Politics

Monday, December 11th 2017 - 02:49 UTC
Battle Day in London

The annual Falklands memorial service at the Cenotaph took place on the 9th December under a brilliant cloudless sky. This commemorates all those who gave their lives liberating the Falklands from Argentine occupation in 1982. But it originally commemorated the naval Battle of the Falkland Islands, on the 8th of December 1914, and those who gave their lives then.
Monday, December 11th 2017 - 02:38 UTC
Arab allies urge US to abandon recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital; appeal to UN Security Council

Arab foreign ministers on Sunday urged the United States to abandon its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying the move would increase violence throughout the region.
Monday, December 11th 2017 - 02:13 UTC
WTO summit takes off in Buenos Aires: anybody's guess what the outcome can be

Under fire from the United States, wracked by disagreements over China and unable to kick-start stalled trade talks, the World Trade Organization meets under a cloud in Argentina from this Sunday. The Buenos Aires meeting will be the first in the era of US President Donald Trump, who has pummeled the 164-member body relentlessly since taking office, even describing it as a “disaster”
Monday, December 11th 2017 - 01:48 UTC
Fishing subsidies to be on the WTO summit table in Buenos Aires

Meeting for the first time in Latin America, the World Trade Organization’s 11th Ministerial Conference will take place in Buenos Aires from 10-13 December. Central to this year’s talks will be an international deal to curb harmful fishing subsidies. These are government payments or tax breaks that contribute to overcapacity, overfishing and illegal fishing (IUU) globally.
Monday, December 11th 2017 - 01:31 UTC
WTO summit in Buenos Aires: Argentina revokes WTO credentials of European activists

Argentina blocked two European activists from entering the country on the eve of the World Trade Organization's ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires, the two told a local radio program Saturday.
Friday, December 8th 2017 - 21:13 UTC
Breakthrough in Brexit negotiations; Juncker calls it a compromise

The European Commission said on Friday enough progress had been made in Brexit negotiations with Britain to allow a second phase of talks on future relations to begin, ending an impasse over the status of the Irish border.
Friday, December 8th 2017 - 14:47 UTC
Battle Day marked in the Falkland Islands 103 years on

Residents of the Falkland Islands annually mark one of the early major naval battles of the First World War, which took place off the coast of the Islands. This year the event was commemorated with a traditional parade, made up of Members of the Falkland Islands Defence Force.
Friday, December 8th 2017 - 08:35 UTC
Judge indicts Cristina Fernandez for treason and puts Timerman under house arrest

A federal judge in Argentina indicted former President Cristina Fernandez for treason and asked for her arrest for allegedly covering up Iran’s possible role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people and injured hundreds, a court ruling said.
Friday, December 8th 2017 - 08:30 UTC
Brexit minister admits to Parliament there are no impact assessments for the UK economy

There were calls for David Davis to resign as Brexit Secretary and face investigation for contempt of Parliament, after he admitted that the UK Government has produced no impact assessments on the effect of Brexit on different sectors of the UK economy.
Friday, December 8th 2017 - 08:20 UTC
Falklands/Buenos Aires Ezeiza airport direct flight by a RAF Voyager transport

A RAF Voyager transport, in a direct link from MPA in the Falkland Islands landed on Thursday morning at Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires with 25 members of the HMS Protector crew, on time to catch a midday British Airways flight to London. It has been decades since an RAF unit lands in the Argentine capital international airport.