Politics

Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Paraguayan mayor in critical condition after taking 7 shots

The 53-year-old mayor of the Paraguayan town of Pedro Juan Caballero was in critical condition early Wednesday following his assassination attempt Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 09:26 UTC
Changes to Northern Ireland Protocol by London could lead to a trade war, warns Brussels

The European Union has announced that it will respond with all measures at its disposal if the British government pushes ahead with unilateral changes to the Brexit deal on Northern Ireland. UK has said it wants to change the legally binding treaty that it signed less than two years ago.
Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
McDonald's and Renault leave Russia; for fast food giant it's definitively

Fast food giant McDonald's and French auto maker Renault are leaving Russia and its lucrative market because of an unpredictable operating environment. McDonald's has been in Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and has hundreds of outlets and employs thousands, but it has joined many other Western companies exiting the Russian market because of the international sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine.
Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Spain calls for a quick ratification of EU trade agreements with Chile, Mexico and Mercosur, but what else is needed?

Spanish foreign minister Jose Manuel Albares called on his EU peers on Monday to definitively advance in the ratification of the trade accords of the European Union with Chile, Mexico and Mercosur.
Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Vizzotti says Argentina entering fourth wave of COVID-19

Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Monday confirmed the country was going through its fourth wave of COVID-19. The official also pointed out that “we are in a different situation” now.
Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:46 UTC
Security becomes a concern for Chile's gov't

Chile's Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Giorgio Jackson, Monday admitted the Government was reviewing security measures to be taken in the future following a robbery at the home of Defense Minister Maya Fernández and a shooting against one of President Gabriel Boric Font's bodyguards.
Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Cuba's new penal code keeps death penalty as an option

Cuba's one-party legislature Sunday passed a new Penal Code, which was considered to be “modern” and adjusted to the country's socialist “reality,” it was announced in Havana.
Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Stockholm will try to lift Turkey's objection to Sweden's NATO membership

NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has said that Sweden and Finland's applications to join the alliance will be fast-tracked. Explaining the decision behind her country's intention to become a member, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said abandoning decades of political neutrality was a direct result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:31 UTC
Colombians “undecided” are the third strongest 'party' for 29 May presidential election

With less than two weeks to the first round, 29 May, of the Colombian presidency election, the undecided voters have become decisive for the outcome according to the latest opinion poll by T&SE, Technology and Electoral Services, with data collected between 23 April and 8 May, interviewing 8,000 people across the country.
Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Macron picks France's Prime Minister

French President Emmanuel Macron Monday announced he had picked Elisabeth Borne as the country's new Prime Minister following Jean Castex's resignation.