Politics

Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Bolsonaro going to Pernambuco as death toll from storms keeps rising

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday announced he would be traveling first thing Monday to Recife to see for himself the devastation caused by yet another rainstorm in the country's northeast, which has left at least 84 dead, and over 50 missing as figures are updated constantly.
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:22 UTC
PM Johnson wants to go back to pounds and ounces

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is weighing a possible return to imperial units of measurement in a post-Brexit move to fully part with the remaining vestiges of the European alliance, it was reported in London. He had already pledged to take this path during his 2019 campaign.
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:18 UTC
Car bomb goes off in Ecuador – no victims this time around

Nobody was injured as a car bomb went off in front of a Guayaquil police precinct, it was reported Sunday.
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:10 UTC
Pie thrown at Mona Lisa by fake old woman

A deranged young male visitor disguised as an old lady in a wheelchair threw a piece of cake at Leonardo Da Vicini's Mona Lisa painting at Paris' Louvre Museum
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:09 UTC
House of Commons Speaker and Minister Milling at Goose Green Liberation ceremony

On Sunday, marking the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Goose Green, East Falkland, and despite a brisk wind blowing snow across the monument, a service of commemoration was held to remember those who gave their lives in the battle.
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 07:47 UTC
Royal Navy and Air Force will support Qatar during the World Cup

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has announced it will support Qatar with military capabilities to counter terrorism and other threats to the international football tournament.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Senator Petro ahead in all polls for Sunday's elections in Colombia

The 62-year-old Senator Gustavo Petro is poised to win Sunday's presidential elections in Colombia, according to all surveys, in what would be a historic turn to the left for the only NATO associate country in South America.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
FTA with China would not make Uruguay dependent, Lacalle tells BBC

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said in an interview with the BBC that in case or reaching a Free Trade Agreement with China, it would not generate dependence, because in his country politics and economics were separate issues.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
China forecasted to reduce soy oil consumption because of the lockdowns

Plunging demand for soy oil in China is expected to cut consumption of the oilseed in the world’s biggest user as lockdowns to prevent the spread of COVID have shuttered restaurants and canteens, according to traders and analysts. China is the world’s top consumer of edible oils, with millions of restaurants guzzling about half of the country’s roughly 17 million tons of soy oil, made from crushing soybeans.
Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Lula celebrates new polls and asks Colombians to support Petro

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Friday celebrated the results of Datafolha's most recent survey, according to which he might win the Oct. 2 elections, even probably in the first round.