Politics

Friday, June 15th 2018 - 10:32 UTC
Oxfam GB banned from Haiti following on cases of sexual misconduct

Oxfam GB has been banned from operating in Haiti after its staff were accused of sexual misconduct following the 2010 earthquake. Haiti's government said the decision was taken because of Oxfam's “violation of its laws and serious breach of the principle of human dignity”.
Friday, June 15th 2018 - 07:22 UTC
Lord West claims Royal Navy does not have enough vessels to look after the EEZ

The former head of the Royal Navy has warned of a developing negative situation over the number of ships available to patrol Britain’s coastal waters post-Brexit. Labour’s Lord West of Spithead told the Lords at question time there were not enough vessels to look after the inshore waters and the exclusive economic zone.
Friday, June 15th 2018 - 06:56 UTC
Forex run in Argentina: Macri appoints new Central bank president

Argentine president Mauricio Macri appointed Finance Minister Luis Caputo as president of the central bank on Thursday, after the outgoing head of the bank resigned and acknowledged having lost credibility.
Friday, June 15th 2018 - 06:25 UTC
'Brexit leaves UK isolated from allies and begging for trade deals with ex colonies'

Britain will be left a “mangy old lion” as a result of Brexit, isolated from its allies and reduced to begging for trade deals from one-time colonies, a former Foreign Office minister is warning. Lord Malloch-Brown, who chairs the Best for Britain campaign for a second referendum, said that the UK’s loss of influence was exposed at last week’s G7 summit, where Theresa May was left a “spectator” to a clash between the US, Canada and the EU.
Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 21:23 UTC
Legal abortion bill in Argentina faces an even steeper up hill in the Senate

The lower house of Argentina’s Congress on Thursday narrowly passed a Bill to legalise abortion through 14 weeks of pregnancy after a tight vote on a proposal that has divided the South American nation.
Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 08:59 UTC
Pompeo sets terms of Trump/Kim accord: no lifting of sanctions until complete denuclearization

North Korea will not see any economic sanctions lifted until it has demonstrated “complete denuclearisation”, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said. Pompeo was speaking at a press conference in Seoul with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts.
Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 08:49 UTC
Sturgeon “proud” of MSPs: relation between Scottish and UK governments on Brexit, no longer “business as usual”

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she is “proud” of SNP MSPs who staged a mass walkout of the House of Commons in a row over the EU Withdrawal Bill. The MPs acted after the party's leader at Westminster Ian Bralckford was thrown out of the chambler by the Speaker. The row was prompted by a “lack of debate” on what Mr Blackford said was a “power grab” by the UK government.
Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 08:23 UTC
Miami media says US$ 800 million in assets of Diosdado Cabello frozen in the US, but he flatly denies the version

The U.S. government has frozen about US$ 800 million in assets from senior Venezuelan leader Diosdado Cabello Miami journalist Oscar Haza reported Tuesday during his morning radio show on Miami’s Spanish-language Zeta 92.3.
Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 07:51 UTC
New conflict brewing with Brazilian truckers

Talks on new prices for truck freight in Brazil, following a nationwide truckers strike in May, have yet to be concluded and the lack of a deal is hurting goods transportation, Brazil’s Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said.
Thursday, June 14th 2018 - 07:01 UTC
Turmoil in the Spanish national team: coach fired

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) sacked head coach Julen Lopetegui two days before Spain’s opening match in the World Cup against Portugal. One day earlier Lopetegui agreed to succeed Zinedine Zidane as the new Real Madrid boss after the World Cup. This decision was made without the knowledge of RFEF.