International

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 07:37 UTC

  Argentina, UK to co-chair LGBT rights organisation for two years

  

  Argentina and the United Kingdom have been chosen Monday to co-chair the Equal Rights Coalition for two years starting next June, to succeed Chile and Canada at the helm of the first-ever intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBT) people around the world.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 18:30 UTC

  Europe Court of Justice rules UK can cancel Brexit without altering terms of her membership

  

  The European Court of Justice has ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other 27 EU members. The ECJ judges ruled this could be done without altering the terms of Britain's membership.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 18:24 UTC

  PM May and EU trapped in “Brussels optimism”; Brexit deal debate suspended

  

  Theresa May says she has called off Tuesday's crucial vote on her Brexit deal because it “would be rejected by a significant margin”. She said MPs backed much of the deal she has struck with the EU but there was concern over the Northern Irish backstop.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 09:44 UTC

  WHO: road traffic injuries the leading killer of children and young people

  

  A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates road traffic deaths continue to rise, with an annual 1.35 million fatalities. The WHO Global status report on road safety 2018 highlights that road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of children and young people aged 5-29 years.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 09:41 UTC

  French military join WWF France to combat climate change as a “national security threat”

  

  France’s military has teamed up with an environmental non-profit organization for the first time to study the threat of climate change where the country is at war, a representative of the green group said. So far, WWF France and the Ecole de Guerre, the top French military academy, have been jointly promoting their view that climate change is a national security threat.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 09:34 UTC

  European Court of Justice will rule if UK can cancel Brexit on its own despite 27 EU members

  

  The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is to rule on whether or not the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other 27 EU members. A group of anti-Brexit politicians and campaigners has argued that the UK should be able to unilaterally halt the Brexit process if it wants to do so.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 06:58 UTC

  Red Cross underlines the significance of the remains' identification process in the Falklands

  

  The head of the International Red Cross humanitarian project, Morris Tidball-Binz, who led the identification process of Argentine combatants fallen in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict and buried in the Falkland Islands, said that the fact the dead can rest in peace, “is a fundamental step to build confidence among nations”, such is the case of Argentina and the United Kingdom.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 06:33 UTC

  70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

  

  The Universal Declaration of Human Rights reaches its 70th anniversary on Monday, a chance to highlight the many important breakthroughs brought about by the landmark UN document, and to remind the world that the human rights of millions are still being violated on a daily basis.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 06:02 UTC

  Mrs. May expected to lose the Tuesday vote on her Brexit deal, but will stay on

  

  Commons vote on Tuesday will not be delayed, the Brexit Secretary has said, amid growing calls for the PM to go back to Brussels to renegotiate. Stephen Barclay also said Theresa May could stay in post if, as expected, MPs reject her Brexit plan.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 05:51 UTC

  US/China trade negotiations have a deadline: March first, says Lighthizer

  

  U.S.-China trade negotiations need to reach a successful end by March 1 or new tariffs will be imposed, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday, clarifying there is a “hard deadline” after a week of seeming confusion among President Donald Trump and his advisers.