Politics

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Brazilian soy farmers launch “awareness campaign” against Bayer's possible anticompetitive practices

  

  A Brazilian grain growers association has launched a hot line to encourage farmers to report practices on the part of Germany’s Bayer SA that potentially could be anti-competitive, according to statement sent to Reuters on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Four Brazilian banks under investigation on competition issues

  

  Brazil’s antitrust watchdog Cade is investigating four banks in the country for allegedly creating competition hurdles to digital banking newcomer Nubank, the watchdog said in a statement on Monday.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 08:28 UTC

  Trump to the rescue of Harley Davidson motorbikes: threatens to reciprocate “unfair” EU tariffs

  

  Donald Trump has vowed to reciprocate against “unfair” European Union trade duties on Harley Davidson motorbikes. The US President had previously criticized the US bike maker for its plans to shift American production overseas to avoid EU tariffs.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 08:19 UTC

  Google in trouble over alleged retaliation against protests by women staff

  

  Organizers of a series of walkouts in protest at Google's treatment of women have said they have since become victims of retaliation by the company. In November, 20,000 employees walked out of their offices demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations were dealt with at Google.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Argentina managed a quarterly primary surplus during the first quarter

  

  Argentina ran a primary fiscal deficit of 13.037 billion pesos (US$ 305.32 million) in March, the country’s Treasury minister Nicolás Dujovne said at a press conference on Monday, though posted a first-quarter surplus of 10.347 billion pesos.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Bolivia considering exporting natural gas from liquefaction terminals in Argentina

  

  Bolivia is looking at exporting natural gas globally through liquefaction terminals to be built in Argentina, and to buy crude from its southern neighbor, Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Monday, a move that would compensate for dwindling sales of its main export to Argentina and Brazil.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Mueller report: Congress “can't impeach me” says Donald Trump

  

  President Donald Trump said on Monday that Congress “can't impeach” him over the findings of the Mueller report into Russian election meddling and his alleged attempts to hamper the investigation.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Catalonia’s secession surfaces again in Spanish debate ahead of Sunday elections

  

  Spain's outgoing prime minister faced an onslaught of criticism on Monday from his right-wing rivals over Catalonia's secession crisis in a testy four-way debate ahead of elections, while he warned them against cosying up to the far-right.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Rift between Sir Lanka president and PM kept security forces on the black about the coming attacks

  

  A rift between Sri Lanka's president and prime minister, which sparked a crisis last year, came under scrutiny on Monday a day after a series of deadly bomb blasts, with questions over how the government handled a recent warning of an attack.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Climate change protestors clear London's busiest streets: 1.065 arrested

  

  Some of London's busiest streets re-opened Monday for the first time in a week as climate change protesters regrouped and plotted a new course after police made more than 1,000 arrests. The so-called Extinction Rebellion took over the heart of the British capital in a bid to focus global attention on rising temperatures and sea levels caused by greenhouse gas emissions.