Politics

• Wednesday, July 12th 2017 - 06:02 UTC

  British couple will make history this weekend when they marry at Antarctica's Rothera Station

  

  British couple will make history this weekend when they become the first to tie the knot in the British Antarctic Territory. Bride-to-be Julie Baum and her groom Tom Sylvester will take their vows at the icy cold Rothera Research Station, almost 2,000 miles south of the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, July 12th 2017 - 05:51 UTC

  Exit Brexit secretary laughs at Johnson's comments; Corbyn calls them silly arrogant remarks

  

  UK is already challenging Brussels over its Brexit divorce bill plans, David Davis has said as he laughed off concerns about Boris Johnson’s controversial suggestion the EU could “go whistle” if it makes “extortionate” demands.

• Wednesday, July 12th 2017 - 05:32 UTC

  EU can “go whistle”, says Boris Johnson of Brexit divorce bill

  

  Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has told MPs the European Union can “go whistle” for any “extortionate” final payment from the UK on Brexit. He added the government had “no plan” for what to do in the event of no deal being agreed with the EU.

• Wednesday, July 12th 2017 - 04:21 UTC

  Oil and gas production in Argentina has fallen to its lowest in 25 years

  

  Oil and gas production in Argentina has fallen to 1981 levels, the lowest in 25 years, despite a $14 million government subsidy for the first five months of this year. From last year to May 2017, the country has produced 2,311,736 m3 of oil and just under 3.8 billion m3 of gas, which shows a drop of 6% and 1.8% respectively.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 12:11 UTC

  Old round pound rolling out replaced by the new 12-sided coin

  

  The old round pound is on the way out, slowly being replaced by the new 12-sided coin, brought in by the Royal Mint in attempt to thwart forgers. Both pound coins are currently in circulation, but soon the old pound coin will lose its status as legal tender and will be worth no more than the metal it's printed on.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 08:21 UTC

  Chile lowers growth forecast in 2017; June data showed surprise deflation of 0.4%

  

  Chile's government has cut its forecast for 2017 economic growth to 1.5% from 2.25%, Finance Minister Rodrigo Valdes said on Monday as the long-awaited recovery remains elusive.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 07:53 UTC

  “Sufficient evidence” of involvement in corruption to try president Temer

  

  A key Brazilian lawmaker argued Monday that President Michel Temer should be suspended from office and put on trial in the country's highest court on a corruption charge.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 07:47 UTC

  Meirelles confident Brazil is climbing out of worst recession in history

  

  Speaking during the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, Henrique Meirelles gave more details about Brazil's economic recovery trajectory.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 07:22 UTC

  Colombian president grants amnesty to FARC 3.600 members, as part of the peace deal

  

  Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has signed a decree granting amnesty to another 3,600 members of the Farc rebel group, which last year reached a peace deal with the government. It is the third and final amnesty decree signed by Santos.

• Tuesday, July 11th 2017 - 07:05 UTC

  World Population Day

  

  World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Program in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11 July 1987.