Stories for May 22nd 2018

Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 08:24 UTC
Paraguay officially moves embassy to Jerusalem: Cartes-Netanyahu summit

Paraguay officially moved the country's embassy to Jerusalem on Monday, with President Horacio Cartes in Israel for the ceremony, also attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Paraguay, a member of Mercosur, is now the third country to move its embassy to Jerusalem, following the United States and Guatemala. The inauguration ceremony took place at noon at the embassy’s new home in the Malkha technology park, which also houses the Guatemalan embassy.
Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 07:36 UTC
Trucks loaded with soybeans block main highways in Brazil to protest fuel prices

Brazil lorry drivers blocked major roadways around the capital of the country's largest grain state to protest increases in domestic fuel prices, affecting highways in 18 states, the federal highway police said on Monday.
Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 07:20 UTC
Australian Catholic archbishop found guilty of concealing child abuse

An Australian court has found a Catholic archbishop guilty of concealing child sexual abuse. Philip Wilson, the archbishop of Adelaide ,becomes the most senior Catholic in the world to be charged and convicted of the offence. He was found to have covered up the abuse of altar boys by a pedophile priest in New South Wales in the 1970s.
Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 07:12 UTC
Populist Euro-skeptic coalition agreed in Italy; panic in Brussels

Law professor Giuseppe Conte has been named as the choice of the Five Star Movement and League to lead the Italian coalition government. The leaders of the two parties have been holding talks with President Sergio Mattarella over the approval of their coalition government.
Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 07:00 UTC
Ex-London mayor resigns from Labour party following anti-Semitism controversy

Ken Livingstone has said he is resigning from the Labour Party. The ex-London mayor has been suspended since 2016 in a row over allegations of anti-Semitism following comments he made about Hitler and Zionism.
Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 06:51 UTC
Pompeo threatens Iran with “strongest sanctions in history”; Teheran says US was regressing to “old habits”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the US is imposing the “strongest sanctions in history” on Iran. In a speech on Monday in Washington, America's top diplomat said Iran would be “battling to keep its economy alive” after the sanctions took effect.
Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 06:32 UTC
Mercosur and Japan scheduled to begin trade talks next November in Argentina

Mercosur trade bloc looks to begin economic and trade talks with Japan as soon as November, Brazil's foreign minister said, calling trade with Asia essential to regional economic health as the U.S. embraces protectionism.
Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 06:19 UTC
Lima Group does not recognize Maduro's reelection and recalls ambassadors

The fourteen members of the Lima Group will not recognize the re-election of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro in a Sunday vote marred by international accusations that it was rigged.
Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 06:07 UTC
Trump increases economic isolation of the Venezuelan regime of Maduro

President Donald Trump on Monday increased pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro with an executive order that restricts his regime from selling off public assets and blocks purchases of the country's debt.
Tuesday, May 22nd 2018 - 06:01 UTC
Indian Navy all-women crew return to Goa after circumnavigating the globe aboard INSV Tarini

An all-woman crew commanding the Indian Navy INSV Tarini on Monday returned to Goa after successfully circumnavigating the globe in a 55-foot sailboat in more than eight months, the first-ever Indian expedition steered by women sailors.