Politics

Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:26 UTC
UK and France join efforts to combat migrant traffickers trying to cross the Channel

The interior ministers of France and Britain on Sunday signed an agreement creating a new joint police intelligence unit to combat migrant traffickers and reduce the “unsustainable” numbers crossing the Channel illegally.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
Galicia and Basques vote with face masks and hand sanitizers in regional elections

Voters in northern Spain wore face masks and used hand sanitizer gel before entering polling stations on Sunday as Galicia and the Basque Country held regional elections while fighting localized outbreaks of COVID-19.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:17 UTC
Trump wears a face mask when visiting a Medical Military Center

President Donald Trump, who has avoided wearing a mask in public even as the coronavirus pandemic spread, donned one on Saturday at a military medical facility outside Washington where he was to meet with wounded soldiers and front-line health-care workers.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
World condemnation of Turkey's decision to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque

Pope Francis on Sunday joined an international chorus of condemnation of Turkey's decision to convert Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia landmark back into a mosque.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:48 UTC
OECD Investment Committee report helps Uruguay with its full membership incorporation

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Investments Committee has decided to support Uruguay's incorporation as full member of that committee. The decision follows a review by the Committee of Uruguayan investment policies.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:47 UTC
White House and Beijing on clash course over TikTok and WeChat applications, all info goes to “Chinese military servers”

White House trade advisor Peter Navarro said on Sunday he expected President Donald Trump to act firmly against the TikTok and WeChat applications, amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing. Trump last week had said he is considering banning the wildly-popular TikTok app as a way to punish China over the coronavirus pandemic.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:47 UTC
Boris Johnson expected to announce staff should return to their working places

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell employers next week to start ordering staff back into their places of work, as long as it is safe to do so, in order to stem the coronavirus hit to the economy, the Daily Mail said.
Monday, July 13th 2020 - 08:06 UTC
Bolsonaro's wife and two daughters test negative for the virus

Michelle Bolsonaro, the wife of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who is sick with the new coronavirus, said on Saturday that she and her two daughters had tested negative for the virus.
Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 10:01 UTC
Despite Bolsonaro's pledges, Amazon deforestation continues to increase

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rose for the 14th consecutive month in June, preliminary government data on Friday showed, heaping further pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro who is under fire for worsening destruction of the rainforest on his watch.
Saturday, July 11th 2020 - 10:00 UTC
Bolivian president is “asymptomatic” after testing positive for Covid 19 on Thursday

Bolivia's interim leader Jeanine Anez is self-isolating but is “asymptomatic” after testing positive for the coronavirus, her personal doctor announced on Friday. The 53-year-old, a candidate the September 6 presidential elections, is isolating in the official residence in La Paz, Andrei Miranda told Bolivia's Cadena A television.