Politics

• Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 09:35 UTC

  “Involuntary exodus” is forcing 10% of Venezuelan population to abandon their country

  

  The Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almagro has sent a message to the Venezuelan people that are experiencing an involuntary exodus, forced upon them by the growing economic and institutional degradation of the country. By the end of this year it is estimated that over 10% of the Venezuela population will have left the country.

• Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Welsh Labour needs a “radical” new leader: party has been in office since the creation of the Assembly

  

  The next Welsh Labour leader must “shake-up” the party after almost two decades in power, a former Welsh secretary has said. Carwyn Jones is to step down as the party's leader and first minister in the autumn.

• Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  Customs union debate in Commons on Thursday; Lords voted in support

  

  The UK government has restated its commitment to leaving the EU's custom union - ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue this week. Last Wednesday, the government suffered defeat on the EU Withdrawal Bill in the House of Lords - when peers voted in favor of staying in the customs union. As a result, MPs will get a chance to debate the proposal on Thursday..

• Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 08:51 UTC

  Woman power in Germany: the two most important leaders are female

  

  Germany's junior partner in the ruling coalition, the Social Democrats (SPD), has elected its first female leader in the party's 154-year history. Former Labour Minister Andrea Nahles was chosen to replace Martin Schulz, who resigned after the SPD's worst result since 1933 in last year's polls.

• Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Corruption a threat to democracy, remarks top Brazilian military on Army Day

  

  Brazil's top army commander made another foray into political commentary, warning that corruption poses a threat to democracy in Latin America's biggest country. The comment by General Eduardo Villas Boas was his second high-profile remark on the state of Brazil's democracy this month, going against an unwritten rule that high-ranking military officers keep out of politics.

• Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  President Trump expected to visit London in “late summer”

  

  United States president Donald Trump is planning on visiting the UK in the summer, it is reported. Mr. Trump has not visited the UK since he was elected to the White House in November 2016, with a potential visit to London to open the US Embassy in January not taking place.

• Saturday, April 21st 2018 - 07:42 UTC

  Irish border remains stumbling block in Brexit negotiations

  

  Fresh doubts have been raised over Theresa May’s hopes for a deal on future relations with Europe, after reports that her proposals for the Irish border have been comprehensively rejected in Brussels. One report of a meeting this week between Britain’s lead negotiator Olly Robbins and senior EU officials suggested that the Prime Minister’s plans for avoiding a hard border with the Republic were subjected to “a systematic and forensic annihilation”.

• Saturday, April 21st 2018 - 07:12 UTC

  King-in-waiting confirmed as the next head of the Commonwealth

  

  Prince Charles has spent a lifetime waiting to be king. On Friday the 69-year-old heir to the British throne got another position to wait for — he was approved as the next head of the Commonwealth made up of the U.K. and the countries that once were its colonies.

• Saturday, April 21st 2018 - 06:57 UTC

  What is Earth Day, and what is it meant to accomplish?

  

  A message from Earth Network president, Kathleen Rogers - Close to 48 years ago, on 22 April 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative impacts of 150 years of industrial development.

• Saturday, April 21st 2018 - 06:31 UTC

  Unasur under pressure: six nations, including Brazil and Argentina, suspend their memberships

  

  Half of the nations belonging to Unasur, a South American bloc set up a decade ago to counter U.S. sway in the region, have decided to suspend their membership, a Brazilian official announced on Friday.