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Montevideo, May 6th 2024 - 23:32 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, June 2nd 2017 - 08:04 UTC

    UK June 8 election: 18 to 24 year olds turnout a determining factor, and challenge for pollsters

    In the 2015 general election, for example, 18 to 24 year olds were almost half as likely to vote as those aged over 65 (43% vs 78%).

    The UK June 8 national election divergence in projections from pollsters is making the result hard to call and one of the key factors at the heart of the variation is whether younger and less well-off voters will turn out, and in what numbers. To achieve an upset, Labour are going to be hugely dependent on the trend that says younger and poorer voters, who appear to be rallying behind party leader James Corbyn, don’t actually vote come polling day.

  • Friday, June 2nd 2017 - 07:47 UTC

    Labour and Tories recovering ground in Scotland; SNP ahead with 43% vote intention

    With just one Westminster seat each in Scotland, both parties are targeting gains from the SNP, which secured 56 of the 59 constituencies in the last general election.

    Labour is running neck-and-neck with the Tories in Scotland, with both parties attracting around 25% of the vote, a new opinion poll has indicated. While the latest Ipsos Mori findings for STV put the SNP (Scottish National Party) out in front with backing from 43% of Scots certain to vote - down from its 2015 result of 50% - Scottish Labour and the Scottish Conservatives are tied on 25% each.

  • Friday, June 2nd 2017 - 07:23 UTC

    HMS Clyde, protecting the Falklands for a decade

    The Falklands Patrol Vessel has recently returned from maintenance work in South Africa

    This year, 2017, is key for HMS Clyde as it marks her tenth year operating in the southern hemisphere as the Falkland Islands Patrol Vessel, having first arrived on September 21, 2007.

  • Friday, June 2nd 2017 - 06:42 UTC

    May disappointed with Trump's decision to drop Paris climate change agreement; Europe condemns

    Downing Street said “The prime minister expressed her disappointment with the decision and stressed UK remained committed to the Paris Agreement”

    PM Theresa May has told Donald Trump of her “disappointment” with his decision to pull the US out of the 2015 Paris climate agreement. In a phone call with the US president, Mrs. May said the UK remained committed to the deal, according to a Downing Street statement. But Mrs. May has been criticized for not signing a joint condemnation from France, Germany, and Italy. Mr. Trump said he would try to negotiate a new, “fairer” climate deal.

  • Friday, June 2nd 2017 - 06:15 UTC

    ICRC team underlines good understanding with Falkland Islanders

    Laurent Corbaz is confident there is “a good understanding” with the Islanders

    Head of the Humanitarian Project Plan (HPP) team to identify Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin Cemetery confident to complete on-site operations in August, full task by end of year, speaks of “good understanding” with Islanders.

  • Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 10:04 UTC

    EU and China team up to meet Paris climate change accord and warn Trump

    Juncker said the Group of Seven leaders “tried to explain in clear simple sentences to Trump” at a recent summit in Italy.

    The European Commission president has said that it was the “duty of Europe” to stand up to the US if President Donald Trump decides to pull his country out of the Paris climate change accord. Jean-Claude Juncker said that “the Americans can't just get out of the agreement,” adding that “it takes three to four years” to pull out.

  • Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 09:39 UTC

    Falklands' Darwin cemetery Red Cross team flies to the Islands on Saturday

    The ICRC delegation headed by Laurent Corbaz is making the round of contacts with Malvinas relatives and Argentine officials from different ministries

    The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, which will lead the task of identifying the unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Falkland Islands, and currently in Buenos Aires, will be arriving in the Islands next Saturday and work is expected to begin as had been anticipated on 19 June.

  • Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 07:32 UTC

    UK June 8 election opinion polls marred in controversy

    A total of eight polls carried out since the May 22 Manchester suicide attack have shown May's lead over the Labour Party narrowing

    Prime Minister Theresa May could lose control of parliament in Britain's June 8 election, according to a projection by polling company YouGov, raising the prospect of political turmoil just as formal Brexit talks begin.

  • Thursday, June 1st 2017 - 07:09 UTC

    JBS meatpackers agree to pay record fine of US$ 3.2bn for corruption practices

    The settlement follows testimony from J&F's owners Joesley and Wesley Batista that they spent 600 million Reais to bribe nearly 1,900 politicians in recent years

    J&F Investimentos, controlling shareholder of the world's largest meatpacker JBS SA,, agreed to pay a record-setting 10.3 billion real (US$3.2 billion) fine for its role in corruption scandals that threaten to topple President Michel Temer. The settlement meant Brazil's sweeping graft investigations have now led to the world's two biggest leniency fines ever levied, Brazilian prosecutors said.

  • Wednesday, May 31st 2017 - 22:06 UTC

    Brazil cuts Selic rate to 10.25%, lowest since December 2013: slowing inflation and gradual recovery

    The Central Bank Copom states that it was unanimously decided to reduce the Selic rate by one percentage point, to 10.25% per year, without bias

    The Central Bank of Brazil unanimously cut its key Selic rate by 100 basis points to 10.25 percent on Wednesday May 31st of 2017, as widely anticipated. It is the sixth straight rate decline, bringing borrowing costs to the lowest since December of 2013 amid slowing inflation and a gradual recovery.