On the 32nd anniversary of the Argentine invasion, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner unveils a new currency note featuring a map of the Falkland Islands.

International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde calls for "brave action" to stop the global economy heading for "years of sub-par growth".

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives in Perth, Western Australia, where the search for missing flight MH370 is being co-ordinated.

The Fort Hood Army base in Texas, site of a 2009 rampage, is in lockdown after a shooting, with one death and at least 14 injuries reported.

A statue of the iconic movie star Marilyn Monroe has been dismantled in California, to the surprise of tourists.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet praises the "calm behaviour" of the population after Tuesday's 8.2 quake and tsunami warning.

The European Union begins the roll-out on Thursday of the biggest Earth-observation programme ever conceived - with the launch of the Sentinel-1a radar satellite from French Guiana.

A long-lost masterpiece of British silent cinema is discovered in the Netherlands, almost 90 years after it was last seen.