Politics

Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:12 UTC
Francis names 13 new cardinals, including the first Afro-American

Pope Francis on Saturday installed 13 new cardinals, including the first African-American to hold the high rank, further expanding the pontiff’s impact on the group that will one day elect his successor.
Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:03 UTC
Biden will have an all-female communications team at the White House

President-elect Joe Biden is set to hire an all-female communications team, The Washington Post reported Sunday. Biden selected Democratic spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki as his White House press secretary. Psaki also briefly served as communications director for the Obama administration and as a spokeswoman for former State Secretary John Kerry.
Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Biden strains an ankle while playing with his dog Champ

President-elect Joe Biden twisted his ankle after slipping while playing with his dog, his office said on Sunday.
Monday, November 30th 2020 - 08:52 UTC
UK-Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council 2020 communiqué

In a Saturday communiqué of the latest UK-Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council 2020, the UK government reiterated support for the OTs self-determination, its commitment to supporting the OTs in building successful and resilient economies, with “reasonable assistance needs of Territories where financial self-sufficiency is not possible”, and referring to UK's withdrawal from the EU, acknowledges it will impact on OTs, particularly in the areas of funding and trade.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
Brazilian municipal runoffs in 57 cities with plenty of “wild west” shooting and killings in campaigns

Brazilians return to the polls in 57 cities on Sunday for the runoffs of municipal elections that have seen surging violence involving assassinations and physical attacks on candidates.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:18 UTC
Major sanitary data leak in Brazil: personal records of 16 million patients infected with Covid-19 exposed

Personal details of millions of Brazilians infected with Covid-19 have been exposed after passwords to systems from the Ministry of Health (MoH) were openly published online, it has been revealed.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:18 UTC
Scottish leader anticipates an independence referendum earlier next year

Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said an independence referendum that could wrench apart the United Kingdom after Brexit should take place in the earlier part of the devolved parliament’s next term, which begins next year.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:14 UTC
Europol busts Brazilian/European drug trafficking network: 52 tons of cocaine

Forty-five people have been arrested in a major international operation against a drug-trafficking network between Brazil and Europe, Europol announced on Friday. The European police agency also revealed that more than 52 tons of cocaine were also seized by law enforcement agencies.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:04 UTC
British Overseas Territories and the Joint Ministerial Council

This week Penguin News gave up its editorial space to allow for the publication of a last-minute Op-ed from Wendy Morton MP, Minister responsible for the Falkland Islands in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, on the Joint Ministerial Council 2020
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 08:14 UTC
Iran's top nuclear scientist ambushed and killed: Teheran points to Israel and Trump

An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb program was killed in an ambush near Teheran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.