International

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  May will ask EU for another Brexit delay, and offers to work with Corbyn to break parliament logjam

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday she would ask the EU to delay Brexit again to avoid Britain crashing out of the bloc next week, signaling she could accept a closer relationship with Europe to break months of political deadlock.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:33 UTC

  Spanish bank cautious about Brexit but confident of solid growth in Latin America

  

  Spanish bank Santander is expected to take a cautious stance on its British business in a strategy update on Wednesday, seeking to reassure investors after its aborted recruitment of former UBS banker Andrea Orcel as CEO.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:25 UTC

  Argentina denies visas to Pakistan players attending a world championship

  

  Pakistan futsal team on Sunday returned Lahore after being deported from Dubai after having stayed there for 24 hours en route to Argentina where the Green-shirts were scheduled to make their debut in the 12th World Futsal Championship which began on Sunday at Misiones.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:20 UTC

  A “fundamental human right” of a man to have sex with his wife, argues English Justice

  

  A British judge sparked criticism after he spoke in court about the “fundamental human right” of a man to have sex with his wife. Justice Hayden made the remark after being asked to consider imposing a court order preventing a man from having sex with his wife of 20 years, The Guardian reported on Wednesday. 

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Boeing told by FAA to try harder in improving the 737 MAX software

  

  Boeing must perform more work on its proposed fix to 737 MAX aircraft before it can be submitted for review, US officials said on Monday, suggesting the planes could stay grounded a while longer. Additional work is needed “to ensure that Boeing has identified and appropriately addressed all pertinent issues,” a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said in a statement.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  BBC signs ten-year £300m deal with Discovery Channel

  

  BBC has signed the biggest ever deal to sell its programs, agreeing to provide its landmark natural history shows to a new global streaming service run by the Discovery Channel for £300m. It is the “largest content deal the BBC has ever done” and will last for 10 years, director general Tony Hall said.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 07:28 UTC

  Brexit: Parliament rejects all alternatives; Tuesday urgent cabinet meeting; new vote on Wednesday

  

  Members of Parliament on Monday once again failed to find a majority on any alternative Brexit plan before them, leaving Britain's chaotic path towards leaving the EU mired in uncertainty less than two weeks before its departure date. Brussels has set Britain an Apr 12 deadline to agree to the divorce terms Prime Minister Theresa May has struck with the bloc, find an alternative or crash out of the European Union.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 06:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro becomes first head of state to visit the Western Wall with an Israeli premier

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visited the Western Wall alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, becoming the first head of state to do so with an Israeli premier. The visit came after Bolsonaro, sworn in as Brazil's president on January 1, arrived for a three-day trip to Israel on Sunday.

• Monday, April 1st 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  Petrobras interested in tendering to explore for oil and gas offshore Israel

  

  Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras is considering bidding in a new tender to explore for oil and gas offshore Israel, a leading Israeli financial news website reported on Sunday. Calcalist reported that a final decision could be announced during a four-day visit to Israel by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that began on Sunday.

• Monday, April 1st 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Brazil will open a “business office” in Jerusalem; signs several agreements with Israel

  

  Brazil's Foreign Ministry formally announced on Sunday it will open a “business office” in Jerusalem, backtracking on President Jair Bolsonaro's promise to move his country's embassy to Jerusalem.