Politics

Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 22:41 UTC
UK and London lose ground as preferred destinations for Chinese millionaires

The UK has slipped down the list of preferred destinations for Chinese millionaires considering moving overseas, a report suggests. While the US remains the favorite place to settle, Canada now ranks second pushing Britain into third spot.
Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 15:10 UTC
World Medical Association urges Venezuela to immediately address health situation

The World Medical Association has urged the Venezuelan Government to take immediate action to resolve the country's serious health crisis, which it says has led to increased morbidity, mortality and malnutrition among infants.
Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 10:57 UTC
Argentina's central bank hikes interest rates to combat high inflation

Argentina's central bank hiked interest rates on its short-term securities on Tuesday in its monthly auction, the second such increase in the past three months as it seeks to soak up pesos and rein in stubbornly high inflation.
Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 09:18 UTC
Deeper slowdown for UK economy ahead, anticipate business research centers

The UK economy is on course for an even deeper slowdown as consumer spending and business investment take a hit from uncertainty surrounding the Brexit negotiations, new research has found. Britain’s GDP is expected to drop from 1.8% growth last year to 1.5% in 2017 and to 1.4% in 2018, according to PwC’s UK Economic Outlook.
Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 08:55 UTC
Red Cross expected to explain how Falklands' Darwin cemetery pictures were taken

Controversy has erupted in Argentina following the release in Facebook of clandestine pictures from the current exhumation works at the Darwin Cemetery in the Falklands with the purpose of identifying the remains of Argentine combatants in at least 95 graves with tombstone reading, “Argentine soldier, known only to God”.
Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 07:04 UTC
Trump threatens Venezuela with sanctions: Maduro says he will not be intimidated

In a statement released Monday night, President Trump threatened to impose economic sanctions on Venezuela should the nation’s president, Nicolas Maduro, follow through on his pledge to create a “constituent assembly” capable of rewriting Venezuela’s constitution.
Wednesday, July 19th 2017 - 06:29 UTC
Farage mentions Argentina/Falklands policy to blast Foreign Office's expenditure

The former leader of the UK Independent Party and great promoter of the Leave position in the Brexit referendum Nigel Farage, has mentioned Argentina and Falklands policy as proof that Britain’s foreign aid budget is being spent in completely the wrong places.
Tuesday, July 18th 2017 - 14:45 UTC
Falkland/Malvinas Islands: ICRC work to identify Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery continues as planned

The work of the forensic team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to identify Argentine soldiers buried in Darwin cemetery is making good progress and proceeding as planned.
Tuesday, July 18th 2017 - 07:45 UTC
Temer woos the “beef caucus” by regularizing land-grabs in the Brazilian Amazon

Land-grabbing follows a long well-established pattern in the Brazilian Amazon, closely linked to lobbies and political interests, and again as in previous circumstances, this time embattled president Michel Temer signed legislation, previously approved by Congress, which regularizes such illegal claims.
Tuesday, July 18th 2017 - 05:43 UTC
Complicated start for Brexit discussion in Brussels; PM May orders cabinet to stop infighting

Negotiations regarding Britain's exit from the European Union resumed on Monday in Brussels, and Britain's prime minister warned her feuding cabinet to stop its infighting. David Davis, the Britain's Brexit secretary, began four days of talks with EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels, but flew home to London after only three hours of negotiation.