Politics

Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 09:12 UTC
Lord Carrington dies. He resigned as foreign secretary when Argentina invaded the Falklands

Lord Carrington, a versatile British politician who held senior posts under Conservative prime ministers from Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher and who was secretary general of NATO in the last years of the Cold War, died on Monday. He was 99.
Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 08:39 UTC
Brazilian court has received 146 habeas corpus petitions on behalf of Lula da Silva

A top Brazilian court has received 146 habeas corpus petitions on behalf of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva following a dramatic back-and-forth between lower court judges over whether he should be released from jail.
Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 08:25 UTC
Facebook fined £500,000 in UK for failing to safeguard users' data

The chairman of the U.K. Parliament's media committee says the government office that investigated the Cambridge Analytica scandal has fined Facebook £500,000 for failing to safeguard users' data.
Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 07:22 UTC
RAF centenary celebration fly-past gathers thousands in London

Thousands of people have gathered outside Buckingham Palace to watch a fly-past of aircraft to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force. Almost 100 planes representing the RAF over the years flew over The Mall following a parade by personnel.
Wednesday, July 11th 2018 - 07:00 UTC
Petrobras diversifies to renewables: signs MoU with Total's green arm

Brazilian state-run oil and gas company Petrobras has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with French oil major Total SA and its green arm Total Eren SA for collaboration in renewable projects in Brazil.
Tuesday, July 10th 2018 - 08:16 UTC
Violence in Nicaragua leaves the dialogue in suspense

14 lives claimed the increase of violence in Nicaragua, which is about to break the the dialogue to resolve the crisis that left some 250 dead in almost three months of protests against President Daniel Ortega.
Tuesday, July 10th 2018 - 07:41 UTC
Macri admits mistakes and calls for support from governors, unions and business leaders

President Mauricio Macri, First Lady Juliana Awada and members of his cabinet attended on Monday, 9 July, the Argentine Independence Day celebrations in the Tucuman Historic House, where 202 years ago the emerging nation cut all ties as a Spanish colony.
Tuesday, July 10th 2018 - 07:20 UTC
Quick review of Brexit events and possible outcomes

A huge political fight has erupted in the UK government over Brexit, Britain’s controversial decision to break away from the European Union, and it could bring down Prime Minister Theresa May. In the last 24 hours, three members of May's cabinet — Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, Brexit Minister David Davis, and the minister for the Department for Exiting the EU, Steve Baker — quit the government in protest over May’s handling of negotiations with the European Union.
Tuesday, July 10th 2018 - 07:15 UTC
Trump picks strong business-friendly candidate to the Supreme Court

President Donald Trump on Monday night picked Brett Kavanaugh to fill an open seat on the Supreme Court, potentially creating the most business-friendly high court since before the New Deal in the 1930s. The nomination of Kavanaugh to replace the retiring Anthony Kennedy is another win for corporate America.
Tuesday, July 10th 2018 - 06:38 UTC
May reshuffles cabinet and warns that a divided Tory party could lead to a Corbyn government

Theresa May will chair her new-look cabinet on Tuesday morning after a string of resignations over her Brexit strategy left her government in crisis. Mrs. May was forced to carry out a reshuffle of her top team after Boris Johnson and David Davis both quit.