Stories for May 30th 2017

Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 19:49 UTC
“Falklands will not be British or Argentine: rather independent most probably on 3 January 2033”

The quote was mentioned in a piece written by a retired Argentine diplomat who has visited the Falkland Islands several times, but words actually belong to a Foreign Office official appointed to the British High Commission Office in Trinidad & Tobago.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 19:00 UTC
PM Trudeau asks Pope Francis to apologize for abuses committed by the Catholic Church in Canada

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asked Pope Francis to apologize for the role of the Catholic Church in a Canadian school system where indigenous children were abused for decades. The PM met the pontiff at the Vatican on Monday as part of his trip to Italy for the G7 summit.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 09:29 UTC
New Justice minister and personal friend of Temer triggers concerns in corruption investigators

The union representing Brazil's federal police investigators expressed concerns on Monday about how probes into government corruption will be handled by the newly named justice minister, who is a personal friend of President Michel Temer.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 09:22 UTC
Temer urges top electoral court to decide quickly and lift political uncertainty

President Michel Temer urged Brazil's top electoral court to decide quickly on a case alleging illegal funding of his 2014 campaign in order to lift political uncertainty overshadowing a recovery in Latin America's largest economy.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 09:08 UTC
Theresa May tries to re-focus the election campaign on Brexit negotiations

British Prime Minister Theresa May has sought to re-focus the Conservative general election campaign on the forthcoming Brexit negotiations after seeing Labour close the gap in the opinion polls.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 08:56 UTC
EU and Argentina confident a trade deal with Mercosur can be reached by the end of the year

The High Representative and Vice President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini who visited Argentina on Monday praised the rapid progress made in negotiations on a renewed EU/Mercosur trade agreement and was confident remaining obstacles could be overcomes and a deal can be reached by the end of the year.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 08:42 UTC
German election turns into a Trump bashing exercise for “weakening the West”

Germany's top politicians have stepped up criticism of US President Donald Trump, a day after Chancellor Angela Merkel said the US and UK were no longer reliable partners. On Monday Mrs Merkel said it was right not to gloss over differences with the US, while her foreign minister said Mr. Trump's actions “weakened the West”.
Tuesday, May 30th 2017 - 05:13 UTC
Faurie new Argentine foreign minister; Malcorra resigns for family reasons but will remain as advisor

Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra resigned on Monday and will move to Madrid to be closer to her family, President Mauricio Macri announced. Argentina's ambassador to France, Jorge Faurie, will be the new foreign minister and Malcorra will continue as an adviser to the government from afar.