Stories for July 4th 2016

Monday, July 4th 2016 - 10:18 UTC
Brazilian unemployment reached a record 11.2% in the March/May quarter

Brazil's jobless rate remained stuck at a record 11.2% at the end of May, the government statistics office reported. The rate for March through May was unchanged from the previous quarter, with 11.4 million people officially out of work, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said. A year ago, the jobless rate was 8.1%.
Monday, July 4th 2016 - 10:05 UTC
Czech president referendum proposal on EU and NATO, rattles Brussels

The Czech government has no intention of holding any referendum on European Union or NATO membership, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka's office said in a statement, a week after Britain's surprise vote to leave the bloc.
Monday, July 4th 2016 - 09:56 UTC
Exxon-Mobil-Hess confirm that off Guyana coast oil discovery is largest in two years

ExxonMobil and its partner Hess Corp. have announced that the major discovery off the coast of Guyana, in the north of South America and bordering with Venezuela, is a discovery that is much larger than previously expected.
Monday, July 4th 2016 - 09:45 UTC
New York Times gets involved in Rio Olympics Games catastrophe controversy

Rio de Janeiro’s mayor lashed out Sunday at an opinion piece in The New York Times which warned of “catastrophe” at next month’s Olympic Games.
Monday, July 4th 2016 - 09:35 UTC
Austrian Euro-skeptic presidential candidate has a chance to turn narrow defeat into victory

In a move that could turn into the next blow to the EU after Britain’s exit vote, Austria’s highest court ordered a rerun of the country’s presidential election. The landmark decision gives a right-wing candidate the chance to turn his narrow defeat into victory.
Monday, July 4th 2016 - 09:20 UTC
Pope Francis at peace with Macri: denies any problems, “he's a noble person”

Pope Francis said he has no problems with Argentine president Mauricio Macri, whom he described as a well born, noble person, revealing that in the past, as mayor and archbishop of Buenos Aires, they had differences but always addressed them in private and positively.
Monday, July 4th 2016 - 08:56 UTC
Cristina Fernandez calls on the opposition leaders to 'fulfill' their role checking on Macri's administration

Argentine former president Cristina Fernandez criticized her fellow opposition leaders, accusing them of failing to “fulfill” their role as a check on President Mauricio Macri’s administration.
Monday, July 4th 2016 - 04:51 UTC
Spain insists with joint sovereignty for Gibraltar, if it wants to remain in the EU

Spain has said it will formally propose to the European Union that the question of Gibraltar be treated separately when it negotiates Britain’s exit. The acting Foreign Minister, José Manuel García-Margallo reminded journalists in Spain that when Britain leaves all EU treaties will stop applying to the Rock.
Monday, July 4th 2016 - 04:27 UTC
Chagos Islanders, forcibly removed 40 years ago, lose legal challenge to return

The former residents of the Chagos Islands who were forcibly removed from their homeland more than 40 years ago have lost their legal challenge to return. Families left the Indian Ocean islands in the 1960s and 70s to make way for a US Air Force base on Diego Garcia, the largest of the group of islands.