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  • Thursday, May 24th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

    May Fed minutes suggest a rate hike would soon be appropriate; next meeting in mid-June

    The minutes of the Fed's May 1-2 meeting released on Wednesday showed that officials were generally upbeat about the prospects for the United States economy. (Pic Bloomberg)

    Federal Reserve officials earlier this month suggested that another rate hike was on the way soon, while also noting several risks facing the economy, ranging from rising wage pressures to potential harm from the Trump administration's trade policies.

  • Thursday, May 24th 2018 - 07:03 UTC

    UN denies Lula's request for emergency action against his imprisonment

    Lula serving a 12-year sentence over corruption, asked the UN committee to impose so-called “interim measures”

    The United Nations Human Rights Committee has denied a request by Brazil's ex-president Lula da Silva seeking emergency action against his imprisonment, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Lula, currently serving a 12-year sentence over corruption, asked the committee to impose so-called “interim measures” -- a step the UN panel only takes when there is evidence an accused person is facing grave, irreparable harm.

  • Thursday, May 24th 2018 - 06:49 UTC

    Italian president gives his blessing to the new populist coalition government

    After a meeting with Mattarella on Wednesday, Conte got the nod to attempt to form a government, and promised one of change as he emerged from the meeting

    Italy's president Sergio Mattarella accepted a political novice Giuseppe Conte, a populist coalition's candidate, as prime minister on Wednesday in a bid to forge a functioning government and end the nation's weeks-long political deadlock.

  • Thursday, May 24th 2018 - 06:31 UTC

    Boris Johnson interested in a trade agreement with Chile and the Pacific Alliance

    The Foreign Secretary held meetings with Chilean president Sebastián Piñera and his counterpart Roberto Ampuero

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson concluded a five-day charm offensive in South America on Wednesday by expressing interest in a trade agreement with Chile and other countries in the so-called Pacific Alliance. Johnson extended a trip to a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Buenos Aires to include a tour of Peru, Argentina and Chile, seeking closer ties with all three countries.

  • Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 20:25 UTC

    Falkland Islands second air link announcement expected after June 13th

    “Barry Rowland, FIG Chief Executive said leading experts had been commissioned because “our primary aim is to ensure the right outcome for the Falkland Islands”

    The Falkland Islands government announced on Wednesday it has received an evaluation report regarding a second weekly air link to the Falklands, from specialist consulting Aviation Economics, and will be briefing the Executive Council at their 13 June meeting, and recommending a response to the proposed options.

  • Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 08:39 UTC

    Facebook' Zuckerberg avoids questions and leaves EU lawmakers disappointed

    Contrast to Zuckerberg’s performance before US lawmakers last month was clear: the CEO sat through more than ten hours of televised questioning before Congress.

    Tensions soared between a handful of leading MEPs and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the 34-year-old billionaire avoided answering detailed questions on the company’s data policies during a meeting in the European Parliament on Tuesday evening. Zuckerberg gave general responses to the MEPs, who came to the meeting ready to grill the CEO over Facebook’s recent data scandal, its advertising policy, and whether the social media giant is a monopoly.

  • Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 08:33 UTC

    Spanish left wing leader takes heavy flack for purchasing a 600.000 Euro mansion

    The controversy led Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias and his partner, the party's parliamentary spokeswoman Irene Montero, to call a grassroots vote

    Accusations of hypocrisy have rained down on the couple that heads Spain's far-left Podemos party for buying a 600,000-Euro luxury home with a swimming pool after previously condemning such extravagance. The purchase caused unease among the rank and file of Podemos, which was formed in 2014 to represent “the people” against “the caste” -- as it called the country's political and business elites -- and there are fears it could cost the party at the ballot box.

  • Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 08:29 UTC

    Turkey's Erdogan joins the club of Venezuela Maduro's fans

    Erdogan phoned Maduro during the night to pass on his congratulations, a Turkish presidential source was quoted as saying by state-run Anadolu news agency.

    Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has congratulated his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro on winning a new term in office, the Turkish presidency said on Wednesday, after an election widely condemned by the international community.

  • Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 07:35 UTC

    Johnson suggests a Foreign Office aircraft to help bolster post-Brexit trade

    “Look, I’m on record, I definitely think that we should have a flagship,” he told journalists. ”I think we probably do need something” (Pic Reuters)

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on a South America five-day visit of three countries suggested that Britain’s post-Brexit trade prospects could be bolstered if he had his own Foreign Office plane. Speaking in Buenos Aires Johnson said the official Voyager aircraft, on which the prime minister travels, was rarely available – and not colorful enough.

  • Wednesday, May 23rd 2018 - 06:55 UTC

    Johnson and Faurie agree to advance relations, despite the Falklands dispute

    Johnson said ”our two positions are well known ...but that does not preclude and should not preclude all what we are doing together now to build a partnership ...

    British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that relations with Argentina will continue to grow despite the nations’ dispute over the Falkland Islands sovereignty. Argentina still claims the Islands that it calls the Malvinas. Britain says the Falklands are a self-governing British Overseas Territory under its protection, confirmed by a 2013 referendum.