Stories for December 2017

Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 21:50 UTC
OAS observers will be deployed in Brazil's general election of October 2018

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Brazil signed the Procedural Agreement for the first deployment of an Electoral Observation Mission to Brazil.
Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 11:08 UTC
Trump the big looser in Alabama's senate race: several crucial bills imperiled

Doug Jones has become the first Democrat in 25 years to win a US Senate seat for Alabama after a bitter campaign against Republican Roy Moore. The 63-year-old former prosecutor's victory deals a blow to Republicans, narrowing their majority to 51-49 in the Senate. With 99% of the votes counted, Mr Moore refused to concede on Tuesday night.
Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 10:57 UTC
PM May faces rebellion from backbenchers who demand last say on Brexit final deal

The British government is facing the threat of a defeat by rebel backbenchers when MPs vote on its flagship EU legislation. Led by the former Attorney General Dominic Grieve, the rebels want to insert a legal guarantee that MPs should get a vote on any final Brexit deal before it is finalized.
Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 08:43 UTC
Timerman denied release from house arrest, despite a very delicate medical condition

Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio denied on Tuesday a request for the release of Argentine ex foreign minister Hector Timerman who will remain under house arrest as part of the case in which he was indicted for treason and cover up of the investigation into the 1994 AMIA Jewish organization attack in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 08:29 UTC
US, EU and Japan target China on market distorting trade practices and policies

The United States, European Union and Japan vowed on Tuesday to work together to fight market-distorting trade practices and policies that have fueled excess production capacity, naming several key features of China’s economic system.
Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 08:14 UTC
Russia and EU ready to discuss mutual lifting of trade restrictions, says Moscow

Russian Economy Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin said after the meeting with EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom on the sidelines of the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial conference in Argentina that Russia and the European Union have agreed to discuss the mutual lifting of trade restrictions.
Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 08:03 UTC
Mercosur/EU ever so close but the accord has yet to be grasped, maybe 2018

The talks between the European Union and Mercosur will likely extend into next year after European negotiators said they needed more time to respond to improved offers, a source from Mercosur negotiators said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 07:33 UTC
May expresses solidarity to Macri over the missing ARA San Juan submarine

British Prime Minister Theresa May contacted on Tuesday Argentine president Mauricio Macri to express solidarity over the missing submarine ARA San Juan which disappeared on 15 November in the South Atlantic after exchanging messages with its base in Mar del Plata. The news was supplied by the official Argentine news agency, Telam.
Tuesday, December 12th 2017 - 23:55 UTC
EC warns Brexit will affect most airline services to, from UK

The European Commission stressed Tuesday that licenses to operate flights between Britain and Europe will cease to be valid. Other major changes are also foreseen since open-skies agreements made with the United States and other countries via the European Union will not be forceable post Brexit.
Tuesday, December 12th 2017 - 21:04 UTC
Universal health coverage is a fundamental human right

“The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition”, said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.