Politics

Tuesday, June 30th 2020 - 07:43 UTC
Boris Johnson in major speech will pledge billions in public works to jump start the economy

Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed Britain will spend large sums on hospitals, schools and roads to jump-start the economy as it emerges from the coronavirus lockdown that has plunged the country into what may be the worst recession in three centuries.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:55 UTC
COVID-19 could crush Argentina’s shale boom

By Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com – Holding some of the largest shale oil and gas reserves in the world, Argentina is often cited as the likely candidate for the next big shale boom, and Vaca Muerta is often described as having the potential to be South America’s Permian basin.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:29 UTC
Massive support in Brazil for democracy, and only 10% for a military dictatorship

Some 75% of Brazilians support the country's current democracy, a poll by Datafolha released on Sunday showed, while just 10% of citizens support a dictatorship, the highest and lowest levels of support for the two forms of government in at least 30 years.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:28 UTC
Facebook advertising boycott campaign preparing to expand to major companies in Europe

Organizers of a Facebook advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list of major companies are now preparing to take the battle global to increase pressure on the social media company to remove hate speech. The new chapter comes when PepsiCo had decided to stop advertising on Facebook Inc, according to Fox Business News.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 10:09 UTC
Britain's most senior civil servant stands down

Britain's most senior civil servant, Mark Sedwill, told Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday he would stand down as cabinet secretary and national security adviser.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 07:47 UTC
Rolling Stones threaten legal action against Trump's campaign for the use of one of their songs

British rock legends The Rolling Stones have threatened legal action against Donald Trump for the US president's use of their song You Can't Always Get What You Want at campaign rallies.
Monday, June 29th 2020 - 07:41 UTC
The “little Spanish girl” who has been re-elected mayor of Paris

Anne Hidalgo, re-elected Paris mayor on Sunday, is a Spanish-born socialist who has waged a divisive but ambitious campaign to push cars out of the centre of the French capital. Hidalgo, 61, became in 2014 the first-ever woman to head the French capital's city hall that had once been the political springboard for late president Jacques Chirac.
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).