Stories for 2018

Thursday, July 12th 2018 - 17:02 UTC
UN chief pushes for greater benefits from new technology, as he launches digital experts panel

A high-profile group of tech experts has been assembled at the request of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, tasked with putting the benefits of digital technology to more effective use, while also protecting against unwanted or unexpected negative impacts.
Thursday, July 12th 2018 - 05:49 UTC
Nicaragua unrest kills 264: Ortega and opposition face each other amid crisis

The Nicaraguan opposition will intensify its pressure against President Daniel Ortega on Thursday, with a demonstration and a general strike, but the government, in counteroffensive, prepares its revolutionary commemoration march towards Masaya, the most rebellious city in the country where at least 14 people died last weekend due a raid between pro-government paramilitary and protesters.
Thursday, July 12th 2018 - 05:22 UTC
Donald Trump to push NATO on Military Spending

Amid tense relations with some NATO members and conflictive economic relations with China due the “America First” policy, United States President Donald Trump criticized European Allies on Wednesday in Brussels.
Thursday, July 12th 2018 - 03:07 UTC
IACHR says death toll from Nicaraguan unrest up to 264

Anti-government protests in Nicaragua have led to a known death toll of 264, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Wednesday after four months of unrest, while some 1,800 people have been injured.
Thursday, July 12th 2018 - 02:49 UTC
Argentina withdraws reward offer to help find ARA San Juan

The Argentine Government has formalised the withdrawal of the reward offered to anyone who could find or provide meaningful information about the whereabouts of the submarine ARA San Juan, which went missing in the Atlantic Ocean on November 15, 2017.
Thursday, July 12th 2018 - 02:39 UTC
Spanish fishing boat “Dorneda” sunk in Argentine Waters

A Spanish fishing trawler sank in rough weather off Argentina’s coast and at least one crewmember died, Argentina's Navy said Wednesday. Twenty-five crewmembers were rescued and one was missing.
Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 09:12 UTC
Lord Carrington dies. He resigned as foreign secretary when Argentina invaded the Falklands

Lord Carrington, a versatile British politician who held senior posts under Conservative prime ministers from Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher and who was secretary general of NATO in the last years of the Cold War, died on Monday. He was 99.
Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 08:47 UTC
China confident it can replace US soybeans with supplies from South America

China can increase soybean imports from other countries to reduce reliance on buying from the United States, the president of state grains trader COFCO said in an interview with the Communist Party’s official People’s Daily paper on Wednesday.
Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 08:39 UTC
Brazilian court has received 146 habeas corpus petitions on behalf of Lula da Silva

A top Brazilian court has received 146 habeas corpus petitions on behalf of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva following a dramatic back-and-forth between lower court judges over whether he should be released from jail.
Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 08:25 UTC
Facebook fined £500,000 in UK for failing to safeguard users' data

The chairman of the U.K. Parliament's media committee says the government office that investigated the Cambridge Analytica scandal has fined Facebook £500,000 for failing to safeguard users' data.