Politics

Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 08:11 UTC
Trump tax cuts bill passes the House, but the Senate is another story

House Republicans have passed a controversial overhaul of the US tax code that slashes corporate rates. The vote came after US President Donald Trump made a rare visit to Congress to rally lawmakers around the tax overhaul plan. The Senate is working to build support for its own version of the bill, but one Republican has said he is a 'no'.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 08:11 UTC
NAFTA gives priority to technical talks to avoid open political clashes

The politicians overseeing the renegotiation of NAFTA won't be meeting face to face at the end of this round of talks, unlike the previous four rounds of discussions.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 08:03 UTC
Petrobras counts on pre-salt production to compete with a boom in US shale output

Brazil's low-cost oil will help Petrobras compete in a tough market as it seeks to turn around its business, Pedro Parente, CEO of the state-owned oil giant anticipated. Oil majors such as Exxon, Mobil, BO, Royal Dutch Shell, Total and Statoil have been snapping up blocks in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil that hold crude under thousands of meters of salt.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 07:40 UTC
Falklands' newly elected Legislative Assembly anticipates lively debate

Five of the eight members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, were elected for the first time only three working days before their first formal appearance in the Town Hall on Monday morning. With this in mind, the business to be brought before the chamber is normally routine and unlikely to require much in the way of discussion.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 07:31 UTC
Falklands' Executive Council: MLAs Teslyn Barkman, Roger Spink and Leona Roberts

Two significant items of business were conducted during the first meeting of the newly elected Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands. The first was the election by members of the Speaker of the House and his or her Deputy.
Friday, November 17th 2017 - 06:58 UTC
Mugabe tarnished the jewel that is Zimbabwe, now is its chance to shine again

By Boris Johnson - The most accurate description of Zimbabwe in the era of Robert Mugabe came from a fellow leader of the struggle against white rule. It was Samora Machel, then president of Mozambique and a fervent enemy of colonialism, who told Mugabe in 1980 that Zimbabwe was the “jewel of Africa”, adding: “Don’t tarnish it!”
Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 18:20 UTC
Falklands 1768 Franciscan chapel blueprint discovered in the Archives of Indies in Seville

The blueprint for a Franciscan chapel built in the Falkland Islands by the Spanish sometime after 1768 and which apparently caught fire and was destroyed in 1811, was found by an Argentine historian and researcher at the General Archive of the Indies in Seville, according to a piece published by Martin Dinatale in the Buenos Aires media.
Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 17:20 UTC
Zimbabwe military intervention “not a coup”, but a struggle for Mugabe's succession

Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old president remained in military custody on Thursday, setting off a frantic effort across southern Africa to resolve the simmering political crisis. Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest ruling head of state, has been under house arrest since Wednesday morning, although military commanders claimed that the detention did not constitute a coup.
Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 15:15 UTC
Falklands announces new Legislative Assembly and portfolios assigned

The new Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands has been announced, following the General Election which concluded on Thursday 9th November.
Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 10:10 UTC
Iain Robertson appointed Falklands' Director of Development & Commercial Services

The Falkland Islands Government announced the appointment of Iain Robertson as the Director of Development & Commercial Services, (the role previously known as Director of Central Services).