Stories for 2019

Monday, April 8th 2019 - 07:09 UTC
HMS Montrose spots high seas' fuel transfer to North Korean tanker

The Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose has successfully tracked an illegal fuel transfer at sea while conducting United Nations sanctions enforcement against North Korea. Working alongside Japanese partners, HMS Montrose spotted a North Korean ship in the East China Sea, alongside another ship of unknown nationality.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 06:50 UTC
Theresa May concedes that concluding a Brexit deal needs “compromise” from Tories and Labour

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday conceded that concluding a Brexit deal with the main opposition will need “compromise on both sides” as she faced criticism for being inflexible.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 06:20 UTC
Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctic with BAS Halley Station is calving

Glaciology experts have issued evidence that a large section of the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, which is home to the British Antarctic Survey's Halley Research Station, is about break off. The rifting started several years ago and is now approaching its final phase.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 10:00 UTC
Blackouts hit Venezuela oil output, and clog Orinoco basin tar-oil pipelines

Rolling blackouts across much of Venezuela that started on March 7 paralyzed most of the country’s oil wells and rigs, which have slowly come back online. Oil output averaged less than 600,000 bpd during the blackouts, the people said, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Heavy rains with flash floods in northeast Brazil and in Paraguay

Civil defense officials have reported that heavy rains in northeastern Brazil have killed at least three people and displaced 3,600, while apparently unrelated flooding far to the south in Paraguay has forced some 20,000 people from their homes.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina combats violence in football: 128 hooligans banned from stadiums during four years

More than 100 members of Boca Junior's 'barra bravas' – among them hooligan leaders Rafael Di Zeo and Mauro Martín – will not be able to enter Argentine football stadiums for the next four years, according to a resolution posted in the Argentine Official Gazette on Thursday.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Venezuelans protestors and government supporters take to the streets nationwide on Saturday

Venezuelans are expected to take to the streets nationwide on Saturday, less than a week after power outages left many without basic services and water. US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president in late January, called on his supporters to gather in the capital Caracas and different areas around the country to protest against President Nicolas Maduro and the “tragic” conditions plaguing the country.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:52 UTC
Hiring in services increases helping to keep US unemployment at a record low 3.8%

US job creation came back to life in March, with a hiring surge in healthcare, bars and restaurants, while unemployment held steady and worker wages continued to climb, government data showed Friday.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Trump's carrots stick approach to Mexico and the border illegal crossing dispute

President Donald Trump flew on Friday to visit newly built fencing on the Mexican border, even as he retreated from a threat to shut the frontier over what he says is an out-of-control influx of migrants and drugs.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:46 UTC
US and China “making progress” towards ending the trade war

President Donald Trump on Friday said talks with Beijing were making progress toward ending the trade war between the world's two top economies, but he again stopped short of predicting success.