International

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  PM Johnson's Thursday “dawn dash” to Brussels for a Brexit deal

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will go to Brussels early Thursday in a move to have some useful meetings for a Brexit deal, Beth Rigby, Sky News political editor, said in a tweet on Wednesday. Citing a senior ministerial source, Rigby added that a “dawn dash” is likely and a deal is close but Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party is “still not over line”.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 18:10 UTC

  Brazil following closely the Vatican does Synod fear bad international press

  

  A Brazilian diplomat said last week that the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro doesn’t fear the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon taking place this month at the Vatican, but that the Catholic bishops “involuntarily reinforce the campaign of the European lobbies, who are very afraid of the competition of Brazilian agriculture.”

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 09:14 UTC

  FIFA pledges stiffer punishments globally for racist incidents

  

  Soccer body FIFA on Tuesday said it may extend punishments globally after racist incidents, including monkey chants directed at black players, marred a match between Bulgaria and England.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  EU Parliament equates communism with Nazism triggers a torrent of complaints

  

  A number of communist parties, as well as progressive sections in Europe, have condemned a controversial resolution passed by the European Parliament in September.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Mercosur expects to conclude trade deals with Singapore and South Korea next year

  

  Mercosur aims to conclude free trade agreements Singapore and South Korea by next year, as it also eyes deals with several other Asian countries, a Brazilian diplomat said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  First China built icebreaker begins its maiden voyage to Antarctica

  

  China's first domestically built polar icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, will start its maiden voyage to the Antarctic from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen this week.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 08:32 UTC

  US Lower House passes bills in support of Hong Kong protestors and criticizing Beijing

  

  The US House of Representatives on Tuesday (Oct 15) passed four pieces of legislation taking a hard line on China, three related to protests in Hong Kong and one commending Canada's government in a dispute over the extradition of an executive from Huawei.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 08:01 UTC

  Roche family member claims “short term profit maximization has destroyed the planet”

  

  A member of Swiss drug-maker Roche's controlling family said that short-term profit maximization has “destroyed the planet” and the world needs a new breed of capitalism putting long-term interests first.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 07:46 UTC

  OAS declaration on the defense of democracy and social peace in Ecuador

  

  The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) approved on Tuesday the Declaration on the Defense of Democracy and Social Peace in Ecuador during a special meeting in which it received a presentation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador, José Valencia.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 04:51 UTC

  APEC finance ministers meeting in Chile, cautiously optimistic on a Beijing/USA trade agreement

  

  APEC finance ministers expressed “moderate optimism” on Tuesday that the United States and China will end their trade war and sign an agreement during the forum's summit in Santiago next month.