Politics

Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:11 UTC
Crowd of 1.3 million at Pope's final Mass in Peru, contrasts with visit to Chile

More than one million people turned out Sunday for Pope Francis’ final Mass in Peru, giving him a warm and heartfelt farewell that contrasted sharply with the outcry he caused in neighboring Chile by accusing sex abuse victims of slandering a bishop.
Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 07:45 UTC
Falklands confirms appointment of Chief of Police

The Falkland Islands government, FIG, announced on 16 January the permanent appointment of Jeff McMahon as Chief of Police within the Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP). Mr. McMahon arrived in the Falkland Islands in May 2017 and was promoted to Detective Chief Inspector in July.
Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 10:48 UTC
Bipartisan efforts failed: US Government shutdown

For first time since 2013, the US government is in shutdown after senators rejected a temporary spending patch. Trump accuses Democrats of taking Americans hostage with their demands.
Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 09:33 UTC
Francis blasts corruption, calls for greater transparency in public entities, private sector, and... the Church

Pope Francis made a forceful call to combat corruption in Peru, calling it a social “virus” a month after the Andean nation’s president pardoned a former autocratic leader who had been jailed for graft and human rights abuses.
Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 08:16 UTC
Francis strongly sides with indigenous peoples and calls the Amazon, God's “holy ground”

From deep in the Amazon rainforest, Pope Francis demanded on Friday that corporations stop their relentless extraction of timber, gas and gold from God's “holy ground,” and called on governments to recognize the indigenous peoples living there as the primary forces in determining its future.
Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 07:19 UTC
Falklands expecting arrival of the all-woman Indian Navy team in INSV Tarini

The all-woman Indian Navy team sailing in the INSV Tarini in one of the toughest feats, a global circumnavigation trip has successfully crossed the notoriously rough Drake Passage, rounding Cape Horn off the southern tip of South America and are en route to Stanley in the Falkland Islands, where they will be arriving any moment.
Friday, January 19th 2018 - 10:01 UTC
Catalonia parliament speaker in round of talks to decide on Puigdemont's future

The new pro-independence speaker of Catalonia's parliament on Thursday started meeting party representatives to pick a regional president, with exiled former leader Carles Puigdemont in the lead for the post.
Friday, January 19th 2018 - 09:56 UTC
Juncker pledges funding for Ireland's cross-border projects will continue after Brexit

The president of the European Commission has indicated that funding for Ireland's cross-border projects will continue after Brexit. Jean-Claude Juncker said he could see “no more important use” of the European budget than maintaining the peace process in Ireland. He was speaking at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Friday, January 19th 2018 - 09:32 UTC
UK appoints a “minister of loneliness” to tackle the “hidden epidemic” that affects nine million Britons

Britain appointed a “minister for loneliness” on Wednesday to tackle what Prime Minister Theresa May described as “the sad reality of modern life” affecting millions of people. Tracey Crouch, a junior minister for sport and civil society, will take on the role as part of a broader strategy to combat loneliness in Britain.
Friday, January 19th 2018 - 09:01 UTC
Lula is no radical or a threat to stability: everyone won when he was president

The leader of Brazil's Workers' Party, PT, argued in an interview that former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is anything but radical and does not pose a threat to Brazilian financial stability. Brazilian senator Gleisi Hoffman told Bloomberg News that Lula is working on a second “letter to Brazilian people” (as he did in 2002) to reassure the markets about his commitment to fiscal responsibility.