Politics

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Brazil surging out of recession strongly, according to Q3 activity data

  

  Brazil is emerging from a recession caused by the coronavirus, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said hours after the publication of a closely-watched indicator showing activity surged in the third quarter.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Johnson calls devolution of powers to Scotland “a disaster” increasing support for independence referendum

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson triggered anger Monday in Scotland when he called the decision to grant Scotland governing powers ”a disaster,” and said he did not support granting the nation any additional powers. The reported comments come as surveys show rising support for a second independence referendum.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  Chinese journalist who covered Wuhan's virus outbreak face five years of jail

  

  A Chinese citizen journalist who covered Wuhan's virus outbreak is facing up to five years in jail, according to newly released documents. Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old former lawyer, has been held in detention since she was arrested in May.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 08:11 UTC

  Brazilian state of Sao Paulo extends lockdown until December 16

  

  Brazil's l state of Sao Paulo, the most populous and hardest hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic decided to extend lockdown until December 16, due to a rise in hospitalizations, according to a decree published on Tuesday in the Government Gazette.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  Colombia requests more time to complete removal of landmines in accordance with the Ottawa Treaty

  

  Colombia has requested a more than four-year extension under the Ottawa Treaty for removing landmines from across the country, the High Peace Commissioner's office said on Monday.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  US and China must find basis of cooperation, or risk sliding to “a catastrophe”, warns Kissinger

  

  The United States and China must find some basis for cooperation or risk sliding into a catastrophe “comparable to World War I”, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger said at a global forum on Monday, delivering a stark warning on the state of ties between the two superpowers.

• Tuesday, November 17th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Putin announces a naval facility in Sudan strengthening Russian foothold in Africa

  

  President Vladimir Putin on Monday approved the creation of a Russian naval facility in Sudan capable of mooring nuclear-powered surface vessels, clearing the way for Moscow's first substantial military foothold in Africa since the Soviet fall.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Chaos in Peru: interim president resigns following massive protests and police brutality

  

  Peru’s interim president resigned on Sunday as the nation plunged into its worst constitutional crisis in two decades following massive protests unleashed when Congress ousted the nation’s popular leader.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentine economic team in preventive isolation after contacts with IMF mission member tested positive

  

  Economy Minister Martin Guzman and other Argentine officials were placed in preventive isolation on Sunday after a member of a visiting IMF mission tested positive for COVID-19, the government said.

• Monday, November 16th 2020 - 08:49 UTC

  More than 54 million Covid-19 cases worldwide, John Hopkins Center

  

  More than 54 million coronavirus cases have been confirmed around the world, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported on Sunday.