Stories for January 2019

Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 08:23 UTC
Trump yields and agrees to lift 35-day government shutdown...until 15 February

President Donald Trump agreed under mounting pressure on Friday to end a 35-day-old partial U.S. government shutdown without getting the US$5.7 billion he had demanded from Congress for a border wall, handing a political victory to Democrats.
Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 08:16 UTC
Bolsonaro undergoes surgery on Monday and will spend ten days in hospital

Brazil's new right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro will undergo surgery on Monday in Sao Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital to remove a colostomy bag he has had since he was stabbed on the campaign trail last year, his spokesman said on Friday.
Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 08:08 UTC
Hammond suggests a Brexit compromise with EU leaders which could influence a vote in London

British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Friday he believed the EU might compromise over a Brexit deal in a way that would persuade lawmakers in London to support it.
Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 07:50 UTC
Dam collapses in Brazil: mud sludge leaves over 200 miners missing

Brazilian rescuers were searching for some 200 missing people after a tailings dam burst on Friday at an iron ore mine owned by Vale SA, the second major dam disaster involving the company in just over three years.
Friday, January 25th 2019 - 20:45 UTC
Brazil's First lady will be examined for suspicious transaction

Michelle Bolsonaro, first lady of Brazil, will be subjected to an examination of the Brazilian treasury within an investigation into a series of suspicious transactions involving the president's eldest son, Valor newspaper reported Friday.
Friday, January 25th 2019 - 15:53 UTC
Venezuela: Russia offers to mediate between Maduro and the transition government

Russia joined on Friday to countries that offered to safeguard peaceful mediation between the government of President Nicolás Maduro and the President of the National Assembly, proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó. The government of Vladimir Putin said that they are prepared to cooperate with all global forces acting responsibly, RIA news agency reported.
Friday, January 25th 2019 - 10:15 UTC
Russia, China and Turkey in support for Maduro as they warn Washington not to intervene

Russia on Thursday accused the United States of trying to usurp power in Venezuela and warned against a military intervention by confronting Washington and the European Union, which backed protests against one of Moscow's closest allies, Venezuelan partial recognized President Nicolás Maduro.
Friday, January 25th 2019 - 10:10 UTC
Argentine twelve-month economic activity to November contracts 7.5%

Economic activity in Argentina slumped 7.5% in November, the INDEC statistic bureau reported on Thursday. The comparative drop in activity from November 2017 and November last year was the most significant since June 2009's eight per cent slump.
Friday, January 25th 2019 - 10:07 UTC
Hantavirus outbreak in Argentine Patagonia: WHO news alert

At least eleven people have died in Argentina after becoming infected with hantavirus, a disease carried by rats and other rodents, according to a news alert from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Friday, January 25th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Premier Oil shares up on appraisal of its Zama deposit appraisal in Mexico

Premier Oil shares were up on Thursday after the company updates the market on the successful completion of part of its Zama well appraisal program in the Gulf of Mexico. According to the update, the appraisal revealed 152 metres of net pay encountered above the oil water contact.