Politics

• Monday, June 29th 2020 - 06:00 UTC

  Leicester lockdown expected this week because of a rise in coronavirus cases

  

  The English Midlands city of Leicester could face a local lockdown due to a rise in coronavirus cases, British Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Sunday.

• Sunday, June 28th 2020 - 09:37 UTC

  EU re-opens borders to visitors from 18 countries,US and Russia not on the list

  

  According to diplomatic sources, EU Committee of Permanent Representatives yesterday approved a draft list of 18 countries, to whom the European Union’s borders will start re-opening on July 1.

• Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentina to announce quarantine extension to 17 July in metropolitan Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernández together with Buenos Aires province governor Axel Kicillof and the head of the Buenos Aires City government, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, agreed on Thursday to further implement mobility restrictions, including “a strong decline in vehicle circulation” in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA).

• Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro appeals court ruling requiring him to wear a face mask

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro appealed a court ruling on Friday that requires him to wear a face mask in public during the coronavirus pandemic, calling it “unnecessary.” The attorney-general's office, which represents the government in legal matters, said the ruling was redundant since face masks are already mandatory in Brasilia.

• Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 07:39 UTC

  Unilever stops advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in US until the end of 2020

  

  Consumer giant Unilever, home to brands including Ben and Jerry's and Marmite, said on Friday it will stop advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the US until the end of 2020 due to the “polarized election period” there.

• Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 07:20 UTC

  Mexico City's chief of police shot and injured and two bodyguards killed in an ambush attack

  

  Mexico City's chief of police was shot and injured and two of his bodyguards killed in a dramatic assassination attempt early on Friday that he quickly blamed on one of Mexico's most powerful drug gangs, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

• Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 07:11 UTC

  Spanish virologists find trace of coronavirus in Barcelona March 2019 waste water sample

  

  Spanish virologists have found traces of the novel coronavirus in a sample of Barcelona wastewater collected in March 2019, nine months before the COVID-19 disease was identified in China, the University of Barcelona said on Friday.

• Saturday, June 27th 2020 - 06:37 UTC

  “Che” Guevara's birthplace in Rosario, Argentina, is up for sale

  

  The birthplace of the 20th Century leftist revolutionary icon Ernesto “Che” Guevara has been put up for sale in the Argentine city of Rosario. Current owner Francisco Farruggia said he had bought the 240 sq m apartment in a neo-classical style building in the city centre in 2002.

• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 10:20 UTC

  Argentina admits “biggest differences” in debt negotiations remain with two main creditor groups

  

  Argentina is still working with its creditors to reach a debt restructuring deal after talks stalled, though there is still a distance to cover in economic and legal terms, Economy Minister Martin Guzman said on Thursday.

• Friday, June 26th 2020 - 10:06 UTC

  Brazil confirms budget primary deficit at 11% of GDP; economy set to shrink 7%

  

  Brazil’s economic growth and fiscal outlook this year are shaping up to be worse than official government forecasts, making a return to austerity and reforms next year all the more pressing, Treasury Secretary Mansueto Almeida said