Politics

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Opinion Polls in Argentina indicate Fernandez will be the next president

  

  Caution minded since Argentine public opinion polls were so far off the mark during the August Primary mandatory elections which triggered the current major political and financial upheaval in the country...

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez candidate stumbles in Salta province primary

  

  The just over a million registered voters in the Argentine northern province of Salta, next to Bolivia, went to the polls on Sunday to choose candidates for the coming provincial election of governor, lawmakers and city councillors, to be held on 10 November.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Ecuador in turmoil: shopkeepers arrested for raising food prices while street clashes continue

  

  Ecuadorean authorities began arresting shopkeepers for raising food prices as indigenous groups clashed with security forces on Sunday in the fourth day of protests against President Lenin Moreno's austerity measures.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Portugal's incumbent Prime Minister and stability policies win election

  

  Portugal's incumbent Prime Minister Antonio Costa's Socialists won a general election on Sunday after presiding over a period of solid economic growth following years of austerity, near total results showed. The Socialist Party (PS) took 37% of the vote, followed by the centre-right Social Democrats (PSD) with 28%, with 98% of constituencies counted, according to the interior ministry.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Pope Francis opens Amazon synod calling to listen the “cry of Mother Land” and condemning “destructive interests”

  

  Pope Francis opened a synod Sunday to champion the Amazon's poverty-stricken and isolated indigenous communities by condemning the destructive “interests” he blamed for the fires that devastated the region.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Trump faces a second whistleblower, accusing him of alleged abuse of power

  

  A second whistleblower has come forward, this one with first-hand information of the events that triggered an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump for alleged abuse of power, the informant's lawyer said on Sunday.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Barça withdraws medals awarded to Franco in 1951, 1971, and 1974

  

  Barcelona's football club members have voted overwhelmingly to withdraw medals awarded to Francisco Franco, finally ending the much-maligned distinctions the Catalan club granted to Spain's dictator.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Johnson puts pressure on EU leaders and insists on no request delay for Brexit beyond October 31

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the European Union on Sunday he will not delay Brexit beyond Oct 31, underlining that his latest proposals are the last chance to reach a deal.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  “Be in no doubt - independence is coming,” thousands march in Edinburgh

  

  Tens of thousands of Scottish independence supporters marched in Edinburgh on Saturday, as calls grow for a fresh vote on Scotland breaking away from the United Kingdom with Brexit scheduled for within weeks.

• Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  US unemployment at a record 50-year low in September, but manufacturing fell sharply

  

  The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to near a 50-year low of 3.5per cent in September, with job growth increasing moderately, suggesting the slowing economy could avoid a recession for now despite trade tensions that are hammering manufacturing.