Politics

• Friday, June 19th 2015 - 15:32 UTC

  Joint IAATO-Lloyd’s Register workshop to prepare for the Polar Code

  

  A dynamic, interactive and constructive workshop on how to tackle implementing the forthcoming International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s Polar Code has just concluded and fittingly, the workshop took place at London’s home of exploration, the Royal Geographical Society, Kensington.

• Friday, June 19th 2015 - 06:13 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez confirms Scioli; sponsors three candidates for Buenos Aires province governor

  

  In a display of her political standing, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez confirmed Daniel Scioli as her Victory Font's grouping presidential candidate forcing the other hopeful, whom she had also encouraged, Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo to step down from his candidacy.

• Friday, June 19th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  Thatcher secret documents on Falklands' war reveal her anxiety over casualties

  

  The Mail on line revealed on Thursday a secret handwritten account of the Falklands War by Margaret Thatcher. The 128 page, 17,000 word handwritten memoir of the 1982 conflict reveals for the first time her anxiety on the eve of battle and her joy at winning back the Islands from Argentina.

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 07:08 UTC

  Mercosur/EU hope 'for positive news in third quarter' despite members' domestic problems

  

  The European Union also has difficulties in completing a draft proposal of goods and services to exchange with Mercosur in the search for a long delayed trade agreement between the two blocks, revealed Uruguayan vice-president Raul Sendic during a report to the Senate on his recent 10/11 June trip to Brussels for the Celac/EU summit. However in “the third quarter of the year there should be positive news”.

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 06:58 UTC

  Fed ready for interest rate hike, but precise timing depends on jobs and inflation

  

  Citing an improving economy, the Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday it is most probably on track to raise historically low interest rates as early as September, but that rates are likely to climb more gradually than it previously

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 06:40 UTC

  Chilean striking teachers take to the streets; million students with no classes

  

  Thousands of striking teachers have taken to the streets in the Chilean capital Santiago to protest against education reform plans. The peaceful rally held on Wednesday turned violent when clashes erupted between riot police and a group of protesters, which led to the arrest of a number of people.

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  Falklands' makes its debut among Argentine fans in the America Cup

  

  The America Copa (Cup) currently being played in Chile, and the region's national teams main football competition, has not been without incidents. The one that has attracted most headlines, so far, was the host's leading squad player, Arturo Vidal who went on public television to apologize for drunk driving after crashing his Ferrari.

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 05:35 UTC

  Argentine province makes it mandatory to sing a march dedicated to Malvinas Islands

  

  The Argentine province of Salta has passed a law forcing people to sing a song at every public event declaring that the Falkland Islands belong to Argentina. The law will also require every state school in the province to sing the song, known as ”Lilian Guitián, alongside the national anthem.

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 05:18 UTC

  Chris Evans will replace Jeremy Clarkson as lead presenter of Top Gear

  

  British TV and radio personality Chris Evans will replace Jeremy Clarkson as the lead presenter of an all-new Top Gear line-up, the BBC has announced. Evans said he was “thrilled” to get the job, describing the motoring show as his “favorite program of all time”.

• Thursday, June 18th 2015 - 05:01 UTC

  Switzerland pulling the noose: evidence of 53 FIFA suspicious banking reports

  

  Swiss authorities say they have evidence of 53 suspicious FIFA-linked banking relations reported by Swiss banks. Under the Anti-Money-Laundering Framework of Switzerland, banks are required to report any suspicious activity that happens within their accounts. Some of the 53 suspicious reports are among 104 banking relations already known by the investigators.