Politics

Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:45 UTC
UK plans to end automatic rights for EU vessels to fish in British waters

Boris Johnson's government plans to reclaim control over British fisheries with a law allowing the U.K. to decide who can fish in its waters and on what terms. The legislation to be published this week will end current automatic rights for European Union vessels to fish in British waters, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said in an emailed statement.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:44 UTC
Margaret Thatcher’s secret dealings with the Argentine military junta that invaded the Falklands

By Grace Livingstone (*) – Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is often lauded in the UK for standing up to the Argentine military junta during the Falklands War, but declassified British documents show that her government had far more cordial relations with this regime than her wartime rhetoric suggests. The following article was published by Daily Maverick, a South African online newspaper.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:37 UTC
Conservative soap opera actress is Brazil's new secretary for culture

An actress known for decades of work in soap operas said on Wednesday she has agreed to become Brazil's secretary for culture. Regina Duarte, 72, made the announcement to reporters as she left the presidential palace.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:35 UTC
EU Parliament approves UK departure in an emotional session

Squeezed between an argument over what to call its transport strategy and a debate on the coronavirus, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of Britain's orderly departure from the European Union. It was an anti-climactic way to issue the UK's last rites.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:29 UTC
Trump could be acquitted on Friday of the impeachment trial

Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the US Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday, raising the possibility the President could be acquitted as early as Friday.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:24 UTC
IMF positively cautious about Argentina's public policies prospects

Greater certainty around Argentina’s public policies could help reactivate growth and investments in the recession-hit country, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:19 UTC
Falklands hosting Red Ensign Group Conference in February

More than 50 maritime professionals from across the Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies and the UK are coming to the Falkland Islands for the Red Ensign Group Conference.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:15 UTC
US and UN launch program to help Venezuelan migrants settle in Brazil

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched a program to help tens of thousands of Venezuelan migrants settle in Brazil for the long-term.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:09 UTC
The political responsibility of Beijing in the spread of the coronavirus

By Gwynne Dyer – In an emergency, the good thing about a dictatorship is it can respond very fast. The bad thing is it won’t respond at all until the dictator-in-chief says it should. All the little dictators who flourish in this sort of system won’t risk their positions by passing bad news up the line until the risk of being blamed for delay outweighs the risk of being blamed for the emergency in the first place.
Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 07:28 UTC
Falklands names new Director of Development and Commercial Services

The Falkland Islands Government has announced the appointment of Catherine Silva Donayre as the new Director of Development and Commercial Services when the current Director, Ian Robertson, leaves in June 2020.