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  • Thursday, March 16th 2017 - 04:56 UTC

    Political seism in Brazil: prosecutor asks Supreme Court to open 83 new graft investigations

    Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot also requested that the Court send 211 other requests to lower courts based on testimony by executives of Odebrecht

    Brazil's top public prosecutor seismically expanded a corruption probe of the country's political establishment on Tuesday, asking the Supreme Court to open 83 new investigations of politicians named in explosive plea bargain testimony. Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot also requested that the Court send 211 other requests to lower courts based on much-anticipated testimony by executives of engineering group Odebrecht implicated in Brazil's biggest-ever graft scandal.

  • Wednesday, March 15th 2017 - 07:26 UTC

    Scottish support for independence at its highest, but EU popularity has fallen

    The survey showed a higher level of support for independence than at any time since 1999 and double the level registered when the independence referendum

    Support for Scottish independence is at its highest-ever level, according to an academic study, but the Scottish Social Attitudes survey also suggested the popularity of the European Union has fallen. The researchers said this suggested focusing on EU membership may not be the best way to swing more voters towards independence.

  • Tuesday, March 14th 2017 - 21:28 UTC

    Is a second OPEC cut on the Cards?

    U.S. shale has been capping the upside: Brent has not breached US$58 per barrel. Analysts are now mostly predicting oil prices will remain below US$60 this year.

    OPEC's coordinated effort to curtail global supply has so far managed to put a floor under oil prices, which have been sitting modestly above US$50 since the deal was announced at the end of November last year. But resurging U.S. shale has been capping the upside, and Brent has not breached US$58 per barrel. Analysts and experts are now mostly predicting that oil prices will remain below US$60 this year.

  • Tuesday, March 14th 2017 - 21:23 UTC

    Mexico practices direct diplomacy with the Trump family at the White House

    Videgaray met Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, along with National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and Gary Cohn, a top financial aid

    Mexico's top diplomat was in Washington last week for meetings with the U.S. government, sidestepping the normal channels and heading straight for the White House. Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray met at the White House with President Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner, along with National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster and Gary Cohn, a top financial aid, the Mexican government announced.

  • Tuesday, March 14th 2017 - 11:42 UTC

    Brexit bill expected to become law on Tuesday; process to begin end of March

    “Parliament has today backed the government in its determination to get on with the job of leaving the EU,” Brexit Secretary David Davis said.

    The British Parliament passed on Monday the Brexit bill, paving the way for the government to trigger Article 50 so the UK can leave the European Union. Peers backed down over the issues of EU residency rights and a meaningful vote on the final Brexit deal after their objections were overturned by MPs. The bill is expected to receive Royal Assent and become law on Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, March 14th 2017 - 06:49 UTC

    Argentina protests with Brasilia over Falklands RAF flights calling in Brazil

    Allegedly according to the report during 2016 at least six Royal Air Force flights called at Brazilian airports en route to MPA in the Falklands.

    The Argentine government reiterated on Monday its disappointment with the UK military flights linking with the Falkland Islands and calling in Brazil. “We made a complaint to Brazil regarding flights and we have also instructed our embassy in the UK”, said Malcorra speaking to the media.

  • Tuesday, March 14th 2017 - 06:36 UTC

    Scottish government plans second independence referendum in 2018/19

    The Scottish first minister said the move was needed to protect Scottish interests in the wake of the UK voting to leave the EU.

    Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed she will ask for permission to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence, and the vote would be held between the autumn of 2018 and the spring of the following year. That would coincide with the expected conclusion of the UK's Brexit negotiations.

  • Tuesday, March 14th 2017 - 06:26 UTC

    Falklands denies any commitment to reduce oil royalty has been entered

    Luxton said “FIG does not intend to embark on negotiating fiscal policy through the media” and confirmed no commitment to reduce royalty had been entered

    The Falkland Islands government announced on Monday that it is currently in discussion with Premier Oil on a wide range of issues with the objective of progressing the Sea Lion development towards a successful project sanction.

  • Monday, March 13th 2017 - 18:52 UTC

    Airbnb raises US$ 1 billion to expand operations; company valued at US$ 30bn

    Airbnb's regulatory filing shows the online marketplace and hospitality service firm has raised an additional US$450m, taking the total amount raised to US$1.03bn.

    Airbnb has raised around US$1bn in a funding round to expand its operations, the San Francisco- based start-up revealed in a SEC filing last Thursday. The Series F funding round commenced in June 2016 and by September last year it had managed to raise about US$550m. Investors such as Alphabet's venture capital arm GV, had then purchased stake in the start-up for US$105 per share.

  • Monday, March 13th 2017 - 08:39 UTC

    UK's £50bn Brexit “divorce bill”: follow the example of PM Thatcher, says Boris

    Johnson said it was “not reasonable” for UK to “continue to make vast budget payments” once out of EU and cited Thatcher's success at Fontainebleau in 1984

    Boris Johnson has told the BBC that Britain should reject any EU demands for a £50bn “exit bill” and follow the example of former PM Margaret Thatcher. It has been reported that EU negotiator Michel Barnier has said the UK must continue to pay into the EU until 2020.