Stories for January 2020

Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 10:59 UTC
Venezuelan president Guaidó meets Johnson in London; in Caracas his office was raided by Maduro's secret service agents

Venezuelan secret service agents have raided the offices of opposition leader Juan Guaidó while he is on a visit to the UK. Footage showed hooded and armed officers from the Sebin service outside the building in Caracas.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:22 UTC
“UK has crossed the Brexit finishing line”, claims Johnson after Parliament vote

Boris Johnson has said the UK has “crossed the Brexit finish line” after Parliament passed legislation implementing the withdrawal deal. The EU Bill, which paves the way for the country to leave the bloc on 31 January, is now awaiting royal assent.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:16 UTC
Anti government protestors clash with riot police in several Colombian cities

Riot police firing tear gas and stun grenades clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators in Bogota as anti-government protests resumed across Colombia, leaving 11 people injured and nearly 100 arrested.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:04 UTC
Coronavirus from China could have reached Mexico; professor who visited Wuhan under home monitoring

A man who fell ill in Mexico on Monday following a December trip to Wuhan, China, is under observation as a potential case of the coronavirus, the respiratory virus that has killed at least 19 people worldwide.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:54 UTC
Argentina's ongoing dispute with hedge funds: a legal battle won but it's a long conflict

A U.S. District Judge dismissed the latest lawsuit filed by Aurelius Capital against Argentina over debt. In January 2019 Aurelius Capital Master Ltd., filed in Manhattan a breach of contract suit against Argentina, related to various U.S. dollar tied, GDP-linked securities issued by the South American country in 2005 and 2010.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Macron melee with Israeli security during a visit to the St Anne Jerusalem Basilica

“Go outside,” French President Emmanuel Macron demanded in English in a melee with Israeli security men on Wednesday, demanding they leave a Jerusalem basilica that he visited before a Holocaust memorial conference.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:45 UTC
Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne again threatened by high temperatures and bush fires

Soaring temperatures are set to stoke simmering bushfires in Australia's southeast on Thursday with Sydney forecast to hit 41 degrees Celsius following a few days of reprieve.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:37 UTC
Eclectic Bolsonaro declares he would no longer speak to journalists, following criticism from reporters union

A frequent and fiery critic of Brazil's media, President Jair Bolsonaro declared on Wednesday he would no longer speak to journalists. Bolsonaro made the remarks outside his official residence in Brasilia where most mornings for the past year he has fielded questions from reporters and greeted fans.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:26 UTC
Falklands' veteran, discharged for LGBT, has medal returned and an apology from the Ministry of Defense

Falklands veteran forced out of the Royal Navy due to his sexuality has had a medal returned to him 27 years after it was cut off his chest. Joe Ousalice was a radio operator for 18 years but was discharged in 1993 because of a ban on LGBT people serving in the armed forces.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:08 UTC
Coronavirus outbreak in China: WHO could declare global health emergency

China said it was halting flights and trains from Thursday out of Wuhan, the city of 11 million people at the centre of a deadly SARS-like virus outbreak, as the UN extended emergency talks on the disease.