Politics

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Chile continues with deportation of Venezuelan migrants

  

  The Government of Chile has deported on a plane to Caracas a total of 56 Venezuelan citizens who were allegedly involved in trafficking of minors, drugs, robberies or simply entered the country irregularly, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  Argentina: Kirchnerites barely surpass 14% of votes in Misiones provincial mid-term elections

  

  The local political party ruling the Argentine province of Misiones took a decisive win in the local-mid-term elections.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 08:48 UTC

  US recover ransom paid to hackers by Colonial Pipeline which caused widespread gas shortages

  

  The US Department of Justice has managed to track down and recapture 63.7 bitcoin worth of ransom from a wallet allegedly used by hackers who extorted Colonial Pipeline. The ransomware attack had caused widespread gas shortages.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 07:43 UTC

  China's international reserves in May reach US$ 3,22 trillion

  

  Chinese gold and foreign currency reserves, the world’s largest, rose more than expected last month, according to official data published on Monday. The nation’s foreign exchange reserves increased by US$23.62 billion to US$3.22 trillion in May against US$ 3.198 trillion recorded in April.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 07:15 UTC

  AMLO loses legislative majority in Mexican Lower House

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's (AMLO) centre-left ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) which lost the qualified majority in the Lower House after Sunday's elections.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 07:10 UTC

  Brazil deploys national guard to contain outbreak of violence in Manaus

  

  Brazil's Justice Minister Anderson Torres Monday gave the green light for national forces to intervene in the capital city of the state of Amazonia, Manaus, which has been ransacked by acts of violence and looting over the past month, was announced.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 04:38 UTC

  Google fined €220 million in France to settle abuse of power in online advertising

  

  BLOOMBERG – Google has agreed to pay €220 million and end anti-competitive practices, to settle a French antitrust probe over its abuse of power in online advertising. The French Competition Authority said Google has been unfairly sending business to its advertising server and its online ad auction house, to the detriment of rivals. In addition to the fine, Google promised to remedy the situation by improving the interoperability of its Google Ad Manager services for third parties.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Peru: Fujimori slightly ahead but too soon to celebrate – exit polls show otherwise

  

  Conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori was slightly ahead of leftist Pedro Castillo Monday dawn as provisional results of Peru's presidential runoff were being announced by the National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE).

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentine government to raid house by house looking for those who still need their second dose

  

  The Argentine government of President Alberto Fernández is said to be embarking on a witch-hunt search for the unvaccinated, according to the Buenos Aires daily La Nación.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Small expedition ships to be allowed into the Falklands in southern summer

  

  ‘Clean’ expedition ships carrying fewer than 530 passengers will be allowed to visit the Falkland Islands this Southern summer under a new visitor policy approved by the Falkland Islands Government this week.