Politics

• Saturday, February 11th 2017 - 07:14 UTC

  UK's “exit bill” £ 48 billion? “It would be like leaving a bar without paying for your drinks”

  

  The European Commission has refused to discuss the size of the “exit bill” to be handed to the UK when it withdraws from the EU, amid reports the demand has been fixed at around £48 billion.

• Friday, February 10th 2017 - 18:49 UTC

  Goldman Sachs hedge fund closing London operations and moving to New York

  

  A Goldman Sachs hedge fund is closing its London operations and moving staff to New York, the firm has confirmed. About eight staff members who were part of the Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (GSIP) Team in London have been told to move. The decision follows the departure of the team's managing director, Nick Advani.

• Friday, February 10th 2017 - 11:33 UTC

  Strike at world's largest copper mine in Chile; long conflict forecasted

  

  Workers at BHP Billiton's Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest, walked off the job on Thursday in a strike that threatens to disrupt the international supply of the widely used metal. It said no miners arrived for morning work aboard buses that normally carry upwards of 1,200 workers per shift to the vast deposit, which accounted for about 6% of global production in 2015.

• Friday, February 10th 2017 - 11:28 UTC

  Spain must act intelligently in its approach to Gibraltar, says foreign minister

  

  Spain’s Foreign Minister, Alfonso Dastis, said that he believed Gibraltar should be Spanish, though he added Spain must be intelligent in its approach to the Rock. He was speaking during a wide-ranging interview on the morning politics show Los Desayunos, on state broadcaster TVE1.

• Friday, February 10th 2017 - 10:24 UTC

  Appeals Court rejects Trump's reinstatement of travel ban

  

  US appeals court has rejected President Donald Trump's attempt to reinstate his ban on visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not block a lower-court ruling that halted the order.

• Thursday, February 9th 2017 - 11:54 UTC

  Attacks on judiciary “demoralizing” says Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court

  

  Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has said he found the president’s attacks on the judiciary “disheartening” and “demoralizing,” according to a Democratic senator. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut disclosed the comments from Judge Neil Gorsuch after meeting with the nominee on Wednesday, as the candidate for the high court vacancy paid a series of courtesy visits to senators.

• Thursday, February 9th 2017 - 11:36 UTC

  Brazilian inflation drops for the fifth straight month

  

  Consumer prices rose less than expected in Brazil in January for the fifth straight month, increasing the chances of steeper interest rate cuts and a stronger economic recovery as the inflation rate falls toward the government's long-missed target.

• Thursday, February 9th 2017 - 11:30 UTC

  Same judicial medicine for a Temer nominee to ministry level position

  

  A Brazilian federal judge suspended the nomination of a close ally of President Michel Temer to a ministry-level position, according to the court's website on Wednesday.

• Thursday, February 9th 2017 - 10:32 UTC

  Falklands announces new round of demining demolitions

  

  Project Manager for Dynasafe BACTEC Limited, Julius Unsung has notified that the next demolitions as part of the Falklands Demining project are planned for Thursday 9th February 2017 between 10am – 3pm.

• Thursday, February 9th 2017 - 09:30 UTC

  Senate approves Trump's Attorney General; KKK praises Alabama's Jeff Sessions

  

  The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's nomination for attorney general, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, by a vote of 52 to 47. The confirmation follows a series of divisive hearings during which Democrats attacked Mr Sessions' record on civil rights. The Alabama senator's nomination was among Mr Trump's most controversial.