Politics

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  Venezuela resumes direct shipments of oil to China despite US sanctions

  

  Venezuela has resumed direct shipments of oil to China after U.S. sanctions sent the trade underground for more than a year, according to Refinitiv Eikon vessel-tracking data and internal documents from state company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA).

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Falklands approves “Spirit of Sydney” expedition transit call to fly passengers back to UK

  

  On Wednesday 25 November, the Falkland Islands ExCo approved a proposal by the Spirit of Sydney expedition cruise vessel operator to transmit a small number of people back to the UK via the Falklands in late January 2021.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Spain warns time running out to find a Brexit agreement over Gibraltar

  

  Time is running out to find a Brexit agreement between Spain and Britain over Gibraltar, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said on Thursday. At stake in the talks is avoiding a hard European Union border in southern Spain after Britain completes its departure from the EU at the end of this year.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:19 UTC

  UK: AstraZeneca vaccine will have to be approved by independent medical regulators

  

  The British government said on Friday it has asked its independent medicines regulator to assess AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine as part of the formal approval process for the drug to be rolled out by the end of the year.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:06 UTC

  Iranian diplomat on trial in Belgium accused of plotting a bomb attack in Paris

  

  An Iranian diplomat goes on trial in Belgium on Friday accused of plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside Paris, in a case that has stoked tensions with Teheran. In June 2018 Belgian authorities thwarted what they said was an attempt to smuggle explosives to France to attack a meeting of one of Iran's exiled opposition movements.

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Fitch Ratings more optimistic about Latin America's “improving economic” environment

  

  Latin American corporate credit indicators point to an improving economic and operating environment for most countries across the region in 2021, according to a series of new reports from Fitch Ratings.

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Beijing accused Eduardo Bolsonaro of harming relations between Brazil and China

  

  China’s embassy in Brazil said a son of President Jair Bolsonaro had harmed relations between the two countries with critical comments about telecommunications equipment firm Huawei.

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 09:11 UTC

  Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine expected to be administered in Mexico in mid December

  

  Pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine could start being administered in Mexico in mid-December if it is approved by the country’s health regulator, Mexico’s foreign minister announced

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Colombian navy captures fully submersible sub for drugs transport; possible origin North Korea or Iran

  

  At the beginning of this month, the Colombian Navy made its latest capture of a submarine from one of the drug barons. The sub was significantly different from the others captured. This one, unlike its predecessors, was fully submersible rather than semi-submersible, and it was powered by an electric engine.

• Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 08:37 UTC

  Chinese president Xi Jinping finally congratulates president elect Joe Biden

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated President-elect Joe Biden, state media reported on Wednesday, becoming one of the last world leaders to do so.