International

• Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 05:43 UTC

  Labour ready to govern, says Corbyn, and to support a “sensible” Brexit deal

  

  Labour is “ready” to start work on a “radical plan to rebuild and transform our country”, Jeremy Corbyn has told his party conference in Liverpool. The Labour leader also offered to back Theresa May if she presented a “sensible” Brexit deal to MPs for approval, but he said that Labour would oppose the PM's current plan “or whatever is left of it”, and vowed to fight any move to leave the EU without a deal.

• Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 05:25 UTC

  Temer tells US corporate leaders Brazil is open for business

  

  Brazil has been clawing itself out from the worst recession in its history, but that hasn’t stopped President Michel Temer from touting the country to investors. Temer and his entourage told United States business leaders at an event leading up to the United Nations General Assembly that the country is open for business.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 21:13 UTC

  Fed raises interest rate and announces a third increase this year

  

  The United States Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday, after a two-day policy meeting, that it would raise interest rates for the third time this year. The decision, which had been widely expected, raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, to a range of 2% to 2.25%.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 14:38 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government Attends UK Party Political Conferences 2018

  

  The Falkland Islands Government is attending and exhibiting at both the Conservative and Labour Party conferences, to represent Falkland Islanders’ views and to thank delegates for their continued support. This includes both Gov-ernment and Opposition politicians, along with the wider general public.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Conciliatory message from Beijing to the Trump administration as bitter trade war increases

  

  China and the United States can compete but should not view each other with a Cold War mentality and should avoid falling into a zero-sum game trap, the Chinese government's top diplomat said, amid deteriorating ties between the superpowers.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Macri at UN reaffirms Argentine sovereignty over Falklands, but also praises positive dialogue with UK

  

  President Mauricio Macri reaffirmed, once again, “Argentina's legitimate and imprescriptible sovereign rights over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and their surrounding maritime spaces”, in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  Trump urges the UN to support a “restoration of democracy” in Venezuela

  

  The United States imposed new sanctions on President Nicolas Maduro’s wife and several of his top allies on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump urged members of the United Nations to support a “restoration of democracy” in the once-booming Venezuela oil producing nation.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  British military honors for woman code breaker buried in Nebraska

  

  A 92-year-old woman has been buried in Nebraska with British military honors for a secret that she held for decades: her World War II service as a code breaker of German intelligence communications. The Union Jack was draped over Jean Briggs Watters' casket during her burial on Monday, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Watters died Sept. 15.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  Pope says he will appoint Chinese bishops, following on the Beijing/Vatican accord

  

  Pope Francis on Tuesday defended a landmark deal between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops, saying he, and not the Beijing government, will have the final say on who is named. In his first public comments on the deal signed in Beijing on Saturday, he told reporters on the plane returning from a trip to the Baltics that while he realizes not everyone will understand the logic behind the agreement, he was confident in the “great faith” of Chinese Catholics.

• Tuesday, September 25th 2018 - 19:04 UTC

  Argentine Central bank governor resigns for personal reasons: Peso slides 5% against the US dollar

  

  The governor of Argentina's central bank, Luis Caputo resigned on Tuesday for personal reasons, the bank said in a statement, a surprise announcement in the midst of the country's talks with the IMF that sent the peso tumbling. Former finance minister Caputo has only held the role since June and is the second Argentine central bank president to resign this year. Argentina's peso currency slid 4.65% to open at 39.15 per U.S. dollar after the announcement, traders said.