International

• Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  Deutsche Bank sacks Brit CEO amid continued losses

  

  Deutsche Bank has dismissed its British-born chief executive John Cryan amid continued losses at Germany's biggest lender. Co-deputy chief executive Christian Sewing will take over the role with immediate effect. Since Mr. Cryan began the job in 2015, there have been a series of scandals as well as three years of reported losses.

• Sunday, April 8th 2018 - 07:16 UTC

  Facebook admits personal information data leaks could have reached 87 million users

  

  Facebook Inc admitted that the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from a previous news media estimate of more than 50 million.

• Sunday, April 8th 2018 - 07:13 UTC

  Influential Commons Brexit committee in split vote, calls for UK to consider EEA and EFTA membership

  

  The influential Commons Brexit committee has called on the UK Government to consider negotiating continued membership of the European Economic Area (EEA) or joining the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) after Brexit.

• Sunday, April 8th 2018 - 07:06 UTC

  Facebook CEO Zuckerberg will testify before US congress April 11

  

  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a congressional committee about the privacy scandal that has rocked the social media company. The House and Energy and Commerce Committee announced on Wednesday Zuckerberg will testify on April 11 about the British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which obtained data on tens of millions of Facebook users that could be used to influence voters in U.S. elections.

• Sunday, April 8th 2018 - 06:43 UTC

  Lula in prison in Curitiba. Fiery-emotional speech to supporters before turning in

  

  Brazil's leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned himself in Saturday to start a 12-year sentence for corruption after a chaotic attempt by supporters to stop him from surrendering. Surrounded by bodyguards, Lula had to push through a seething throng of supporters to get into a police vehicle outside the metalworkers' union building in Sao Bernardo do Campo, where he had been holed up for two days and nights.

• Sunday, April 8th 2018 - 06:40 UTC

  UK present at Latin America's Air and Space Fair held in Santiago

  

  The 20th Air and Space Fair (Fidae), the most important aviation event in Latin America, kicked off in Chile on Tuesday with a participation of more than 50 exhibitors and about 120 civil and military aircraft. FIDAE, a biennial international air show held in Santiago, Chile, is the largest aerospace and defense fair in Latin America. More than 120,000 attendees are expected to attend during the six days display.

• Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 12:04 UTC

  Palestinian journalist dies after protests between the Gaza Strip and Israel

  

  Wounded by a bullet yesterday by Israeli soldiers during protests near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Palestinian journalist Yaser Murtaja has died, according to a statement from the health minister of the Palestinian enclave. Murtaja worked as a photographer for the Ain Media agency, based in Gaza.

• Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 10:54 UTC

  UN Mine Awareness Day message: Advancing Protection, Peace and Development

  

  On 8 December 2005, the General Assembly declared that 4 April of each year shall be observed as the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.

• Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 10:49 UTC

  The Guernsey house where Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables will be recovered by art collector

  

  A millionaire businessman has donated 3m Euros to save the home where French author Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables. The celebrated writer of The Hunchback of Notre Dame lived at Hauteville House in Guernsey from 1856 to 1870.

• Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 10:07 UTC

  OAS observation team will monitor Paraguay general elections

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) and the government of Paraguay signed an agreement to observe the general and departmental elections of April 22, in a ceremony that took place at OAS headquarters in Washington DC.