Politics

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Macron calls on leaders for a “true European Army” to protect EU from China, Russia...and US

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that Europeans cannot be protected without a “true, European army”, as he marks the centenary of the World War One Armistice.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 07:47 UTC

  Trump calls for bipartisanship, but will fight back any “warlike posture”

  

  Investigate me, and I'll investigate you — and the result will likely be gridlock. This is one of the messages US President Donald Trump delivered on Wednesday at a press conference just a few hours after the Democrats took over the US House of Representatives.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 07:24 UTC

  US confirms “anti dumping” duties on Chinese aluminum products

  

  The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday said it would impose final anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on Chinese common alloy aluminum sheet products of 96.3% to 176.2%. The decision marks the first time that final duties were issued in a trade remedy case initiated by the U.S. government since 1985.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 07:11 UTC

  US to review antidumping duties on biodiesel imported from Argentina

  

  The U.S. Commerce Department said it would begin a review of antidumping duties it placed last year on biodiesel imported from Argentina, the Argentine Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 06:55 UTC

  Brazil future Justice minister Moro pledges to fight organized crime and corruption

  

  The judge who is the most prominent face of Brazil's anti-corruption campaign denied that his appointment as justice minister was a reward for having convicted and jailed a political rival of his new boss.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2018 - 16:50 UTC

  Killed journalists worldwide now on UNESCO online database

  

  UNESCO Tuesday announced the creation of an online database of murdered journalists around the world and on the ensuing investigations of their deaths.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  Bolsonaro wants pension reform passed before he takes office on January first

  

  Brazil’s right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that Congress must make some progress this year on a pension reform proposed by the outgoing government before he takes office on January first.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  France planning new aircraft carrier to replace the Charles de Gaulle

  

  France's government launched plans on Tuesday for a new aircraft carrier, saying it will make a decision on how to build the multi-billion-euro warship in 2020. France currently has one carrier, the Charles-de-Gaulle, but is seeking to develop a replacement that would serve until 2080 and be adapted for next-generation combat jets.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  US and China agree to a top level meeting next Friday to ease bitter disputes

  

  The United States and China will hold a delayed top-level security dialogue on Friday, the latest sign of a thaw in relations, as China’s vice president said Beijing was willing to talk with Washington to resolve their bitter trade dispute.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  EU and Brexit: Far from an agreement “to guarantee peace in Ireland”

  

  A deal on the Irish border to break the Brexit deadlock is not close, the EU’s chief negotiator said on Tuesday. Michel Barnier was speaking as Theresa May briefed the Cabinet on her plans to achieve a breakthrough in time to secure a special Brexit summit to seal an agreement in November.