Politics

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 11:33 UTC

  Yellow fever is spreading in Brazil infecting and killing monkeys and humans

  

  Yellow fever, a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, is spreading through Brazil, infecting and killing both monkeys and humans. According to the latest reports from local scientists, several thousand monkeys -- most of them howler monkeys -- have been killed by the virus since the outbreak began in late 2016.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 11:25 UTC

  “Nothing can grow without water,” warns UNICEF, as 600 million children could face extreme shortages

  

  Some 600 million children – or 1 in 4 children worldwide – will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040, according to a UNICEF report released on World Water Day, 22 March.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 08:45 UTC

  Chile's ex president Piñera will again run for office; polls show him leading with 40% vote intention

  

  Sebastian Piñera, who was Chile's president from 2010 to 2014, officially declared this week his intention to seek the office again this year, betting that widespread disillusion with the governing coalition will help him win over voters. Conservative Piñera who ranks 745th on the Forbes list of the world's richest billionaires, is bidding for the nomination of the 'Chile Vamos' coalition, formed by his party and the more conservative UDI.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 06:29 UTC

  “The attack was no accident: Westminster represents democracy, freedom, human rights, the rule of law”

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the terrorist attack on Parliament which she described as “sick and depraved”, vowing “forces of evil” would never be allowed “to drive us apart”. Below is a transcript of the prime minister’s full speech:

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 06:08 UTC

  Leaders of the world expressed solidarity with the UK

  

  Leaders of countries affected by recent terror attacks have voiced solidarity with the UK after the deadly attack near the Houses of Parliament. Leaders of France and Germany, which suffered deadly vehicle attacks last year, offered the UK their support.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 05:47 UTC

  Terror attack in London next to Parliament leaves 5 dead and at least 40 injured

  

  A knife-wielding assailant driving a sport utility vehicle mowed down panicked pedestrians in London and stabbed a police officer outside Parliament on Wednesday in a deadly assault, prompting the hasty evacuation of the prime minister and punctuating the threat of terrorism in Europe.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2017 - 12:20 UTC

  Relief for Macri: stats confirm the economy is moving out of recession

  

  Argentina's economy exited a prolonged recession in the second half of last year, with government data on Tuesday showing a 0.5% expansion in the fourth quarter of 2016 compared with the third quarter. Indec stats agency also revised its estimate for third-quarter GDP to a 0.1% increase over the second quarter, up from a 0.2% decline previously. Taken together, the data show Argentina's economy grew in the second half after shrinking for three straight quarters.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2017 - 11:50 UTC

  Growing concern of Brazil' rotten meat scandal on the Mercosur/EU trade talks

  

  European Union has insisted Brazilian representatives attend an emergency meeting to explain themselves regarding a scandal involving rotten meat and the country’s two largest exporters, JBS and BRF. Brazil has already announced that the 22 plants (out of over 4.000) allegedly involved in the scam have been closed.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2017 - 10:07 UTC

  US and UK ban carry-on electronic devices on planes main cabins from Islamic countries

  

  United States and Britain on Tuesday imposed restrictions on carry-on electronic devices on planes coming from certain airports in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa in response to unspecified security threats.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2017 - 09:58 UTC

  Trump´s “eyes and ears” will have an office in the White House and access to classified information

  

  President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump is to have an office in the White House, her lawyer said. The 35-year-old will have security clearance and access to classified information, but no official title or salary when she works in the West Wing. She will serve as her father's “eyes and ears” while providing broad-ranging advice, her attorney told Politico.