Stories for March 8th 2016

Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 14:29 UTC
Senior judges concerned about Lula's arrest but admit “evidence is very serious”

Senior judges in Brazil voiced concern over the detention of former President Lula da Silva, even as they threw their support behind the sweeping corruption investigation that threatens to topple his embattled successor. Lula’s three hours of questioning in police custody on Friday was the highest profile development in the two-year probe focused on state oil firm Petrobras.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 12:38 UTC
Algae bloom in southern Chile causing massive losses in the salmon farms

A group of salmon farms operating in the south of Chile have reported the mass death of millions of salmon. The deaths are attributed to an outbreak of harmful algae, set to generate millions in financial losses and see supermarket prices soar across Chile.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 08:24 UTC
Germany warns Brexit would damage UK, European and global economies

British vote to leave the European Union would damage the British, European and global economies, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said in an interview with the BBC
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 08:08 UTC
Bloomberg fears a three way race could help Trump, and gives up idea of running as an independent

Michael Bloomberg has decided against throwing his hat in the United States 2016 presidential ring. On Monday, March 7, the former New York City mayor, 74, penned a lengthy explanation on his website The Bloomberg View. as to why he will not run for president.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 08:03 UTC
Brazil expected to contract 3.5% this year, says Central Bank survey

Analysts expect Brazil's economy to contract by 3.5% this year, the Central Bank said Monday. Private sector economists, who expected the GDP to contract by 3.45% in the previous weekly survey, also raised their inflation projection from 7.57% to 7.59%.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 07:58 UTC
South Africa's Comair ready to operate from St Helena's airport with a Boeing 737/800

South African airline Comair will operate the Boeing 737-800, configured to seat about 120 passengers, on the route from the St Helena Island’s airport to Johannesburg. A British Overseas Territory, St Helena is a remote South Atlantic island, where French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was once exiled and died after his defeat at Waterloo.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 07:30 UTC
Malcorra in Bolivia holds talks on energy, drug trafficking, science development and South Atlantic Islands

Issues related to energy, drug trafficking and border controls, science and technology development, plus support for the South Atlantic Islands and adjoining maritime spaces claim, were among the main issues addressed by Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra during her visit to Bolivia where she met president Evo Morales and her peer David Choquehuanca Cespedes.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 07:00 UTC
With Lula a weakened myth, Rousseff is fighting for her political life on several fronts

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is fighting for her political life in Congress, the courts and streets this week, but her path to survival has got ever narrower, analysts said on Monday. Rousseff faces impeachment proceedings over alleged fiscal mismanagement, while the Supreme Electoral Court is considering possible campaign funding irregularities that could end up annulling her 2014 reelection.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 06:33 UTC
International Women’s Day celebrations champion a Planet 50-50 by 2030

International Women's Day celebrations on 8 March will mobilize people around the world to call for a Planet 50-50 by 2030. UN Women is organizing a series of diverse, high-profile events in over 40 countries, where ordinary citizens, activists, musicians, athletes, students, security personnel, scholars and stock exchange officials will be among those who commit to “Stepping It Up for Gender Equality.”
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 06:15 UTC
International Women's Day: “From the Glass Ceiling to a Carpet of Shards”

By UN Secretary General, Ban Ki moon - As a boy growing up in post-war Korea, I remember asking about a tradition I observed: women going into labor would leave their shoes at the threshold and then look back in fear. “They are wondering if they will ever step into those shoes again,” my mother explained.