Politics

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 08:23 UTC

  Green candidate Marina Silva will run for president in Brazil

  

  Former Brazilian senator and environmental minister Marina Silva said on Sunday that she would seek her party’s nomination to run for president next year. Silva announced her plans at a meeting of her Sustainability Network Party, or REDE, which would officially nominate her at its national convention in April.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 07:55 UTC

  Argentine navy reports three objects registered on sonar search for ARA San Juan

  

  The Argentine navy is trying to make a visual inspection of another three objects that registered on a sonar search for remains of the ARA San Juan submarine that vanished 18 days ago with 44 crew members aboard in the South Atlantic.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 07:33 UTC

  US Congress begins work on major tax reform compromise bill

  

  United States House and Senate lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on Monday to begin working on a major tax cut compromise bill -- just two days after GOP senators narrowly approved their chamber’s plan on a 51-to-49 vote. The House, which has a larger Republican majority, approved its version last month.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 07:27 UTC

  Tusk warns UK on post-Brexit offer: “if unacceptable for Ireland, is also unacceptable for EU”

  

  The EU will refuse Britain’s demand for talks on a post-Brexit transition and future trade pact if Ireland is not satisfied with London’s offer on border arrangements with Northern Ireland, European Council President Donald Tusk said this weekend.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 07:11 UTC

  UK cabinet minister tells hardliners: “it's Brexit or no Brexit; Support PM May”

  

  There will be no Brexit at all unless Theresa May is supported, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned saying it was not about a choice between “this Brexit and that Brexit”. He was speaking as leading Brexit campaigners issued demands for Mrs May before agreeing any payments to the EU, including ending the European court's jurisdiction the moment the UK leaves.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2017 - 08:56 UTC

  World's biggest marine reserve in Antarctica's Ross Sea comes into effect

  

  The world's biggest marine reserve in Antarctica officially comes into effect on Friday, in what has been hailed as a “watershed” moment in conservation. The marine protected area in the Ross Sea curbs damaging activities such as fishing, to protect wildlife including Adelie and emperor penguins in the high seas off Antarctica.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 20:51 UTC

  Falklands response to results of the ICRC humanitarian forensic identification project

  

  The Falkland Islands government has released a response to the results of the International Committee of the Red Cross humanitarian project to identify the remains of the Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery. The project was the result of a December 2016 agreement between United Kingdom and the Argentine governments, facilitated by the Falklands government.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 20:36 UTC

  Falkland/Malvinas: ICRC presents results of humanitarian forensic identification project

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday handed out its forensic reports resulting from the work it carried out to identify the mortal remains of Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 18:40 UTC

  Europe in a divided vote renews the glyphosate license for another five years

  

  European countries have voted to renew the license of glyphosate, a widely used weed killer at the centre of environmental concerns. The proposal at the EU Commission's Appeal Committee got 18 votes in favor and nine against, with one abstention, ending months of deadlock.

• Friday, December 1st 2017 - 09:39 UTC

  Red Cross delivers report on unidentified Argentine combatants buried in Falklands

  

  The International Committee of the Red Cross is scheduled on Friday to hand the Argentine government the final report on the 121 graves of unknown Argentine combatants who fought in the South Atlantic conflict in 1982 and are buried in the Darwin cemetery, and whose remains were analyzed for identification earlier this year by a forensic team.