Stories for 2018

Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 08:23 UTC
Brazil criminal gang breaks into top security jail and let 100 inmates escape

Heavily armed men blew down the front gate of a maximum security prison in northeastern Brazil early Monday and with guns blazing, enabled more than 100 inmates to escape while killing a policeman, authorities said.
Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 08:15 UTC
Lula waiting for Supreme Court decision before giving up his presidential candidacy

Brazil's imprisoned former president Lula da Silva will not yet bow out of next month's presidential race, waiting first to hear a Supreme Court decision on an appeal of his ban from running, his legal team said. His decision takes his leftist Workers' Party (PT) close to the limit on registering a candidate for the October 7 election, with a court having set Tuesday as the deadline for the PT to name a replacement nominee.
Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 08:13 UTC
Argentina raises 17% price of biodiesel used in domestic fuel mixes

Argentina raised the price of biodiesel used in domestic fuel mixes in response to a sharp devaluation in the Peso currency and new taxes on primary exports, the government said in its official gazette on Monday.
Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 04:39 UTC
British Airways: Hackers access details of 380,000 passengers

UK media are reporting the information includes credit card details, residential addresses and email details but the airline said the hackers had not accessed itineraries or passport details.
Monday, September 10th 2018 - 18:15 UTC
Several dead in military complex amid revelations of coup plans in Venezuela

Eight alleged criminals were killed on Sunday at the most important military complex in Venezuela amid the revelations about plans for a coup supported by the government of the United States.
Monday, September 10th 2018 - 09:09 UTC
Message for Rosh Hashanah from Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt sends warm wishes to the Jewish community as they prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Monday, September 10th 2018 - 09:05 UTC
Army chief warns politicians about “further dividing Brazilian society”

The head of Brazil’s military has issued a warning against the presidential candidacy of the country’s imprisoned former leader Lula da Silva, who has been banned from standing for office on corruption charges.
Monday, September 10th 2018 - 09:03 UTC
Falklands increases retirement age from 64 to 65 in 2020

The Falkland Islands Executive Council has approved changes to the Retirement Pensions Ordinance that will increase the retirement age from 64 to 65 in 2020. The changes reflect a policy initially approved by ExCo in 2013 and later by Budget Select Committee during the 2017/18 budget process. Those changes proposed an increase in the retirement age by a year every ten years as of 2020.
Monday, September 10th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
Cocaine in wool bales exported to Europe, discovered in the port of Montevideo

Uruguayan navy, coast guard and customs have uncovered a major operation to smuggle cocaine “bricks” hidden in wool bales, in a container, from the port of Montevideo to Antwerp, Belgium. The volume discovered according to the Navy report amounts to 417 kilos of high quality cocaine hydrochloride and is considered one of the largest recent successes in the fight against the narcotics gangs.
Monday, September 10th 2018 - 08:44 UTC
Chile and Japan working on an early system to anticipate outbreaks of red tide

The Chilean University of La Frontera with support and financing from Japan's International Cooperation Agency (JICA), will attempt to develop an unprecedented early warning system that makes it possible to monitor, predict and detect the outbreaks of red tide in southern Chile. JICA is contributing with almost US$ 4.5 million.