MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 21st 2019
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Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:33 UTC
Gunman holding a busload of passenger’s hostage in Rio was shot dead by police sniper
A gunman holding a busload of passengers hostage in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday was shot dead by police, officials said, ending the hours-long hijacking. Dozens of people were trapped on the bus after it was commandeered by the gunman on a heavily transited bridge connecting Rio with the neighboring city of Niteroi.
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Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:24 UTC
China hopes to welcome the US at the climate change UN summit in Chile
China hopes to welcome the United States “back to the negotiating table” to discuss global efforts to limit climate change at a United Nations summit to be hosted by Chile in December, its top climate change envoy said on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 08:54 UTC
Spain closer to having to call another election in September
Spain's Socialist party rejected a re-worked offer on Tuesday to form a coalition government with the far-left Unidas Podemos that could have mapped a way out of a four-month political hiatus that began with an inconclusive national election.
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Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 08:52 UTC
Argentina’s Economic Crisis: Who to blame?
Argentines remember the role the IMF played in the last depression. They also remember the improvement in their lives under Kirchnerism. The following was published by The New York Times.
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Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 08:15 UTC
Pedophile Cardinal appeal rejected by Australian court
Convicted pedophile Cardinal George Pell had his appeal against child sex abuse charges rejected by an Australian court on Wednesday. Once the Vatican's third-ranking official, 78-year-old Pell was sentenced this year to six years in jail for sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys at a Melbourne cathedral in the 1990s.
