Politics

Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:37 UTC
PM May last emergency meeting on Monday to address seizure of UK flagged oil tanker

Prime Minister Theresa May will hold a meeting of Britain's emergencies committee on Monday to discuss Iran's seizure of a UK-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf. In one of her final important acts as prime minister before resigning on Wednesday, May will chair a meeting of Britain's COBR emergencies committee at around 10.30am (0930 GMT), her Downing Street office said.
Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:25 UTC
IMO condemns tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz and Sea of Oman

The Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has condemned recent attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and Sea of Oman at its meeting in London held from 15-19 July.
Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:20 UTC
China launches its 'Nasdaq' technology board in Shanghai on Monday to compete with tech rival US

Trading begins on Monday (July 22) on a new Nasdaq-style technology board in Shanghai that represents one of China's most significant market reforms, and a potential weapon in its growing tech rivalry with the United States.
Sunday, July 21st 2019 - 22:40 UTC
Volcano eruption leads to state of emergency, evacuations in southern Peru

Peru's government has declared a state of emergency and carried out numerous evacuations in the areas hit in one way or another by the Ubinas volcano's eruptive process which has affected around 30,000 people in the south of the country, mainly due to the dispersion of ashes, authorities reported Sunday.
Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 18:05 UTC
Buzz Aldrin, second human to walk on the moon, tells Trump he is disappointed with current lunar agenda

When President Donald Trump asked Buzz Aldrin, the second human ever to walk on the moon, what he thought about the United States' current ability to operate in space 50 years after the Apollo 11 mission, the ex-astronaut had a ready response.
Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 18:02 UTC
Iran Guards seize British flagged tanker; foreign secretary Hunt warns of serious consequences

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they had seized a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz for breaking “international maritime rules” as tensions mount in the highly sensitive waterway.
Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 11:43 UTC
Pompeo in Buenos Aires at counter-terrorism summit offers US$ 7 million for info on Hezbollah leader

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed on Friday in Argentina that the United States has imposed financial sanctions against a Hezbollah militant group leader suspected of directing a deadly bombing in 1994 of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and injured hundreds.
Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 09:52 UTC
Bolsonaro again denies Amazon deforestation and says Brazilian official data “I'm convinced, is a lie”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday accused the state body responsible for tracking deforestation levels of disclosing false data, after preliminary numbers showed a dramatic rise in July.
Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Strong contraction of Uruguay's economy: GDP forecasted to grow 0.6% this year

Uruguay's Economy minister admitted on Friday that the country will end 2019 with a “very modest growth”, in the range of 0.6%, but was confident the economy would pick up in 2020 when the construction of a new pulp mill, with an investment of at least two billion dollars, is scheduled to start.
Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
US sanctions four Venezuela military officers for torturing to death a navy captain

The United States on Friday stepped up its response following the death of a Venezuelan navy captain, sanctioning four top officials in Venezuela's military counterintelligence agency, the US Treasury Department said.