Stories for April 2019

Friday, April 12th 2019 - 09:11 UTC
Brazil inflation 0.75% in March and 4.58% in twelve months

Brazil's inflation rate hit 0.75% in March, the fourth straight month of increases and the highest for the month since 2015 when it registered 1.32%, Brazil's National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said on Wednesday.
Friday, April 12th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
Bolsonaro announces 13th month payment for 14 million of Family Fund recipients

Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro announced Thursday an expansion of a social welfare program that was created by his jailed left-wing foe Lula da Silva.
Friday, April 12th 2019 - 09:00 UTC
Falklands will celebrate the Queen's birthday with a parade on April 21

The elected government of the Falkland Islands, Gilbert House, announced that the parade to celebrate the birthday of Her Majesty the Queen will be held at Stanley's Victory Green on Sunday 21st April 2019. The parade will form up at Victory Green at 10.20 hours and the Falklands' Governor will arrive at 10.30 hours.
Friday, April 12th 2019 - 07:50 UTC
Ex Pope Benedict blames clerical abuse on the “all out sexual freedom” of the sixties

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has published a letter which blames clerical sex abuse on the “all-out sexual freedom” of the 1960s. He said that cultural and historical change had led to a “dissolution” of morality in Catholicism.
Friday, April 12th 2019 - 07:04 UTC
Amal Clooney appointed UK's special envoy on media freedom

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has been appointed as the UK's government's special envoy on media freedom, the Foreign Office has announced. Ms Clooney and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will work to “counter draconian laws that hinder journalists from going about their work”, the FCO said.
Friday, April 12th 2019 - 07:00 UTC
Trump will attend 75th anniversary of D-Day landings in Normandy

United States president Donald Trump said on Thursday that he will attend ceremonies to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy that broke Nazi Germany's grip on France.
Friday, April 12th 2019 - 01:24 UTC
Again Amazon, Apple and Google could be infringing customers' privacy with voice reviewers

Amazon, Apple and Google all employ staffs who listen to customer voice recordings from their smart speakers and voice assistant apps. News site Bloomberg highlighted the topic after speaking to Amazon staff who “reviewed” Alexa recordings.
Friday, April 12th 2019 - 00:18 UTC
French court finds Monsanto legally responsible for ill health of farmer who ingested weed-killer

US biotech giant Monsanto is legally responsible for the ill health of a farmer who ingested its weed-killer product, a French court has ruled.
Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 23:59 UTC
UN warns that Julian Assange would face serious violations of human rights in the US

For the United Nations (UN), the United Kingdom arrested “arbitrarily” WikiLeaks’s co-founder, Julian Assange, on Thursday and warned that by allowing his arrest, Ecuador has put the Australian journalist at risk of being extradited to the United States, “Exposing him to the risk of serious violations of human rights.”
Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 22:25 UTC
Assange arrested in London after Ecuadorean asylum is revoked; agreement not to extradite him to US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police and carried out of the Ecuadorean embassy on Thursday after his South American hosts abruptly revoked his seven-year asylum, paving the way for his possible extradition to the United States.