Politics

• Thursday, July 19th 2018 - 07:07 UTC

  Ireland frustrated with UK's Brexit shifting position and “confusion” signals

  

  Ireland and the EU are very frustrated at the UK Government’s shifting positions on Brexit, the country’s deputy premier has said. In a special Brexit meeting taking place at Derrynane House in Co Kerry, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and his ministers will thrash out Brexit plans at the ancestral home of Irish political leader Daniel O’Connell.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  European business lobby urges Brussels to accelerate trade talks with Mercosur

  

  European companies are urging the European Union to accelerate trade negotiations with Mercosur bloc, in a sign of concern that the 20-year talks could once again fall dormant if they do not reach an accord this week.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2018 - 08:02 UTC

  Golden siblings and “Princess Charlotte effect” on the UK economy

  

  Britain's Prince George, 4, and Princess Charlotte, 3, aren’t literally in a competition, but when it comes to overall influence, Charlotte has an edge—and it has to do with her impact on the British economy. As it turns out, George and Charlotte are making huge financial waves just by being their cute little selves.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2018 - 07:38 UTC

  Argentina consumer prices rose 3.7% in June and reach 29.5% in twelve months

  

  Consumer prices rose 3.7% in June in Argentina, official data showed on Tuesday. That brought 12-month inflation to 29.5%, up from 26.3% in the 12 months through May, the INDEC national statistics bureau announced, which makes it the highest monthly recorded figure of the last two years.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

  Ortega determined to quell rebellious Masaya by Thursday, Sandinista Liberation Day

  

  Nicaraguan national police and armed pro-government civilians laid siege to a symbolically important neighborhood that has recently become a center of resistance to President Daniel Ortega's government. Government forces began advancing on the Monimbo neighborhood in the city of Masaya before dawn Tuesday.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2018 - 06:50 UTC

  “Transitional justice system” to help end Mexico's drugs war, anticipates president elect Lopez Obrador

  

  Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has given his future interior minister “carte blanche” to explore the possibility of legalizing drugs in a bid to curb violent crime, she said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2018 - 06:36 UTC

  Japan-EU sign wide ranging free trade deal, representing 33% of global GDP

  

  Japan and the European Union signed a wide-ranging free trade deal on Tuesday that both sides hope will act as a counterweight to the protectionist forces unleashed by US President Donald Trump.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2018 - 06:13 UTC

  Theresa May survives Tory pro-EU coup by six votes; Ex PMs Tony Blair and John Major call for second referendum

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May has narrowly survived another crunch Brexit vote in parliament, as she struggles to unify her divided party around her strategy for leaving the European Union.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 11:26 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego infighting over the Malvinas Question Observatory

  

  Last week's meeting in Buenos Aires of the Malvinas Question Observatory from the province of Tierra del Fuego with the Malvinas Department at the Argentine foreign ministry has not been without consequences.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 11:11 UTC

  UK assumes presidency of G13 group of donors to the development of Guatemala

  

  The UK has assumed the Presidency of the G13, a forum of countries and multilateral organizations representing the largest donors to the development of Guatemala. UK’s six months’ presidency, which starts this month, reflects our desire to keep building a strong relationship with Guatemala, and our shared commitment to peace and prosperity.