Politics

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Mercosur deal is “parked indefinitely”, agree German and Irish ministers

  

  Ireland dairy industry has praised the German Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner who has said she is not going to push forward efforts to seal the Mercosur Trade agreement and underlined she had serious concerns over the deal.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  If Covid-19 is addressed with the same disunity and disarray as climate change, “I fear the worst”, warns UN head

  

  The United States, China and Russia fought on Thursday during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the coronavirus pandemic after UN chief Antonio Guterres had warned the body that if the climate crisis was approached with the “same disunity and disarray” of COVID-19, then: “I fear the worst.”

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Falkland Islands votes to remain a two electoral constituency

  

  The Falkland Islands Referendum held on Thursday, resulted in a defeat for the concept of a single constituency. Neither of the two current constituencies Camp or Stanley, garnered the two thirds support for a single constituency.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Relentless Covid-19: Rio de Janeiro's carnival festivities indefinitely postponed

  

  Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival parades became the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday as officials announced they were indefinitely postponing the February 2021 edition, with Brazil still reeling from COVID-19.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  VW Brazil agrees US$ 6,5 million compensation for persecution of ex workers during the 1964/85 dictatorship

  

  Volkswagen will pay about 36 million reais (US$ 6.5 million) in compensation and donations to atone for the persecution of former employees during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, the automaker said.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Trump backtracks and Republicans promise a peaceful transfer of power, whoever wins on 3rd November

  

  Donald Trump will accept the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election, the White House said on Thursday, a day after the Republican president drew criticism for refusing to commit to accepting those results.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  EU determined to resume post Brexit negotiations leaving aside “Johnson's bad feelings”

  

  European Union negotiators have agreed not to allow their opposition to Boris Johnson's plan to break international law distract them from trying to secure a deal over the bloc's relationship with the UK after Brexit.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Niece of Trump sues the president's family accusing them of defrauding tens of millions of dollars inheritance

  

  Mary Trump, the niece of Donald Trump and author of a recent memoir that painted an unflattering portrait of him, sued the U.S. president on Thursday, accusing him and other family members of defrauding her out of an inheritance worth tens of millions of dollars.

• Friday, September 25th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Royal Household freeze on pay and new hiring, and cutting non-essential expenditure

  Britain's Royal Household on Friday defended taxpayer-funded trips, including a golfing jaunt by the beleaguered Prince Andrew, as it warned of a financial hit stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, September 24th 2020 - 09:24 UTC

  Argentina economy contracts a record 19,1% in the second quarter

  

  Argentina’s economy contracted a record 19.1% in the second quarter versus the same period a year earlier as the coronavirus pandemic crippled production and demand, though was slightly better than analyst forecasts.