Politics

• Tuesday, October 10th 2017 - 03:00 UTC

  Brazilian political system passes a bill forcing social media outlets to censor critical content

  

  In a move that critics say impinges on the legitimacy of democracy, the Brazilian Congress has approved legislation allowing parties and candidates to force social media outlets to censor offensive or critical content by anonymous authors.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2017 - 02:55 UTC

  Rio 2016 Games chairman arrested and suspended on corruption charges

  

  The chairman of Brazil’s Olympic Committee, who helped organize the Rio 2016 Games, submitted his resignation on Saturday, saying he wanted to concentrate on defending himself against corruption charges.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2017 - 02:32 UTC

  Angela Merkel agrees to an immigration cap as part of her talks to form a coalition

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has agreed an immigration policy with its sister party, media reports say. The breakthrough in talks with the Christian Social Union (CSU) would overcome a major hurdle as Mrs. Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) seek to form a coalition government.

• Sunday, October 8th 2017 - 09:15 UTC

  Scotland and Ireland allies in Brexit negotiations, will argue to keep an open Irish border

  

  Nicola Sturgeon has said Scotland and Ireland are allies in the Brexit negotiations. Scotland's first minister told business leaders in Dublin she will argue for the Irish border to remain open in the wake of the UK's split from Europe. She added the Republic and Scotland were united on virtually every issue of substance relating to Brexit.

• Sunday, October 8th 2017 - 08:48 UTC

  Weekend of rallies in Spain against Catalonia independence

  

  Rallies are expected in Spain against Catalonian independence, after Sunday's disputed referendum. Demonstrations are planned in Madrid and other cities, with supporters calling for a similar rally in Catalonia's capital Barcelona.

• Sunday, October 8th 2017 - 08:31 UTC

  Argentina preparing to auction offshore hydrocarbons exploration next year

  

  Argentina plans to auction offshore oil and gas exploration rights next year, in the hope of developing fields off its Atlantic coast like those in neighboring Brazil, the energy minister said on Thursday.

• Saturday, October 7th 2017 - 10:03 UTC

  Reminiscences of the Falklands' war triggered by the Argentina/Peru Russia 2018 qualifier

  

  The building up to the South American qualifier for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, between Argentina and Peru, which was played in Buenos Aires on Thursday evening, resurfaced the strong political and military alliance of the two countries, particularly referred to recent events such as the Falklands war in 1982.

• Saturday, October 7th 2017 - 09:25 UTC

  Falklands' iconic Whalebone Arch in Stanley again open to view after weeks of repair

  

  Falkland Islands' newly-restored Whalebone Arch was revealed this week. After six weeks of sanding and repairing and coating with epoxy resin, the iconic structure in Stanley is now open to view, and to the elements.

• Saturday, October 7th 2017 - 09:10 UTC

  UK and Brazil sign MoU to enhance cooperation and promote direct investment

  

  Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, announced on Friday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) that aims to enhance cooperation to promote foreign direct investment between Brazil and the UK.

• Saturday, October 7th 2017 - 08:21 UTC

  Nobel Prize for Peace awarded to International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

  

  The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. ICAN describes itself as a coalition of grassroots non-government groups in more than 100 nations. It originated in Australia and was then launched internationally in Vienna in 2007.