Stories for October 2018

Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:48 UTC
UK waters down Brexit deal expectations: “big issues” remain to be resolved

Downing Street has played down expectations of agreement on Britain’s withdrawal from the EU at a crunch summit next week, warning that “big issues” remain to be resolved. Theresa May’s official spokesman said further concessions were needed from the EU side, and warned that no withdrawal agreement could be sealed without a “precise” declaration about the post-Brexit relationship.
Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:47 UTC
Salisbury poisoning: second Russian involved is allegedly a military intelligence doctor

The name of the second suspect in the Salisbury case is actually Alexander Mishkin, the BBC understands. The Bellingcat investigative website says the man who travelled under the alias Alexander Petrov is in reality a military doctor working for Russian intelligence, the GRU.
Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:40 UTC
Google + in another exposure breach affecting some 500.000 users

Google is shutting down much of its social network, Google+, after user data was left exposed. It said a bug in its software meant information that people believed was private had been accessible by third parties. Google said up to 500,000 users had been affected.
Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:31 UTC
Protests in Venezuela over the killing of a jailed opposition lawmaker

Protesters in Venezuela have accused the government of murdering a jailed opposition lawmaker, who the authorities say killed himself. Crowds were calling for justice at a rally outside the Sebin intelligence agency headquarters in Caracas where Fernando Albán had been held.
Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:20 UTC
Nobel in Economics for long term thinking on climate and technological innovation

William Nordhaus of Yale University and Paul M Romer from New York University’s Stern School of Business have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics for including long-term thinking on climate issues and technological innovation in economic research.
Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:20 UTC
China injects more liquidity to lower financing costs and prop the economy

China's central bank announced a steep cut in the level of cash that banks must hold as reserves, stepping up moves to lower financing costs and spur growth amid concerns over the economic drag from an escalating trade dispute with the United States.
Monday, October 8th 2018 - 17:23 UTC
Mar del Plata route becomes new lead in search for ARA San Juan

Efforts to retrieve the missing Argentine Navy submarine ARA San Juan changed course Sunday and now everything is “Area 6” for the operation, as the ship Seabed Constructor deployed its robots throughout it, the last one to be added to the search.
Monday, October 8th 2018 - 16:36 UTC
UNHCR calls “monumental crisis” the migration of Venezuelans

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, made a visit to the Colombian-Venezuelan border to understand the dimensions of the exodus of Venezuelans that, according to the UN statistics, 1.9 million have left Venezuela since 2015 due the Venezuela's economic and social situation.
Monday, October 8th 2018 - 13:20 UTC
Press freedom in danger as British journalist expelled from Hong Kong

The expulsion of British journalist Victor Mallet from Hong Kong is regarded worldwide as “a chilling message about the steady erosion of basic rights in the semi autonomous Chinese city,” according to the Financial Times.
Monday, October 8th 2018 - 13:03 UTC
Evo opens strategic plant in lithium industry process

Bolivian President Evo Morales Sunday opened a potassium chloride industrial plant in Uyuni, department of Potosí, which is expected to have a yearly output of 350 thousand tons and is a part of the country's strategy for the industrialization of lithium.