Stories for 2019

Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 10:01 UTC
British Foreign secretary Raab travels to US, Canada and Mexico to boost trade, ahead of Brexit

British foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Canada, the United States and Mexico this week to seek to boost ties with non-European countries ahead of Brexit, his office said.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:57 UTC
US dollar up in Argentina on fears of Sunday's primaries and the global trade dispute

Argentina’s peso fell 1.8% on Monday to 45.49 per U.S. dollar due to uncertainty over the country’s presidential election and the fallout from U.S.-China trade tensions, traders said.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:48 UTC
Bolsonaro argues that disarming people is not going to stop mass shootings

President Jair Bolsonaro argued for his signature policy of relaxing gun control measures, saying they will not stop mass shootings such as those that left 31 dead in the US over the weekend. “Disarming people isn't going to keep that from happening,” Bolsonaro said.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:48 UTC
The Titanic ship yard broke and in administration; the end of North Ireland's once proud iconic industry

Accountancy firm BDO has been appointed administrators to North Ireland's shipbuilders Harland and Wolff, a spokesman for the Belfast shipyard has said. An insolvency request is expected to be filed at the High Court in Belfast on Tuesday.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:47 UTC
Brazilian gang leader caught trying to escape from prison dressed as his teenage daughter

A Brazilian gang leader tried to escape from prison by impersonating his teenage daughter, complete with a lifelike silicone mask and wig, before attempting to walk out the front door in her place after she visited him.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:41 UTC
Ice patrol ship HMS Protector and crew readying for polar return

The Royal Navy’s sole polar research, survey and science ship HMS Protector has come through fire, flood, breakdowns and helicopter crashes – all scenarios testing her ship’s company so that she is safe to operate thousands of miles from the UK.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Colombia grants nationality to 24.000 children from Venezuela refugees

Colombia President Ivan Duque signed an order on Monday allowing 24,000 children born in the country to Venezuelan parents and risking statelessness to be given Colombian nationality.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:38 UTC
Peruvian president sends the Army to keep order in a mining port

Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra has authorized the army to maintain order at a key mining port, a day before an expected new round of protests against Southern Copper Corp’s US$1.4-billion proposed Tia Maria mine.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:33 UTC
Economists forecast further interest rate cuts by Brazil's central bank

Economists lowered their forecasts for where Brazil’s benchmark Selic interest rate will be at the end of 2019, a weekly central bank survey showed on Monday, after policymakers cut rates more aggressively than most expected to a record low last week.
Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
In a national message Trump rejects white supremacist ideology, but no word on gun control

US President Donald Trump on Monday told a nation mourning the death of 31 people in two-weekend mass shootings that he rejected racism and white supremacist ideology, moving to blunt criticism that his anti-immigrant rhetoric fuels violence.