Stories for April 2018

Saturday, April 28th 2018 - 06:59 UTC
St Helena airport shrugs off ‘world’s most useless’ tag

Andreas Spaeth (*) The airport on the remote British Overseas Territory island St Helena, once dismissed as the “world’s most useless airport” by British media, is proving to be a reliable asset.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 13:34 UTC
The Washington Post: The political rot in Nicaragua

Nicaragua is a volcanic nation, geologically and politically. Forty years ago, seemingly out of nowhere, a series of popular eruptions shook the entrenched regime of Anastasio Somoza, who fell from power on 19 July, 1979. Today, one of the revolutionary architects of that dictator’s ouster, Sandinista party chief Daniel Ortega, rules the country of 6.1 million as high-handedly and corruptly as Somoza ever did.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 13:09 UTC
Taking action where we can to stop cybercrime

By Yury Fedotov is Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (*) - Cyber. It is the inescapable prefix defining our world today. From the privacy of individuals to relations between states, cyber dominates discussions and headlines – so much so that we risk being paralyzed by the magnitude of the problems we face.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:46 UTC
Prince Louis Arthur Charles will be known as His Royal Highness Prince Louis of Cambridge

The prince born on Monday morning at the London Lindo Wing hospital and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge third baby, --fifth in line to the throne after Princes Charles, William, George and Princess Charlotte--, has a name.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:36 UTC
UK economy grows at its slowest since 2012 in Q1; pound falls to US$ 1.380

The UK economy grew at its slowest rate since 2012 in the first quarter of the year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said. GDP growth was 0.1%, down from 0.4% in the previous quarter, driven by a sharp fall in construction output and a sluggish manufacturing sector.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:30 UTC
Pompeo swears as Secretary of State and flies to meet leaders of “invaluable”

Twelve hours after being sworn in U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went straight to NATO headquarters in Brussels in what European allies saw as strong support for an institution that U.S. President Donald Trump once called obsolete.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:24 UTC
Brazil's Supreme Tribunal begins to address Lula's case on May 4th

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) is to vote on a motion starting May 4 that could potentially release ex-president Lula da Silva from prison, the court said. Lula's defense team hopes to overturn a decision by Sergio Moro, a federal judge and head of a key corruption investigation that determined he had to begin serving a 12-year sentence for accepting bribes.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:12 UTC
Tories divided on the customs union and PM May on the brink

British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered her biggest Brexit blow so far when MPs on Thursday backed a call in the House of Commons for Britain to stay in a European customs union. A debate, promoted by the main opposition Labour Party, was agreed unanimously after a four hour discussion in the House of Commons.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:06 UTC
Bad news for Lula: imprisoned ex close advisor strikes deal with investigators

Former Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Palocci has struck a plea deal with federal investigators, according to news advance from the Rio based O'Globo on Thursday, raising the stakes in a corruption scandal engulfing high-ranking politicians and prominent businessmen.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 11:58 UTC
Korean leaders agree to end “state of war” and denuclearize the peninsula

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed on Friday to finally end a seven-decade war this year, and pursue the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula.