Politics

• Friday, August 4th 2017 - 06:45 UTC

  Transcripts show Trump admonishing Peña Nieto for saying publicly Mexico will not pay for the border wall

  

  United States president Donald Trump urged the Mexican president to stop publicly saying he would not pay for a proposed border wall, according to transcripts. Mr. Trump admonished Enrique Peña Nieto for publicly denouncing the wall during a 27 January phone call, transcripts obtained by the Washington Post show.

• Friday, August 4th 2017 - 06:31 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez could become Senator, but overall Macri will have a stronger block in congress

  

  With less than two weeks for the PASO compulsory primaries in Argentina, in anticipation of the October midterm elections, the ruling political party of president Mauricio Macri “Let us change”, is expected to come out in “a better position”, whether it wins or loses with the revival of Kirchnerism.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 23:38 UTC

  Qatar files a complaint to WTO on the trade embargo imposed by Gulf neighbors

  

  Qatar has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over a trade embargo imposed by its Gulf neighbors. The complaint accuses Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates of violating the trade group's “core laws and conventions on trade of goods and services, and trade-related aspects of intellectual property,” according to a statement from Qatar's ministry of economy and commerce.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 21:45 UTC

  Brazil's Judge Moro claims there is lack of interest from the political establishment to fight corruption

  

  Brazilian federal judge Sergio Moro, the man behind Brazil's largest ever corruption investigation, said there is still lack of interest from the country's political establishment to fight corruption, despite the political and economic crisis the practice sent the country into.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 21:20 UTC

  A century ago the first aircraft lands on the deck of a moving ship

  

  The 100th anniversary of the first time an aircraft touched down on the deck of a moving ship is to be marked. Squadron Commander Edwin Dunning landed a Sopwith Pup biplane on HMS Furious in Scapa Flow, Orkney, on 2 August, 1917.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 08:31 UTC

  Prince Philip, 96, bows out of public life after more than 22.000 presentations

  

  Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, bowed out of public life on Wednesday with his final solo appearance at an official event, ending a royal career marked by occasional gaffes that landed him in hot water.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 08:02 UTC

  Post-Brexit triggers whisky industry controversy in Scotland

  

  With whisky boosting the UK economy by about £5 billion a year, Scottish Secretary David Mundell said ministers are keen to open up new markets around the world for the iconic drink. He spoke out ahead of a meeting on the island of Islay, in the Hebrides, which is home to several distilleries.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 07:53 UTC

  Beijing support for Maduro: “the election was generally held smoothly”

  

  Venezuela's close ally China said it believed voting in the country's Constituent Assembly election was “generally held smoothly”, brushing off widespread condemnation from the United States, Europe and others and evidence of voting irregularities.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 07:45 UTC

  Venezuela military publicly express continued loyalty for president Maduro

  

  Venezuela's military and cabinet expressed their continued support for President Nicolas Maduro, a day after the United States announced sanctions against the president. The sanctions were in retaliation for defying the White House by refusing to cancel elections for a National Constituent Assembly (ANC) to rewrite the Constitution.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 07:32 UTC

  Russia accuses US of imposing a “full scale trade war”; Trump claims Congress is infringing his powers

  

  United States president Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, a move Moscow said amounted to a full-scale trade war and an end to hopes for better ties with the Trump administration. Congress overwhelmingly approved the legislation last week, passing a measure that conflict with the Republican president's desire to improve relations with Moscow.