International

• 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.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  EU27 agree to a Brexit deal six-month extension until October 31

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday agreed to an EU offer of a six-month delay “flexible extension” to Brexit, EU Council President Donald Tusk said. “EU27/UK have agreed a flexible extension until Oct 31. This means additional six months for the UK to find the best possible solution,” Tusk tweeted, at the end of a summit in Brussels.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Seeing the unseeable: This is the very first picture of a black hole

  

  A world-spanning network of telescopes called the Event Horizon Telescope zoomed in on the super-massive monster in the galaxy M87 to create this first-ever picture of a black hole.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Venezuelan Assembly representative takes his post at OAS

  

  The new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the Organization of American States (OAS), Gustavo Tarre, on Wednesday presented his credentials to the Secretary General of the hemispheric institution, Luis Almagro.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  “Please don't waste this time”, Donald Tusk tells Britain

  

  European Council President Donald Tusk told Britain on Thursday not to waste the extra time to sort out Brexit after the EU agreed to a second delay to London's departure until Oct.31.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Swiss prosecution has returned US$ 365m to Brazil linked to corruption operations in Petrobras and Odebrecht

  

  Crime-fighters in Switzerland and Brazil pledged to intensify cooperation to resolve the sprawling corruption case linked to state oil firm Petrobras in which around 700 million Swiss francs (US$ 701 million) remain frozen in Switzerland.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 08:14 UTC

  Space-based tracking shows how aviation connects the world.

  

  Aircraft tracking company Aireon has demonstrated the reach of aviation in the 21st century with a spectacular visualization of aircraft it tracked across the globe using its now operational space-based system.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 06:45 UTC

  US/China closer to a deal: they agree to establish “enforcement officers”

  

  The United States and China have largely agreed on a mechanism to police any trade agreement they reach, including establishing new “enforcement offices,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 06:14 UTC

  Stockpiling ahead of Brexit helped spur the UK economy, says stats office

  

  Stockpiling by manufacturers ahead of Brexit helped the UK economy grow by 0.3% in the three months to February. The national s pointed to manufacturers “changing the timing of their activities” as the UK's exit from the EU approaches.