Politics

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 20:51 UTC

  Falklands response to results of the ICRC humanitarian forensic identification project

  

  The Falkland Islands government has released a response to the results of the International Committee of the Red Cross humanitarian project to identify the remains of the Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery. The project was the result of a December 2016 agreement between United Kingdom and the Argentine governments, facilitated by the Falklands government.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 20:36 UTC

  Falkland/Malvinas: ICRC presents results of humanitarian forensic identification project

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday handed out its forensic reports resulting from the work it carried out to identify the mortal remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 18:40 UTC

  Europe in a divided vote renews the glyphosate license for another five years

  

  European countries have voted to renew the license of glyphosate, a widely used weed killer at the centre of environmental concerns. The proposal at the EU Commission's Appeal Committee got 18 votes in favor and nine against, with one abstention, ending months of deadlock.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 09:39 UTC

  Red Cross delivers report on unidentified Argentine combatants buried in Falklands

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross is scheduled on Friday to hand the Argentine government the final report on the 121 graves of unknown Argentine combatants who fought in the South Atlantic conflict in 1982 and are buried in the Darwin cemetery, and whose remains were analyzed for identification earlier this year by a forensic team.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 07:20 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez appeal rejected; money laundering and criminal conspiracy case goes forward

  

  An Argentine court on Thursday rejected an appeal filed by Cristina Kirchner to dismiss charges that she engaged in money laundering, allowing a criminal case against the former president to go forward.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 06:42 UTC

  Argentina as G20 chair will combat protectionism, pledges president Macri

  

  President Mauricio Macri hosted the official launching of the Argentine chair of G20, the world’s major forum for global economic, political, and financial cooperation. In his inaugural speech Macri said Argentina is committed ”to build consensus for fair and sustainable development” and will use its role as the first South American country to chair the G20 group of major economies to combat protectionism.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 06:30 UTC

  Argentina thanks UK government for its technical support and the Falklands for its help attitude

  

  Argentina thanked the “friendship gesture” from the UK government and the attitude of the Falklands' people for helping with the search of the lost submarine ARA San Juan, which has been missing for fifteen days in the South Atlantic.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 06:10 UTC

  Argentine submarine rescue operation is over, but search will continue

  

  Argentina's navy said on Thursday that it is no longer looking for survivors among the 44 sailors aboard the ARA San Juan submarine missing for 15 days, though a multinational operation will continue looking for the vessel.

• Thursday, November 30th 2017 - 15:40 UTC

  More pliant rules for the banking and insurance industry in post-Brexit, says Bank of England

  

  Britain’s regulators will convert banking and insurance rules inherited from the European Union after Brexit to make them more tailored to the British market, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Wednesday. Carney said Britain had long expressed opposition to the EU’s cap on banker bonuses, the full application of banking capital rules on smaller lenders and the bloc’s insurance capital rules.

• Thursday, November 30th 2017 - 15:28 UTC

  Angola's “Mugabe” family powers curtailed; Africa's richest woman sacked as head of oil industry

  

  The new Angolan president fired his predecessor’s daughter as head of the national oil company Sonangol, according to news emerging from one of Africa’s largest oil producers. Isabel Des Santos, also known as Africa’s richest woman, is the billionaire daughter of former President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. He held the position for 37 years before he stepped down in September.