Politics

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 21:56 UTC

  Things will not change under Boris, UK ministers say upon resigning

  

  The British Conservative Government of Boris Johnson has been apparently left against the ropes following Tuesday's back-to-back resignations from the ministers of finance and health citing a “loss of confidence” in Boris Johnson's management.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 20:16 UTC

  IMF vows to keep working alongside Argentina

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has insisted on the need to keep working together with Argentina following the resignation of Martín Guzmán as Economy Minister and the subsequent appointment of Silvina Batakis.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Carmona: air link with Sao Paulo is 'dead'; Aerolineas will finally fly directly to Falklands

  

  Argentina might be in the midst of a major political and cabinet conflict of yet unknown consequences, but certainly not positive given the precarious situation of the economy, but there is always time to address the claim obsession, Malvinas Islands.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Arab countries announce investments in Brazil worth US$ 20 bn

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday announced that the total investments of Arab funds in Brazil are approaching US$20 billion, half of that money stemming from the country's recent participation at the Expo Dubai event.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Boric given draft of new Chilean Constitution

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Monday received the draft of the new Constitution after one year of work by the Assembly. The document is now to be put up for approval through a referendum in September.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Abortion: Salvadorean woman sentenced to 50 years

  

  A woman in El Salvador has been handed down a 50-year jail sentence for having had an abortion, it was reported Monday. It was the first time that the maximum penalty has been applied. Pro-abortion groups have pledged to appeal the ruling.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Suspect in killing of Haitian president freed by Istanbul Court

  

  A Court in Türkiye Monday turned down a request for the extradition of Samir Nasri Salem Handal to Haiti in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July last year.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Peruvian President's sister-in-law linked to alleged corruption case

  

  Peruvian Prosecutors Monday announced the opening of a preliminary investigation that targets President Pedro Castillo Terrones' sister-in-law Jenifer Paredes, who was reported in a TV show aired Sunday as being involved in an alleged corruption scheme in a sanitation project in Cajamarca, the president's native region.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:06 UTC

  Uruguayan Navy arrests Chinese jigger which tried to flee arrest

  

  The Uruguayan navy arrested Monday dawn a Chinese flagged jigger caught illegally fishing in the country's EEZ. The arrest was done following a night chase as the jigger tried to escape despite having first accepted a party of inspectors to board the vessel.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  UK hosting conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, base on Article 18 of Human Rights Declaration

  

  To strengthen international efforts to ensure freedom of religion or belief, the UK government is hosting an International Ministerial Conference in central London beginning today Tuesday 5 July.