Politics

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:06 UTC

  Drastic changes to the poultry industry production in France

  

  France is to ban from the end of 2021 the hugely controversial but widespread poultry industry practice of systematically slaughtering male chicks, Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Maduro prepared to hand over the oil industry to foreign private companies

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is considering selling shares of the country's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, in an attempt to recover the country's petroleum industry and its dwindling production.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Prince Andrew wanted for questioning by US prosecutor and the FBI

  

  The scandal surrounding Prince Andrew's friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has deepened after a leading US prosecutor said requests to interview the senior royal - including from the FBI - had been ignored.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:16 UTC

  Argentina's economy minister scheduled to meet IMF officials

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Martin Guzman will meet with International Monetary Fund officials in New York on Tuesday, an IMF spokesman said on Monday, as the government continues talks with its biggest creditor ahead of a massive debt restructuring.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Reformist Brazil: government procurement contracts will be open to foreign companies

  

  Brazil’s government is changing the rules to give foreign companies an equal shot at winning government contracts, the Economy Ministry said on Monday. Economy Minister Paulo Guedes has pledged to fight corruption and open up one of the world’s most protected countries to foreign business and the overseas investment necessary to modernize Brazil’s crumbling infrastructure.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:09 UTC

  Brazil willing to discuss with OPEC, but not prepared to join the cartel

  

  Brazil has decided to stay out of OPEC for the time being as it seeks to expand its oil production, according to media reports quoting energy minister Bento Albuquerque. “The idea is just to increase our production and to participate more in the international oil and gas market,” Albuquerque said in an interview.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Peruvian elections return an atomized Congress to the advantage of president Vizcarra

  

  The opposition’s crushing defeat in Peru’s legislative elections has left a fragmented Congress without a dominant party, which should help President Martin Vizcarra pass his reforms with the support of centrist parties.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 07:19 UTC

  Ukraine gets on the nerves of Pompeo and dumps reporter from the press pool

  

  The U.S. State Department removed a National Public Radio reporter from the press pool for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's upcoming foreign trip, a press association and NPR said on Monday, days after Pompeo angrily responded to another NPR journalist's interview with him.

• Monday, January 27th 2020 - 11:01 UTC

  Argentine president begins a quick tour of Europe in search of support

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez will again be away several days beginning next Wednesday until at least Wednesday, February 3, during which time he is scheduled to meet the Pope, and leaders from Italy, Spain, France and Germany. In his absence vice-president Cristina Fernandez will be acting president.

• Monday, January 27th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Sarah Whitby takes oath as Falklands, South Georgia Senior Magistrate

  

  Sarah Whitby was officially sworn in as the Falkland Islands Senior Magistrate at a ceremony at Government House. Mrs Whitby, previously Crown Counsel for Civil and Safeguarding, will fulfill the role of Senior Magistrate and Coroner for the Falklands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, and the British Antarctic Territory, as well as acting Judge for the Falkland Islands.