Politics

Monday, June 8th 2020 - 12:51 UTC
Canadian aboriginal groups demand independent probe into death of a young indigenous woman by the police

Canadian aboriginal groups on Saturday (June 6) called for an independent probe into the death of an indigenous woman who was shot by a police officer called in for a wellness check.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 11:17 UTC
Chile reviews deaths' database, resulting in an increase in Covid 19 fatalities

Chile revised its death toll linked to the novel coronavirus outbreak sharply higher on Sunday, adding fatalities from databases that previously had not been included.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 09:12 UTC
Hong Kong: Japan drops out from a US, UK, Australia and Canada critical statement of Beijing

Japan will not join the United States, Britain and others in issuing a statement scolding China for imposing a new security law, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, citing officials from countries involved
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Colin Powell criticizes the Republican party and announces he will vote for Biden

Colin Powell, who served as the United States' top military officer and top diplomat under Republican presidents, said on Sunday he will vote for Democrat Joe Biden, accusing Donald Trump of drifting from the US Constitution and Republicans of failing to hold him accountable.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:42 UTC
Bolsonaro limits information on the epidemic in Brazil, “...they don't reflect the moment the country is in”

Brazil removed from public view months of data on its coronavirus epidemic on Saturday, as President Jair Bolsonaro defended delays and changes to official record-keeping of the world's second-largest Covid19 outbreak.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:33 UTC
Brazilians protest death of a black boy, son of a maid, entrusted to her white employer

Hundreds of Brazilians marched on Friday over the death of a black boy whose mother, a maid, had entrusted him to her white employer, in an echo of the protests sweeping across the US.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:25 UTC
End of Antarctic summer season: BAS staff and construction teams finally make it back to the UK

Almost a month after deciding on the repatriation operation, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research and support teams are returning from Antarctica to UK after a 20-day sea voyage onboard a charter ship and the Royal Research Ship (RRS) James Clark Ross. On Saturday the MS Hebridean Sky arrived at Portsmouth International, and this Tuesday RRS James Clark Ross is expected at Harwich Port.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:12 UTC
Hot winter in Brazil: rival demonstrations for and against Bolsonaro in main cities

Brazilians took to the streets in Sao Paulo and Brasilia for rival demonstrations on Sunday for and against President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been widely criticized over his response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 07:01 UTC
George Floyd homicide: Minneapolis police to be dismantled and rebuilt

The police department in the US city of Minneapolis will be dismantled and rebuilt, city councillors said late Sunday after the death in custody of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests about racism in law enforcement.
Monday, June 8th 2020 - 05:26 UTC
Uruguayan Chancellor avoid describing Venezuela as a dictatorship and clashes with the President Lacalle Pou's policy

A few months ago, Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi, at his rallies as a candidate for the presidency of Uruguay, did not hesitate to describe the Venezuelan government as a dictatorship. However, in an interview this Saturday he affirmed that he “won't say in this role” that the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a dictatorship.