Stories for April 2017

Tuesday, April 25th 2017 - 06:43 UTC
Briefing to US Senate on North Korea, while “armada” approaches the peninsula

US submarine has arrived in South Korea, amid worries of another North Korean missile or nuclear test. The missile-armed USS Michigan is set to join an incoming group of warships led by aircraft carrier Carl Vinson.
Tuesday, April 25th 2017 - 06:28 UTC
Major earthquake rocks Santiago: no human losses, energy and cell phone networks partially down

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck off the west coast of Chile on Monday, rocking the capital Santiago and briefly causing alarm along the Pacific Coast but sparing the quake-prone nation of any serious damage. The quake was centered about 137 km from Santiago, and some 35 km west of the coastal city of Valparaiso.
Monday, April 24th 2017 - 19:36 UTC
American Airlines apologizes for incident with passenger and suspends attendant

American Airlines on Saturday apologized to a female passenger and suspended an employee after a video showing an onboard clash over a baby stroller went viral, in the latest embarrassment for a U.S. carrier over how it treated a customer.
Monday, April 24th 2017 - 15:04 UTC
World Book and Copyright Day message from Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO

World Book and Copyright Day is an opportunity to highlight the power of books to promote our vision of knowledge societies that are inclusive, pluralistic, equitable, open and participatory for all citizens.
Monday, April 24th 2017 - 14:36 UTC
Trump receives Argentine president Macri at the White House on Thursday

Argentine and United States presidents Mauricio Macri and Donald Trump will be addressing bilateral trade, the Venezuelan situation, combating drugs and declassification of documents from the last dictatorship when they meet next Thursday at the While House, according to Chargé d'Affaires Thomas Cooney currently running the US embassy in Buenos Aires.
Monday, April 24th 2017 - 11:26 UTC
PM May's snap election driven by “political opportunism”, claims EU parliament Brexit negotiator

UK Prime Minister Theresa May's claims that a general election victory will strengthen her hand in Brexit negotiations have been called “nonsensical” by the European Parliament's chief Brexit coordinator. Guy Verhofstadt, a long-standing critic of Brexit, wrote in The Observer that it was “irrelevant” whether the Conservatives increased their majority.
Monday, April 24th 2017 - 08:42 UTC
Temer insists that the corruption scandal won't paralyze Brazil

President Michel Temer insists that a growing corruption scandal in his government will not paralyze Brazil as it struggles to emerge from its deepest recession in history. “Brazil doesn’t stop,” he said in an interview broadcast on Spanish television TVE ahead of a visit Monday by Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. “So it won’t be corrupt acts that paralyze the country.”
Monday, April 24th 2017 - 08:25 UTC
Spain's Rajoy visits Brazil and Uruguay to stress trade and Mercosur

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy arrived in Brazil on Sunday on an official two-day visit during which he will meet with President Michel Temer and follow a markedly economic agenda, including Mercosur and current ongoing talks with the EU in Brussels. The second leg of the trip will take Rajoy to Uruguay.
Monday, April 24th 2017 - 07:53 UTC
Macron is favorite over Le Pen to win the French presidential runoff in May

The independent pro Europe Emmanuel Macron will face far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a run-off for the French presidency on 7 May, near-final results show. With 96% of votes counted from Sunday's first round, Mr. Macron has 23.9% with Ms Le Pen on 21.4%.
Monday, April 24th 2017 - 07:05 UTC
Euro jumps to a five-month high as French election results bring relief to investors

The value of the Euro jumped to a five-month high, after the first round of voting in the French presidential election on Sunday. Results indicate that independent pro Europe pro deregulation Emmanuel Macron, and far-right Marine Le Pen are through to the final round.