Politics

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Migration and “Promoting the European Way of Life”, at the heart of EC controversy

  

  The incoming European Commission chief has changed the title of her migration commissioner from “Protecting our European Way of Life” following criticism it had far-right connotations, an EU official said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Tusk forecasts UK will become “a second-rate player” after it leaves the EU

  

  Britain will lose influence in international affairs and become a “second-rate player” after it leaves the European Union, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Chilean bishops appeal for calm and recall what happens when the breakdown of institutions

  

  In an appeal to the politicians and people of Chile, the Bishops’ Conference reminds them of what history teaches about the breakdown of institutions, urging all men and women of goodwill to put an end to the violence of every kind.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Venezuela ex intelligence chief missing after Spanish court agrees to his extradition to the US

  

  Venezuela's former military intelligence chief has gone missing in Spain just days after a court-approved a request for his extradition to the United States on drug trafficking charges, police said on Wednesday

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Bolivia has interim president, Morales from Mexico pledges he will return: situation remains highly fragile

  

  The head of Bolivia’s Senate, Jeanine Añez, took office as interim president on Tuesday as former leader Evo Morales pledged to keep up his political fight from exile in Mexico after resigning in what he has alleged was a coup.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands housing program to accommodate workers for the development of strategic capital projects

  

  Executive Council has approved a plan that will help provide accommodation for workers who are needed to deliver the Government’s ambitious capital program and progress strategic capital projects over the next five years.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Protests continue in Chile as economy faces “grave consequences” and Peso plunges to a historic low

  

  Chile’s finance minister warned on Tuesday of the “grave consequences” for the nation’s economy of three weeks of often violent unrest after the peso slid 4% to hit a historic low against the dollar. Ignacio Briones said the weakening of the peso was a “sign of worry” that he and his colleagues were watching very carefully.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Bolsonaro hosts BRICS summit: his heart with Trump but Brazil's economy in need of Beijing

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro will walk a diplomatic tightrope on Wednesday when he hosts his Chinese counterpart, as he seeks to boost ties with Beijing and avoid upsetting key ally Donald Trump.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Pirates attack Mexican oil industry offshore supply vessel in the Gulf of Mexico

  

  Pirates attacked an Italy-flagged offshore supply vessel in the southern Gulf of Mexico, injuring two crew members, the Mexican Navy said on Tuesday, in the latest outbreak of robbery and piracy to hit oil platforms and infrastructure in the area.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Amazon native peoples call on EU parliament to protect their communities in Brazil

  

  The European Union should consider sanctions for companies that source materials from protected Brazilian forest reservations and native lands, an indigenous community representative said.