Politics

Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 09:22 UTC
The idea of a “Norway plus” plan is floated ahead of Tuesday's Brexit vote

The UK should pursue the so-called “Norway plus” option - if Theresa May's Brexit plan is rejected by MPs on Tuesday, according to Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd. In an interview with The Times, Ms Rudd said she still supported the PM's plan - but added a variation of Norway's set-up was the best alternative.
Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 09:07 UTC
Twelve people, including six hostages killed in bank robbery shootout in Brazil

Twelve people including 6 hostages were killed on Friday in a shootout between police and bank robbers attempting to blow up ATMs at 2 banks in a small town in northeastern Brazil, authorities said.
Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 07:55 UTC
Name of remains at the Falklands' Argentine military cemetery 106th grave released

A 19-year-old conscript soldier, and builder in his home province of Cordoba, Ramon Angel Cabrera, is the name of the 106th Argentine combatant whose remains buried in the Falkland Islands has been identified.
Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 07:38 UTC
Former president during one of Colombia's bloodiest periods has died

Former Colombian President Belisario Betancur, who attempted to broker peace with Marxist rebels during his administration, died on Friday at the age of 95, the Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota hospital said.The hospital did not provide a cause of death, but media reports said he had been admitted with kidney problems.
Saturday, December 8th 2018 - 07:28 UTC
Christian Democrats choose a successor for Merkel: Annegret K-K

Germany's ruling Christian Democrat Union has chosen Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer as its new party leader, ending Angela Merkel's 18-year reign. The CDU general secretary narrowly beat Friedrich Merz, a millionaire lawyer, in a run-off vote in Hamburg. Ms Kramp-Karrenbauer, or AKK as she is also known, received 517 of 999 votes.
Friday, December 7th 2018 - 16:39 UTC
Angry Bolivians demonstrate against Evo's candidacy

Demonstrators marched in most Bolivian big cities Thursday to complain against the Electoral High Court (TSE)'s decision to allow incumbent President Evo Morales and Vice-president Álvaro García Linera to seek re-election despite the country's Constitution and what the people voted for in the February 21, 2016 referendum.
Friday, December 7th 2018 - 16:07 UTC
Atocha Massacre fugitive captured in Brazil

Spanish diplomatic sources confirmed Thursday that Carlos Garcia Julia, 65, a fugitive Spanish terrorist, convicted for the politically motivated killings of five people in 1977, is in the custody of Brazil's Federal Police in the state of Sao Paulo.
Friday, December 7th 2018 - 15:37 UTC
Famous Afghan Messi fan displaced by war, fears for his life

Murtaza Ahmadi, whose picture in 2016 donning a plastic home made Argentine national football jersey pretending to be that of Lionel Messi went viral leading the actual Barcelona FC star to meet him personally and give him a real shirt, is now one of thousands of Afghans displaced by war, as his family has left their home in southeastern Ghazni fleeing a Taliban large-scale offensive.
Friday, December 7th 2018 - 14:52 UTC
Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno asks Assange to leave London embassy

After the United Kingdom has guaranteed that the founder of Wikileaks will not be extradited to the US, President Lenín Moreno invited Julian Assange to leave Ecuador's embassy in London, because his time of asylum in the diplomatic building after six years is about to run out.
Friday, December 7th 2018 - 10:12 UTC
Calls for a second Brexit referendum in the next 22 months to avoid Parliament gridlock

Parliament will be “gridlocked” no matter what the Brexit deal, former Cabinet minister Justine Greening warned as she urged the Government to “ask the people” to break the impasse. The Tory former education secretary told MPs a referendum could be held in the next 22 weeks as she derided Theresa May’s current plan.