Politics

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 06:53 UTC

  UK to ban sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035

  

  Britain will ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035, five years earlier than planned, in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 17:48 UTC

  The Argentine judge who prosecuted vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is dead

  

  Argentine federal judge Claudio Bonadio, notorious for bringing cases involving the former president and current vice president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), died Tuesday morning at his home it was reported.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Fernandez meets President Sanchez and King Philip VI in Madrid

  

  Following what the Argentine delegation consider successful visits to the Vatican, Italy and Germany, with ample support for Argentina's strategy to address its foreign debt commitments, president Alberto Fernandez on Tuesday will be in Madrid to meet with president Pedro Sanchez and King Philip VI.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Coronavirus hits Chinese markets and the Yuan, despite central bank liquidity injection

  

  Investors erased US$ 393 billion from China’s benchmark stock index on Monday, sold the Yuan and dumped commodities as fears about the spreading coronavirus and its economic impact drove selling on the first day of trade in China since the Lunar New Year.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Germany pledges support for Argentina and its foreign debt strategy compliance

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez left Germany more than satisfied after Monday's evening meeting with chancellor Angela Merkel and in the morning with leaders of industry and finance, who pledged investments in Argentina.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:15 UTC

  Mexico targeting the “very closed” Brazilian economy expects to negotiate a trade deal

  

  Mexico is negotiating with Brazil to expand economic cooperation and believes it can find areas of mutual benefit even though the Brazilian economy is “very closed,” Economy Minister Graciela Marquez said on Friday.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:14 UTC

  Warnings of UK data privacy legislation vacuum, following post Brexit 2021

  

  British people’s data privacy will be “hanging in the balance” after Brexit, former Cambridge Analytica staffer-turned-whistleblower Brittany Kaiser warned as the country leaves the European Union on Friday.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:12 UTC

  LATAM leaves OneWorld and with Delta partnership has access to Skyteam

  

  LATAM Airlines will leave the OneWorld alliance on May 1, 2020. The decision, announced on Friday, moves the airline’s departure from the alliance up by five months.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:04 UTC

  US approves rules on imports from countries that undervalue their currencies

  

  The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday finalized a new rule to impose anti-subsidy duties on products from countries that it has determined undervalue their currencies against the dollar, including potentially China.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentine president meets Angela Merkel Monday evening and on Tuesday will be in Spain

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and his delegation are in Germany where they arrived Sunday morning and on Monday evening will be received by Chancellor Angela Merkel.