MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 22nd 2016
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Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 - 11:36 UTC
Gibraltar court will decide on a man who unfurled a Spanish flag in the Rock
A man was arrested in connection with the unfurling of a Spanish flag in Gibraltar. The man remains in Police custody and will be appearing before the Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning.
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Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 - 05:59 UTC
OAS listens to mediators' appeal for government/opposition dialogue in Venezuela
Addressing the OAS Permanent Council, former Spanish president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said that reconciliation is an indispensable and essential challenge to overcome the current confrontation situation in Venezuela, and although it will be a long, difficult process, he recommends dialogue efforts should continue.
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Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 - 05:53 UTC
Speaker of Brazil's Lower House will feel “proud” if Rousseff is impeached
The speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, currently sidelined pending trial on corruption charges, said Tuesday that he will feel “proud” if the case against suspended President Dilma Rousseff ends with her impeachment.
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Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 - 05:40 UTC
British Antarctic Territory marks Mid-Winter's Day
The flag of the British Antarctic Territory was flying over the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Tuesday,. 21st June to mark mid point of Antarctic winter. 21st June is Mid-Winter’s Day in the British Antarctic Territory.
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Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 - 05:20 UTC
Swire and Ecuadorean foreign minister discuss Julian Assange's case in London
UK Minister for the Americas Hugo Swire MP, met with the new Ecuadorean Foreign Minister, Guillaume Long, in London on Monday to discuss assistance in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake that struck the Andean country in April.
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Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 - 04:59 UTC
Brexit: Investor Soros anticipates sterling would “decline precipitously”
Legendary investor George Soros has warned of “serious consequences” for British jobs and finances if the country leaves the EU. Writing in The Guardian, he said sterling would “decline precipitously” if the Leave camp won Thursday's vote.
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Wednesday, June 22nd 2016 - 04:33 UTC
Brexit: The apocalypse
By Gwynne Dyer - How’s this for apocalyptic? “As a historian I fear Brexit [a British vote to leave the European Union in the referendum on June 23] could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also Western political civilization in its entirety,” said Donald Tusk, the president of the European Union, in an interview published on Monday in the German newspaper Bild.
