Stories for April 24th 2018

Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 23:21 UTC
Falklands: “Commercial and cultural office” in Stanley to promote Argentina, suggests ex diplomat

The Falklands population is crucial for any solution to the Argentine claim over the Islands given their overwhelming support from British public opinion (and political system), and its full integration with the 53-nation Commonwealth, according to Argentine ex diplomat Jorge Lidio Viñuela, considered an expert and militant on the issue of South Atlantic insular claims.
Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 08:50 UTC
Some 15 Brazilian presidential hopefuls have 160 cases in court, according to Folha de Sao Paulo

At least 15 of the 20 candidates who might run for president of Brazil in the October elections are targeted in more than 160 cases in courts throughout the country. Cases range from investigations in the Lava Jato operation to traffic offenses, and while in some cases would-be candidates are still only under investigation, in others they are either accused, or defendants, or have been sentenced – one of them was even arrested: former president Lula da Silva (PT), who is currently leading the poles.
Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 08:42 UTC
Brazil poised for historic oil boom

By Mathew Smith<br />
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After being caught up in major corruption scandals and suffering from what some have claimed was its worst economic downturn in 100-years, Brazil has pulled itself back from the brink. The economy commenced growing again in 2017 with gross domestic product (GDP) expanding by 1 percent and 2018 GDP growth forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to be 2.3%.
Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 08:39 UTC
London mayor calls on voters to try and halt a hard Brexit with a massive turnout in local elections

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called on the capital’s 1.1 million EU nationals to turn out in force at next week’s local elections to try to halt a hard Brexit. Speaking ahead of campaigning in south London with Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer, Mr Khan said the Windrush scandal showed the Tories’ “divisive” stance on immigration.
Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 08:36 UTC
On St George's Day, William and Kate show to the world their newborn son

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge showed their newborn son off to the world on the steps of the Lindo Wing. Proud parents William and Kate introduced the baby prince of Cambridge – their third child – to the hundreds of cameras gathered in front of the private maternity unit in Paddington, London.
Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 08:31 UTC
Japanese manufacturers insist on a single market for its UK investments

Britain will not get a Brexit deal better than the current single market, Japan’s ambassador to the UK has said. Koji Tsuruoka, who took up the role just over a fortnight before the referendum in June 2016, said Japanese firms are watching negotiations and will want to continue to be located in the single market after next March.
Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 08:15 UTC
First ever genital transplant performed at John Hopkins University in Maryland

A team of US doctors has successfully carried out the world's first total transplant of a penis and scrotum. Surgeons at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, performed the operation on a soldier who had been wounded by a bomb in Afghanistan.
Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 08:00 UTC
Crucial week for Theresa May who insists that “we are leaving the customs union”

British Prime Minister Theresa May could bow to Parliamentary pressure to keep Britain in a customs union with the European Union after Brexit. Following a defeat in the House of Lords and reports that a number of Tory MPs will vote in favor of membership in the Commons, the Prime Minister and her team are reported to be having a rethink.
Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 07:49 UTC
Gas leak explosion in Clínica Alemana at Concepción kills three, injures fifty

At least three people have died and around 50 injured in a gas explosion at a hospital in the Chilean city of Concepción, the local chief of police told media on Friday.
Tuesday, April 24th 2018 - 07:33 UTC
Toronto: Driver of rental van runs down pedestrians killing ten and injuring 16

The driver of a white rental van who is alleged to have “deliberately” run down pedestrians along a northern stretch of Yonge St. in the Canadian city of Toronto on Monday, killing 10 and injuring 16, has been identified as a 25-year-old man from Richmond Hill, a small town close to the metropolis.