Politics

• Thursday, February 19th 2015 - 05:51 UTC

  Chilean lawmakers ask Pope to reverse bishop appointment due to sexual abuse allegations

  

  Fifty-one members of the Chilean Parliament have signed a letter asking Pope Francis to reverse the appointment of the Bishop of Osorno, Juan Barros, due to allegations of covering up sexual abuse.

• Thursday, February 19th 2015 - 05:44 UTC

  HSBC Swiss office searched by Geneva prosectuor; second probe in a week

  

  Geneva's public prosecutor searched HSBC's lakeside Swiss office on Wednesday after opening a criminal inquiry into allegations of aggravated money laundering, the second probe to hit the bank this week.

• Thursday, February 19th 2015 - 05:30 UTC

  Ascension and South Sandwich islands proposed for marine protected areas

  

  Ahead of the May 7 British general election, a coalition of conservationists and high-profile supporters has called upon the UK government to create three marine reserves that together would more than double the world’s protected waters, reports Inhabitat.

• Thursday, February 19th 2015 - 05:23 UTC

  Levy tells US investors Brazil is on track to correct the fiscal slippage

  

  The government of President Dilma Rousseff is working to meet its primary budget surplus goal of 1.2% of GDP in 2015, pledged Finance minister Joaquim Levy on Wednesday to an audience of investors in New York.

• Thursday, February 19th 2015 - 05:14 UTC

  Buenos Aires Herald falls in the hands of a group close to Cristina Fernandez

  

  The Indalo Media group which according to Argentine media belongs to businessman Cristobal Lopez, very close to the Kirchner family has purchased 60% of the Ambito editorial group which includes among others the financial daily Ambito, the Buenos Aires Herald and El Ciudadano from Rosario.

• Thursday, February 19th 2015 - 00:01 UTC

  China celebrates 30 years of first research station in Antarctica

  

  China is preparing to mark 30 years of polar expeditions, when on 20 February 1985 opened its first permanent research station in Antarctica, The Great Wall on King George Island. Since then China has continued to advance and is now planning the fifth permanent station.

• Wednesday, February 18th 2015 - 23:06 UTC

  OAS Secretary General hopeful meets with Insulza and Permanent Council chair Badrising

  

  The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met on Wednesday with the only current candidate to succeed him in office, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Luis Almagro, at the headquarters of the Organization in Washington, DC.

• Wednesday, February 18th 2015 - 22:07 UTC

  Scotland declares digital independence: from now on: “gov.scot”

  

  On Tuesday, the Scottish Government shifted its internet presence from 'scotland.gov.uk' to 'gov.scot', redirecting the old domain to its new home. The move has been heralded for years by the Scottish National Party (SNP).

• Wednesday, February 18th 2015 - 04:55 UTC

  Thousands expected at the Buenos Aires 'Silence March' marking a month since the death of Nisman

  

  Argentina is preparing for the so called “Silence March” that will take place on Wednesday 18 marking a month since the death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman but which has also triggered much controversy among fellow prosecutors and the government of President Cristina Fernandez which describes it as an opposition political rally.

• Wednesday, February 18th 2015 - 04:50 UTC

  Nisman's daughters will attend the march to honor their father

  

  Argentine Federal Judge and former wife of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, Sandra Arroyo Delgado confirmed that she will be participating at Wednesday's “Silence march” together with her two daughters, Iara and Kala. It was a last minute announcement.