Politics

• Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 12:20 UTC

  In a public release Piñera tells president Fernandez MYOB, abstain from comments on Chilean domestic policy

  

  In a formal public release, the Chilean Foreign office demanded that Argentine president Alberto Fernandez avoid making comments about the internal affairs of the country, following Fernandez statements during a television interview that the international community was not so critical of Chile as it is of Venezuela.

• Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 12:15 UTC

  Chile: Allegedly intentional fire in Valparaíso consumed around 245 houses at Christmas

  

  A voracious fire in the Chilean city of Valparaíso began on Tuesday and extended until after Christmas Eve on Wednesday, leaving about 245 homes destroyed, 2000 people without power and a dozen injured. The authorities believe that the fires in the tourist city were intentional.

• Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 12:10 UTC

  Brain scan of president Bolsonaro detected no abnormalities

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday night that he briefly lost his memory after falling at his presidential residence in Brasilia, the capital, earlier this week.

• Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 12:09 UTC

  Time is right to reinvent the brand of a far too rich The Firm, following princely excesses?

  

  After a torrid 2019 in which the queen's son Prince Andrew was implicated in an underage sex abuse scandal, many in Britain are again asking if the monarchy has gotten too big - and rich - for its own good.

• Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 12:00 UTC

  Francis urges the world to let the light of Christmas pierce the “darkness in human hearts”

  

  Pope Francis urged the world to let the light of Christmas pierce the “darkness in human hearts” that leads to religious persecution, social injustice, armed conflicts and fear of migrants.

• Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 11:49 UTC

  Saudi Arabia and Kuwait agree to resume oil production in the shared Neutral Zone

  

  Saudi ARAMCO said on Wednesday a new agreement between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait paves the way for the resumption of oil production in the Neutral (partitioned) Zone shared by the two countries.

• Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Beijing pledges to purchase US$ 40bn of US agricultural products per year

  

  China will make good on a pledge to purchase more than US$40 billion per year of U.S. agricultural products under the recently agreed Phase 1 trade deal between the two countries, China’s top agriculture consultancy said on Friday.

• Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Bolsonaro has skull scanned after a fall in the bathroom

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized on Monday evening after a fall in the official presidential palace, his office said.

• Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Maduro says barracks assailants are refuging in Brazil and asks Bolsonaro to return the stolen weapons

  

  The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said Monday that 11 people have been arrested in connection with an assault early Sunday at a military post in the south of the country and said that some of those involved were in Brazil along with the stolen weapons of the installation.

• Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Boeing and the grounding of 737MAX: Chronicle of a foretold sacking

  

  Boeing on Monday replaced its embattled chief executive, Dennis Muilenburg, as it attempts to pivot from a protracted crisis surrounding the grounding of its top-selling 737 MAX after two deadly crashes.