Politics

• Saturday, June 10th 2017 - 10:26 UTC

  Argentina invites UK to resume Falklands question negotiations

  

  Argentina has again invited the UK to resume negotiations on the Falklands/Malvinas question, following on UN assembly resolutions, and urges an end to unilateral activities related to exploration and exploitation of renewable and non renewable natural resources in the disputed area, as well as to the British military presence in the South Atlantic.

• Saturday, June 10th 2017 - 09:31 UTC

  Theresa May stays on but with a shaky coalition: Ulster Unionists and Scottish Tories

  

  Theresa May is expected to finalize her team of ministers later as she seeks to form a government with the support of the Democratic Unionist Party. Ministers say initial talks have begun with Northern Ireland's DUP after the Conservatives failed to secure a majority in Thursday's election. The Tories needed 326 seats to win but fell short by eight. The DUP won 10.

• Saturday, June 10th 2017 - 09:16 UTC

  Brazil tightens corruption controls on banks and listed companies

  

  Brazilian presidential decree raising fines on banks and listed companies involved in illicit acts aims to empower the central bank and the country's securities industry watchdog in their efforts to bolster transparency, Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles said in Paris.

• Saturday, June 10th 2017 - 08:51 UTC

  Temer wins the day with a divided vote. “The system needs stability” was the decisive argument

  

  Brazil's top electoral court gave embattled President Michel Temer a big victory late Friday, voting to reject allegations of campaign finance violations that could have removed him from office. After four days of deliberations, judges voted 4-3 in a case that many viewed as a measure of whether Temer could remain in office amid a ballooning corruption scandal and single-digit popularity.

• Friday, June 9th 2017 - 21:44 UTC

  Strong indications that president Temer will survive the Electoral Court case and remain in office

  

  Brazil's top electoral court on Thursday excluded testimony of engineering company executives from an illegal campaign funding trial against President Michel Temer, a move that suggested it would throw out a case that had threatened to unseat him.

• Friday, June 9th 2017 - 11:14 UTC

  Falklands: Red Cross exhumation of Argentine remains in three phases

  

  With 123 graves to be exhumed but 140 families waiting for news, the exhumation and identification of Argentine war dead in the Falklands will bring answers to some families, but not every family involved, Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Operational Coordinator for the project to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin Cemetery.

• Friday, June 9th 2017 - 11:10 UTC

  Hung parliament in UK; Theresa May calls for stability; Corbyn says PM must go

  

  Britain's Conservatives have lost their majority in a snap general that has resulted in a hung parliament. With just a handful of seats left to declare, Thursday polls shows gains for the opposition Labour Party. This is seen as a humiliation for PM Minister Theresa May, who chose to call the election to try to strengthen her hand in talks with the EU on Brexit.

• Friday, June 9th 2017 - 10:58 UTC

  Germany and Argentina pledged to fight protectionism and reach a Mercosur/EU trade deal

  

  Germany and Argentina voiced hopes Thursday for a free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur as German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Buenos Aires. In talks with Argentine President Mauricio Macri, Merkel discussed bilateral commerce and efforts to strike a deal with the Mercosur grouping of South American countries.

• Friday, June 9th 2017 - 10:43 UTC

  Fired ex FBI chief claims Trump spread “lies”, could have obstructed justice and fired him over Russiagate

  

  Former FBI Director James Comey asserted on Thursday that President Donald Trump fired him to interfere with his investigation of Russia's ties to the Trump campaign, bluntly accusing the White House of spreading “lies, plain and simple.” Comey also revealed that he'd orchestrated the public release of information about his private conversations with the president in an effort to further the investigation.

• Friday, June 9th 2017 - 08:30 UTC

  Falklands' lawmaker confirms Canadian full support for self determination

  

  Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Mike Summers, currently in Ottawa to meet Canadian Liberal and Conservative members of parliament, and government officials, stated that Canada has been a friend of the Falklands for many years and has always supported the right of self determination for people.