Politics

Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 16:48 UTC
Massive arrests in Brazil in a coordinated crackdown on murders and femicides

More than 200 people were arrested on murder charges in a single day across Brazil on Friday in a coordinated sweep that emphasized the fight against femicide and other killings, the government said.
Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 04:35 UTC
Argentina's Peso falls 1.42% on Friday, despite a weaker dollar following Fed's Powell speech

Argentina’s peso currency fell 1.42% to a record low close of 30.92 per dollar on Friday, weighed down by an economy slipping into recession, high inflation and uncertainty driven by corruption investigations.
Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 02:51 UTC
Pope Francis in Ireland pledges to end the repugnant sexual exploitation of children

Pope Francis vowed on Saturday to end the “repugnant” sexual exploitation of children by Catholic clergy as he made a highly-charged visit to once devout Ireland where years of reported abuse have driven many Irish away from the Church.
Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 02:35 UTC
Macri blames the lack of infrastructure to rampant corruption under the Kirchners

Argentine president Mauricio Macri linked the poor state of the country's infrastructure to the so called “K corruption notebooks”, but also praised that truth is coming to light and in just two years Argentina's standing in the Transparency rating had gone from position 54 to 17.
Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 02:11 UTC
Centennial of the launching of “The Mighty Hood”

A ceremony has been held in Clydebank to mark the centenary of the launch of one of Britain's largest warships. The battle-cruiser HMS Hood was launched at John Brown's shipyard in Clydebank on 22 August 1918. Until the commissioning of the new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, there had never been a bigger British warship than “The Mighty Hood”.
Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 01:26 UTC
Central banks reviewing “phasing out cash” because of IT failures, hacking and alienation

Europe’s central bankers are warning that a gradual phase-out of cash in many countries poses a serious threat to the financial system, as relying too heavily on digital payment systems exposes them to catastrophic failures in the event of cyber attacks.
Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 01:05 UTC
Brazilian politics, football and bribes, so closely interlinked

When the former boss of Brazilian football was arrested in Zurich in a 2015 graft case that would see him sentenced to prison, his successor in the job didn't lose a minute - he got on the first plane to Rio de Janeiro and didn't look back.
Friday, August 24th 2018 - 09:04 UTC
Corruption scandal: Police searched homes of ex Argentine president Cristina Fernandez

Police accompanied by sniffer dogs searched the homes of Argentina's former president Cristina Kirchner on Thursday as the investigation intensified into the so-called “notebooks” corruption scandal that has rocked the country.
Friday, August 24th 2018 - 09:02 UTC
Trump warns that any attempt to impeach him would crash the US economy

US President Donald Trump has warned that any attempt to impeach him would result in the crash of the economy. The President made the claim as the White House struggled to manage the fallout from a plea deal Mr Trump's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen made with prosecutors, and the conviction of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort on financial charges.
Friday, August 24th 2018 - 08:55 UTC
Uruguay players support FIFA's decision to take temporary control of AUF

Several Uruguayan international players used their social media channels to share a letter in support to FIFA's decision to take temporary control of the country's soccer federation because of governance concerns. The letter, tweeted out by team stars such as Luis Suarez and Diego Godin, says it would bring “transparency, democracy and plurality” to the federation, known as the AUF.