International

Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Falklands: Argentina and UK agree to extend Humanitarian Plan to identify remains in multiple grave

The outgoing government of Argentine president Mauricio Macri and the United Kingdom are in talks for an extension of the humanitarian plan which, with Falkland Islands consent and under the guidance of the International Committee of the Red Cross had enabled the identification of 115 remains buried in the Islands with the sole reference, “Argentine soldier, only known to God”, the tragic legacy of the 1982 conflict.
Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:46 UTC
Bolivian interim government implements sharp shift in foreign policy in just two weeks

Foreign policy of the interim Bolivian government foreign policy has shifted sharply in just two weeks under conservative President Jeanine Anez, a senator who took over in a power vacuum left by the resignation and exile of long-term leftist leader Evo Morales.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Alberto Fernandez renounces to IMF loan: “I want to stop asking for money”

Argentina's president-elect Alberto Fernandez said on Tuesday he would renounce the remaining US$11 billion tranches of the country's International Monetary Fund loan as soon as he takes office next month.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Concern in Puerto Rico following Royal Caribbean announced cancelling of 90 cruise visits

Cruise ship visits to San Juan, Puerto Rico are being canceled for the 2020-21 season due to the privatization of the cruise port. According to the local newspaper, El Nuevo Día, Royal Caribbean is canceling 90 calls to San Juan, Puerto Rico for the 2020 and 2021 season. The news was released by Fermin Fontanez, the director of the Authority for Public-Private Partnerships that these cancellations would happen.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:47 UTC
One Ocean Expeditions cancels fourth voyage, an 11-day Falklands itinerary scheduled for December

One Ocean Expeditions, the beleaguered arctic operator that has been cancelling itineraries as it goes through a “difficult period of restructuring,” has canceled a fourth voyage, according to travel agency Swoop Antarctica.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Indonesia rainforest fires more toxic and extended than blazes in the Amazon, EU claims

Fires that destroyed Indonesian rainforests pumped out more carbon dioxide than the blazes in the Amazon this year, according to the European Union's atmosphere observation program.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:43 UTC
Boris Johnson is “dangerous and unfit for office”, claims Scottish leader Sturgeon calling for a vote to “escape Brexit”

Scotland's leader Nicola Sturgeon is to accuse Prime Minister Boris Johnson of being “dangerous and unfit for office” as she launches the SNP's election manifesto. The SNP leader will say that a vote for her party on 12 December will be a vote to “escape Brexit and put Scotland's future in Scotland's hands”.
Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:19 UTC
Abu Dhabi's Premier League Manchester City worth US$ 4.8 billion

The owner of English Premier League champions Manchester City is selling a US$500 million stake to private equity firm Silver Lake, valuing the football club's owner at US$4.8 billion, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Thieves empty German museum of €1 billion in jewels and treasures

Thieves grabbed jewels and other treasures worth up to €1 billion from an eastern German museum in the early hours of Monday, Bild newspaper reported.
Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:17 UTC
Romanian authorities trying to rescue thousands of sheep trapped in a capsized ship

Port authorities tried to right a capsized ship on Monday to rescue thousands of sheep trapped below deck in the Black Sea off Romania. The Palau-registered Queen Hind flipped onto its side shortly after leaving Romania's Midia port en route to Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Its crew, most of them Syrians, were rescued.