment of global unity.