Politics

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 07:10 UTC

  US orders China to shut Houston consulate; Beijing calls it a “political provocation”

  

  The move by the United States government to shut down China's consulate in Houston is an attempt to blame Beijing for American failures ahead of presidential elections in November, Chinese state media said in editorials published on Thursday.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 06:55 UTC

  Twitter admits hackers read direct messages of some 36 accounts

  

  Twitter said on Wednesday that the hackers who breached its systems last week likely read the direct messages of 36 accounts, including one belonging to an elected official in the Netherlands.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 06:47 UTC

  Luxury presidential 787 Dreamline back in Mexico, following a failed sale

  

  The luxury presidential jet Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wants to sell returned on Wednesday to Mexico, more than a year and a half after he sent it to the United States in search of a buyer.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Argentine debt negotiations: Cristina Fernandez praises Minister Guzmán's performance

  

  Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner praised Minister of Economy Martin Guzmán statements during a television program in Buenos Aires and described he was “clear as crystal water”, in his replies

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:06 UTC

  Putin approves a US$ 4bn loan to Venezuela

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying the protocol to the intergovernmental agreement on providing a loan to Venezuela by Moscow, which guarantees timely debt repayment to Russia.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  Bolsonaro waiting results from another Covid-19 test

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday he took another COVID-19 test and the results were expected on Wednesday as he hopes for a negative result two weeks since falling ill.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:04 UTC

  US blacklists Venezuela Chief Justice and announces a US$ 5 million reward for his arrest

  

  The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Venezuelan Chief Justice Maikel Moreno and announced a US$ 5 million reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction for allegedly participating in transnational organized crime.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:01 UTC

  Health officials admit Ecuadorean public hospitals and ICUs situation is critical

  

  The situation in the Ecuadoran capital Quito is critical due to the coronavirus epidemic Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos warned. Between April and July, public hospitals in Quito - home to 2.78 million - expanded their intensive care units from 61 to 162, Zevallos said in a nightly interview with the Teleamazonas network.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Johnson holds his first face-to-face cabinet meeting since March 17

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was holding his first face-to-face Cabinet meeting of top ministers since Mar 17 on Tuesday, underlining his push to encourage others to go back to work and boost an economy hurt by the coronavirus crisis.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Dissident FARC guerrilla suspected of having shot down an Army helicopter

  

  Eleven Colombian military personnel were missing and six injured after a helicopter crashed in the southeast of the country during an operation against guerillas, the army said on Tuesday. The Blackhawk helicopter was carrying 17 military personnel when it went down.