Politics

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Venezuela orders US diplomats to leave within 72 hours; blames Trump for the “cyber sabotage”

  

  Venezuela ordered American diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours on Tuesday after President Nicolas Maduro accused US counterpart Donald Trump of cyber “sabotage” that plunged the OPEC nation into its worst blackout on record.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Peru cabinet reshuffle: new prime minister but Finance and Mines remain

  

  Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra swore in actor and former Culture Minister Salvador del Solar as his new prime minister in a cabinet shuffle that may help shore up his slipping approval ratings.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 07:26 UTC

  UK business groups Brexit exasperation: “It's time for Parliament to stop this circus”

  

  Business groups are “exasperated” after the Prime Minister's EU withdrawal plan was again rejected by Parliament. They called on MPs to shut down the possibility of a no-deal Brexit and come up with a clear EU exit plan. The City UK, the finance industry body, said leaving without a deal “would be an own goal of historic proportions”.

• Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 07:10 UTC

  Brexit deadline: Commons votes on leaving the EU without a deal after PM May's deal was again rejected

  

  Theresa May's EU withdrawal deal has been rejected by MPs by an overwhelming majority for a second time, with just 17 days to go to Brexit. On Tuesday MPs voted down the prime minister's deal by 149 - a smaller margin than when they rejected it in January.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 20:19 UTC

  UK Parliament: Brexit deal is rejected again

  

  The Brexit deal negotiated by the Government of Theresa May and the European Union was rejected on Tuesday for the second time in the British Parliament despite the adjustments that the Prime Minister managed to reach in the European bloc.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 19:31 UTC

  Bachelet “concerned” about the arrest of Venezuelan journalist and activist Luis Carlos Díaz

  

  Luis Carlos Diaz, a Venezuelan journalist who is an expert in networks and critical of the Nicolás Maduro regime, was arrested on Monday, without capture order, by the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) after leaving his radio program, denounced his wife and colleague Naky Soto. On Tuesday, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, referred to the arrest and asked the authorities for “urgent access” for her technical mission in Venezuela to Díaz.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 11:33 UTC

  FAA says Boeing 737MAX8 model is airworthy but US Transport Secretary calls for “appropriate action”

  

  The US Federal Aviation Administration has told airlines it believes Boeing's 737 Max 8 model to be airworthy, after two fatal crashes inside six months. An Ethiopian Airlines plane en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed six minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board. The incident followed Lion Air 737 Max 8 crash in October that killed 189.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 10:57 UTC

  South Georgia releases new coin to commemorate Sir Ernest Shackleton

  

  The government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands have released a new coin to commemorate the birth of the famous explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. Born on 15th February 1874, Sir Ernest Shackleton wanted to be an explorer from a very early age, inspired by faraway places that he had read about as a boy. At the age of 16, bored by the school curriculum, he went to work in the Merchant Navy.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro caught red handed involved in fake news

  

  Brazil’s bar association and top investigative journalism group Abraji blasted far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday for his latest Twitter attack on the press.

• Tuesday, March 12th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  US and Brazil reach space accord to be signed next week when Bolsonaro visits Washington

  

  The United States and Brazil have negotiated an accord to safeguard U.S. space technology the South American nation hopes will be used in commercial rockets lifting off from its launch site near the equator, the Brazilian government said on Monday.