Stories for June 2018

Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 12:09 UTC
UK and EU discuss Brexit in Brussels, as Belgium and England play a decisive match in Russia

Theresa May has been warned that time is running out to secure a Brexit deal as she prepares to face the other 27 EU leaders at a summit in Brussels. The PM will brief all her counterparts for the last time before October, when both sides hope a deal will be done on the UK's March 2019 departure.
Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 11:57 UTC
Black Wednesday for Argentina and Brazil as selloff intensifies across emerging markets assets

Argentina’s benchmark MerVal stock index closed down 8.8% on Wednesday, its worst daily performance since early 2014, as concerns about trade tensions between the United States and China prompted a selloff across emerging market assets.
Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 11:17 UTC
Migration could seal the future of the European Union, warns Merkel

The future of the European Union (EU) rests on the bloc’s ability to find a diplomatic answer to the migration crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. EU leaders are meeting in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday and Friday to try to wrangle a solution on migration, with the issue leaving Merkel’s own political fate hanging precariously in the balance.
Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 11:13 UTC
Trump gets another chance to reshape the ideological composition of the Supreme Court

President Donald Trump will likely get to appoint a second judge to the Supreme Court, and his administration has already published a list of potential candidates for the bench. Trump told reporters Wednesday that his administration “will begin our search for a new justice of the United States Supreme Court that will begin immediately.”
Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 10:54 UTC
UK prepared to resume arms sales to Argentina after a six-year ban

Arms exports to the Argentine military are set to resume, more than six years after a ban imposed in a row over the Falkland Islands. Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan said restrictions would still be imposed on exports which could “enhance” Argentina's military capabilities.
Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 10:11 UTC
López Obrador closes his campaign with an anticipated victory

The candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed his electoral campaign last Wednesday ahead the presidential elections on Sunday filling the largest stadium in the world on a working day. The only leftist candidate steals public attention in Mexico and leads the polls with an anti-system and reforming discourse.
Wednesday, June 27th 2018 - 09:06 UTC
A gallant Nigeria almost KO Maradona in St Petersburg

Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona may have gotten a little too excited during a FIFA World Cup match on Tuesday. The 57-year-old collapsed after his home country won 2 to 1 against Nigeria in St. Petersburg, Russia, according to a video posted by the Spanish-language newspaper La Nación.
Wednesday, June 27th 2018 - 08:38 UTC
Pence in Brazil exposes US government's double standard on fleeing migrants

United States Vice-president Mike Pence thanked Brazil on Tuesday for welcoming Venezuelans fleeing their country’s collapse, while warning Central Americans running from violence in their homelands not to attempt to enter the United States illegally.
Wednesday, June 27th 2018 - 08:33 UTC
A powerful aide of Lula provisionally released from jail pending an appeal

A Brazilian court ordered on Tuesday the provisional liberation of former minister Jose Dirceu, who was one of the most important figures in the government of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the state-owned Agencia Brasil said.
Wednesday, June 27th 2018 - 08:26 UTC
Brazilian shares recover cautiously; Central bank absent from the foreign exchange market

After trading lower for a good part of Tuesday's session, the Ibovespa closed higher for the third consecutive day (+0.64%), to 71,404.59 points, driven mainly by the shares of Petrobras and Vale. The improvement in the U.S. stock markets also helped to recover the benchmark stock index in Brazil, although concerns remain about a world trade war.