Politics

Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 06:55 UTC
Google unit workers petition the company to stop selling services to police departments

More than 1,600 workers at Alphabet Inc are petitioning its Google unit to stop selling email and other services to police departments. The workers in a petition expressed disappointment with Google not joining the “millions who want to defang and defund” police departments.
Tuesday, June 23rd 2020 - 05:40 UTC
“We will continue to pursue Malvinas sovereignty in all world forums” pledges president Fernandez

Argentine president Alberto Fernandez has repeatedly said that the “Malvinas question” is a matter of State and his government “will continue to pursue sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands until we recover the territory, which is currently usurped by the United Kingdom”.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 10:15 UTC
Florencia Kirchner's “nanny” in Cuba rewarded with Argentine embassy in UK

Javier Figueroa, currently head of the Argentine embassy in Cuba has been appointed as the next ambassador in the United Kingdom, and according to Clarin is an expert on Malvinas affairs. His time in Havana coincided with Cristina Fernandez daughter Florencia Kirchner medical internment, which impeded her from travelling back to Argentina.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 10:05 UTC
Brazil breaks the 50,000 deaths toll from coronavirus outbreak

Brazil on Sunday said it had registered more than 50,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as well as about one million infections, as the second worst-affected country in the world struggles to control the disease.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 10:00 UTC
Major European investors warn Brazil with divestment if Amazon deforestation is not stopped

Major European investment firms have said they will divest from beef producers, grains traders, and even government bonds in Brazil if they do not see progress in resolving the surging destruction of the Amazon rainforest.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 09:56 UTC
US Judge denies request from Trump to block Bolton's book

A US judge on Saturday denied a request by the Trump administration for an injunction to block publication of a book by President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton that alleges the president sought China's help to win re-election.
Monday, June 22nd 2020 - 08:44 UTC
France does not rule out a post Brexit no deal with UK, “but those who need it most are the British”

A senior French official said she could not rule out the European Union's trade talks with departed ex-member Britain ending without a deal though it was in the British interest to reach one.
Sunday, June 21st 2020 - 21:05 UTC
Colombian army frees tourists kidnapped three months ago by guerrillas

Colombia's army said on Friday it had freed a Swiss and a Brazilian kidnapped three months ago by suspected guerrillas.
Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 10:20 UTC
Record breaking Brazil: over a million Covid-19 cases and 50,000 deaths

Brazil on Friday passed a total of more than 1 million COVID-19 cases, and nearly 50,000 deaths, according to Health Ministry data, in a new nadir for the world's second worst-hit country.
Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 10:19 UTC
Argentina extends deadline for bondholders to accept debt deal to July 24

Argentina extended a deadline for bondholders to accept a debt restructuring proposal for the fifth time as creditors blamed the government for “walking away” from talks.