Politics

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 21:58 UTC

  UK supports Bombardier and warns Boeing dispute could jeopardize defense contracts

  

  Boeing's trade dispute with Bombardier “could jeopardize” its defense contracts with the UK government, the UK's defense secretary has warned. Sir Michael Fallon made the comments after the US opted to impose a tax on the C-Series jet made by Bombardier.

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 21:54 UTC

  Argentine economy picked up speed in July expanding 4.9% from a year earlier

  

  Argentina's economic recovery picked up speed in July, expanding 4.9% from a year earlier as President Mauricio Macri's pro-growth policies appeared gain traction. July's year-over-year expansion is the highest posted by Argentina in more than two years and it moves the country closer to hitting its target of 3% growth this year.

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 07:30 UTC

  “Labour on the threshold of power”, and “Tories hanging on their fingertips”, Corbyn tells the conference

  

  Jeremy Corbyn was given a rapturous reception from Labour delegates in Brighton as he told them that the party was now the “government-in-waiting”. The Labour leader had to wait several minutes before delivering his keynote speech as the familiar chant of “Oh Jeremy Corbyn” rang round the conference hall.

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 07:22 UTC

  Trump announces a “once in a generation” sweeping tax reform

  

  United States President Donald Trump has unveiled sweeping tax reforms which if passed by the Congress would bring down the business tax rate to 15%, introduce territorial tax system that would offer level playing field to American companies.

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 07:16 UTC

  OAS hosts seminar on “Connectivity and Freedom of Expression in the Americas”

  

  Experts, academics and authorities on connectivity and freedom of expression in the Americas will meet Thursday at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC to discuss and share experiences about optimal regulatory policies to create a universal telecommunication connectivity environment that helps strengthen the exercise of freedom of expression and of the press in the region.

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 07:07 UTC

  Macri's Senate candidate leads poll in Buenos Aires province

  

  With less than a month to Argentina's midterm elections, the government's Senate candidate in the province of Buenos Aires, Esteban Bullrich has a 39.6% vote intention, three percentage points ahead of ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, according to the latest M&R and Query public opinion poll.

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 05:04 UTC

  Ex minister Palocci 's KO jab to Lula and Rousseff's defense

  

  Former Minister, Antonio Palocci, has sent a letter to the president of the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT), senator Gleisi Hoffmann (PR), requesting to step down from the party founded in the eighties by ex president Lula da Silva.

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 04:52 UTC

  OAS chief avoids forum in Uruguay, anticipating a government rebuke

  

  The Uruguayan born Secretary of the Organization of American States, OAS, Luis Almagro had to cancel at last minute his attendance at the opening of a cyber security in Montevideo, alleging “agenda matters”, but it has emerged that no Uruguayan government official or from the ruling coalition was willing to receive him.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2017 - 20:09 UTC

  UK does not support referendum being held in the Kurdish Region of Iraq

  

  The United Kingdom does not support the referendum held in the Kurdish Region of Iraq and continues to back the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq, underlined Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, who insisted any referendum should be agreed with the Government of Iraq.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2017 - 18:57 UTC

  Falklands government statement on Telecoms Regulator report about service performance

  

  The Falkland Islands Government, FIG, has made a statement regarding the recent publication of the Telecoms Regulator’s report in relation to the performance of Sure, in respect of the broadband service, particularly its compensation methodology when customer satisfaction has not been delivered.