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Stories for June 2017

  • Monday, June 5th 2017 - 08:29 UTC

    Decisive week for Temer's presidency; Electoral Court could have him ousted

    TSE case alleges reelection victory in 2014 of president Dilma Rousseff and her then vice president Temer was fatally tainted by illegal campaign funds

    Brazil's Michel Temer is already fighting a devastating corruption scandal, but this week he faces a more immediate threat: a court ruling on whether he should even be president. The case in the Supreme Electoral Tribunal or TSE was long considered a slow-burning sideshow to the developments in Brazil's corruption revelations, which have now reached the top.

  • Monday, June 5th 2017 - 08:12 UTC

    “Enough is enough” says PM May, “too much tolerance of extremism in our country”; confirms Thursday election

    “It is time to say enough is enough,” Theresa May said outside her Downing Street office, where British flags flew at half-staff.

    Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain must be tougher in stamping out Islamist extremism after attackers killed at least seven people by ramming a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and stabbing revelers in nearby bars. After the third militant attack in Britain in less than three months, May said Thursday's national election would go ahead. But she proposed regulating cyberspace and said Britain had been far too tolerant of extremism.

  • Monday, June 5th 2017 - 07:53 UTC

    Corbyn says police should use “whatever force is necessary” to save lives

    Jeremy Corbyn, who has previously questioned the wisdom of a shoot-to-kill policy, also backed the police to use “whatever force is necessary” to save lives.

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has accused the Conservatives of trying to “protect the public on the cheap” in a speech focusing on the London terror attack. Mr. Corbyn, who has previously questioned the wisdom of a shoot-to-kill policy, also backed the police to use “whatever force is necessary” to save lives. His comments mark the end of a pause in Labor's campaigning after the attack.

  • Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 14:05 UTC

    Falklands/Malvinas: Red Cross head of project has arrived in the Islands

    Laurent Corbaz, head of the project for the ICRC, arrived on Saturday to the Islands. The rest of the team is expected to join him in the coming weeks.

    The International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, has reported that final preparations are underway ahead of work to identify the mortal remains of the unidentified Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery at the Falklands/Malvinas. Laurent Corbaz, head of the project for the ICRC, arrived on Saturday to the Islands. The rest of the team is expected to join him in the coming weeks.

  • Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 13:56 UTC

    Falklands: Goose Green commemorates 35th Liberation day

    Goose Green Village Hall where Islanders were imprisoned when the Argentine Military Junta took over the Islands in 1982.

    Falkland Islanders who were held prisoner in the Goose Green Community Hall by the invading Argentine forces in 1982, joined with members of the British 3 PARA to commemorate those who died during the battle to liberate the settlement which happened at 13:30 hours May 29th.

  • Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 13:17 UTC

    Argentina inaugurates Tierra del Fuego offshore gas deposit which provides 8% of the country's demand

    “Vega Pléyade supplies between 7.5% and 8% of Argentina's total consumption of gas”, said Energy and Mining minister Juan Jose Aranguren

    Argentina formally inaugurated the Vega Pleyade gas and condensate deposit off the coast of Tierra del Fuego considered the most austral of its kind in the world, and which has been supplying the country with nine million cubic meters daily since February 2016. The well is operated by French Total (37.5%) together with Wintershall Energy (37.5%) and Panamerican South (25%), demanded an investment of 1.1bn dollars over three years.

  • Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 12:57 UTC

    Brazilian police arrests close friend and aide of president Temer

    Prosecutors allege he was handling a bribe from a businessman who had been recorded discussing hush money with President Temer.

    Brazilian police have arrested Rodrigo Rocha Loures, a former congressman and close friend of President Michel Temer. Rocha Loures was seen in a video released in May carrying a bag with 500,000 Brazilian Reais (US$154,000).

  • Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 12:51 UTC

    US unemployment down to 4.3% in May, but fewer jobs were added

    Payrolls increased by just 138,000. Economists had expected growth of more than 180,000. Official job creation figures for March and April were also revised down.

    United States employers added fewer jobs than expected in May, but the unemployment rate dipped further as the economy headed toward full employment. The unemployment rate last month was 4.3%, falling a 10th of a percentage point to its lowest level since 2001, the US Labor Department said on Friday.

  • Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 12:34 UTC

    South Georgia working with UN Environment program on terrestrial protected areas

    Developing a suite of Terrestrial Protected Areas was identified as a high priority in the 2016-2020 strategy and GSGSSI values working UNEP-WCMC

    The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) has embarked on an exciting new collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) to develop a series of protected areas for South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands.

  • Sunday, June 4th 2017 - 12:19 UTC

    British embassy in Santiago, a huge success during Chile's Heritage Day

    Ambassador Fiona Clouder greeted the visitors to the Residence, presenting the strong historic links between Chile and the UK.

    The British Embassy in Santiago participated in Chile’s Heritage Day on Sunday 28 May by hosting an open doors morning at the Residence, a building of historical value located in the El Golf area, which was acquired by the British Government in 1966.