Politics

Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:32 UTC
Johnson congratulates Biden and pledges not to undermine the Good Friday Agreement

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has congratulated Joe Biden on his US election win. Mr Biden called the PM ahead of the leaders of other major European countries.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:31 UTC
New Bolivian government reestablishes diplomatic ties with Venezuela and Iran

Bolivia's new president, Luis Arce, has moved swiftly to restore ties with Iran and Venezuela, receiving the credentials of ambassadors from the two countries on Wednesday, just three days after his socialist party retook the reins of power.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:26 UTC
Brazil forced to import rice to help keep domestic prices down given the expected smaller crop

Brazil’s rice production is expected to shrink and the challenge will be to limit exports in order to supply domestic demand and contain domestic prices.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
“Mexico ”is not a colony” and will recognize the new US government when it is legitimately constituted

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday dug in his heels as one of the few leaders of major countries yet to congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election win, saying it was too early and that his country was “not a colony”.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:13 UTC
Haiti still waiting for Swiss courts to free funds stolen by dictators, more than thirty years on

More than 30 years after the overthrow of Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti is still waiting to get back the fortune that the dictator and his family deposited in Switzerland. The delay is down to legal intrigues being played out in the Swiss courts.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:01 UTC
Biden names chief of staff a close ally with deep experience on Capitol Hill

US President-elect Joe Biden named Ron Klain, a veteran Democratic operative and a decades-long confidant, to be his White House chief of staff Wednesday evening, moving quickly to put in place the senior leaders of the government he will lead early next year.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
IMF chief addresses Biden proposing a “greener, smarter and fairer” global economy

The election of Joe Biden as US president gives the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a chance to reset its relationship with its largest shareholder and make green initiatives a bigger part of its global economic recovery plan.
Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 10:36 UTC
Night of fury in Peru

By Nicolás Monteverde

LIMA, Peru – With music, dance, and chants, several groups of protesters expressed their outrage against the president Martín Vizcarra's Impeachment on Monday in Lima. The mobilization started at 9 am in Plaza San Martín, the iconic park in the heart of Lima where protests often take place first.
Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
Falklands on Saturday will celebrate the complete clearance of landmines planted by Argentine force in the 1982 conflict

The Falkland Islands have been cleared of deadly landmines laid during the 1982 conflict and will be celebrating the occasion with two major events on Saturday, November 14. The legacy of the war with the occupying Argentine forces had meant that large areas of the Islands, for 38 years, were previously off-limits.
Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
After 11 years and elimination of 20,000 explosives, SafeLane Global has made the Falklands landmine-free

Explosive threat mitigation service-provider SafeLane Global has spent 11 years demining the Falkland Islands and can now proudly announces the successful completion of its mission.