Politics

• Friday, April 1st 2016 - 01:30 UTC

  Falklands bid farewell to Sea King Helicopters

  

  The Falkland Islands community bid farewell to two Search & Rescue (SAR) helicopters today after over three decades of service. Both the two RAF Sea King helicopters were brought to the capital Stanley today for the local community to say goodbye, as well as meet the crew who man the aircraft. The new AAR helicopter, which will replace the existing RAF SAR service, was also present at the farewell today.

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 22:54 UTC

  Argentine congress overwhelmingly approves deal with creditors to end 15-year conflict

  

  After 13 hours of debate, Argentina's senate voted overwhelmingly to approve a deal with creditors in the US, putting an end to a sovereign bonds' dispute that had lasted 15 years. The deal was reached in late February, and the Lower House passed it earlier this month. The senate began debating on Wednesday morning and on early Thursday passed the measure by 54 votes to 16.

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 22:41 UTC

  Controversy in Argentina over Malvinas invasion date: Macri will not attend any of the April 2 anniversary events

  

  Malvinas veterans expressed great displeasure with the official announcement that Argentine president Mauricio Macri will not be attending any of the programmed events in different cities and provinces on the 34th anniversary of the Argentine April 2 invasion of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, according to Buenos Aires media.

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 15:28 UTC

  Singapore's Changai best world airport; three Japanese terminals in top ten

  

  Singapore’s Changi Airport has been named the best airport in the world for the fourth consecutive year in Skytrax’s World Airport Awards. Changi, which bagged the top spot for the seventh time, also won for best airport for leisure amenities and was hard to beat with a rooftop swimming pool and spa, free 24-hour cinema, and even butterfly and cactus gardens.

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 02:04 UTC

  Rousseff cancels Washington trip to avoid Temer from becoming acting president

  

  President Dilma Rousseff decided on Tuesday to cancel her planned trip to the United States next Thursday to participate in the 4th Nuclear Security Summit, to be held in Washington.

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 00:46 UTC

  “The Argentines are childish stalkers who menace us Falkland Islanders”

  

  By Lisa Watson (*), published in The Telegraph - Having a neighbor like Argentina is like living next door to your stalker – someone who terrorizes you but then tearfully berates you for rejecting their advances.

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 00:28 UTC

  European Court supports UK ruling on Brazilian mistakenly shot dead in 2005

  

  British authorities were right not to prosecute police officers over the killing of a Brazilian man who was shot dead on the London Underground after being mistaken for a suicide bomber, a European court ruled on Wednesday.

• Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 00:14 UTC

  Beijing reminds Argentina of the jigger sinking before a possible meeting of Macri with Xi Jinping

  

  Beijing said that it “expects Argentina to perform according to law” in reference to the recent sinking of a Chinese flagged jigger by the country's Coast Guard and which was operating in Argentina's EEZ. The announcement is considered significant in Buenos Aires since Argentine president Mauricio Macri is expecting to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping in Washington, next Friday in the framework of the Nuclear security summit.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2016 - 08:32 UTC

  Brazil Finance minister disregards calls from Lula for tax breaks and more credit

  

  Brazilian Finance Minister Nelson Barbosa said on Tuesday it is not the time for more tax breaks, disagreeing publicly with former president Lula da Silva's call for fiscal stimulus to revive a moribund economy.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2016 - 08:23 UTC

  Yellen says the Fed will 'proceed cautiously' and in no hurry to raise interest rate

  

  Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that the Fed still envisions a gradual pace of interest rate increases in light of global pressures that could weigh on the economy. Yellen did not specify a timetable for further hikes to follow the Fed's rate increase in December from record lows. She said the risks to the United States remain limited but cautions that assessment is subject to “considerable uncertainty.”