Politics

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands celebrates “touchdown for the Second Flight” and anticipates a new era of development for the Islands

  

  The elected government of the Falkland Islands announced that a new era has opened Islands with the inaugural Second Flight from São Paulo, Brazil, touching down this Wednesday afternoon at Mount Pleasant Airport.

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Morales calls on the international community to stop a “genocide” in Bolivia

  

  Former president Evo Morales urged the international community on Wednesday to intervene to stop what he called a “genocide” in Bolivia, where at least 32 people have died in violence that erupted after his disputed re-election.

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  EU Security Council members and Vatican question US decision on Israeli settlements

  

  European members of the UN Security Council hit out on Wednesday at the US decision to no longer consider Israeli settlements illegal but stopped short of naming the United States. The Vatican also expressed that the search for peace between Israelis had been put at risk.

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Mexican government helping its citizens file lawsuits against Walmart over racial shootings

  

  Mexico's government said on Wednesday it has helped 10 Mexican citizens file lawsuits against Walmart over an August shooting at a store in El Paso, Texas, where a suspected white nationalist killed 22 people.

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:25 UTC

  Prince Andrew stepping back from public duties following the outcry over his friendship with a sex offender

  

  Prince Andrew on Wednesday said he was cancelling his public engagements, as the outcry over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein showed no sign of abating.

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Fed dismisses the idea of negative interest rates, despite Trump's insistence, according to released minutes

  

  US central bankers last month dismissed the idea of taking interest rates into negative territory, something President Donald Trump has called for many times, according to meeting minutes released on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  OAS demands an end to violence and an urgent call for elections

  

  The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States, OAS, has called on Bolivian authorities to urgently call elections, an immediate cease of violence, and the search for dialogue.

• Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:08 UTC

  French hotel industry furious at the Olympic Committee partnership with Airbnb

  

  French hotel owners assailed Airbnb on Wednesday over its new partnership with the International Olympic Committee, warning they would stop working on the planning for the Paris 2024 summer Games to protest against what they call an unfair competitor.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Judge ratifies Wednesday's air link between Sao Paulo and Malvinas/Falklands

  

  Argentine federal judge Luis Rodriguez ratified on Tuesday the green light for Latam's flight, beginning this Wednesday, linking Sao Paulo in Brazil and Cordoba with the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, after throwing out a request to suspend the link.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Fernandez tells IMF, “we want to make a commitment that we can keep”

  

  Argentina’s president-elect, Alberto Fernandez, has a “sustainable” plan to meet creditor obligations as well as maintain growth, he told the International Monetary Fund´s managing director Kristalina Georgieva, his office said.