Politics

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  Dutch PM Rutte did not visit his mother until hours before his mother's death, because of lockdown in the Netherlands

  

  Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte did not visit his 96-year-old mother for more than eight weeks until hours before her death this month due to lockdown measures in the Netherlands, his office said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 07:24 UTC

  Health professionals urge G20 leaders to put public health at the centre of recovery

  

  Over 40 million doctors, nurses and other health professionals from 90 countries, including many working on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic, sent a letter to G20 leaders urging them to put public health at the center of their economic recovery packages, to help avoid future crises and make the world more resilient to them.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 07:19 UTC

  Donald Tusk quips about Brexit mastermind Cummings and his trip

  

  A senior European Union politician couldn't help a Brexit quip as he waded into Britain's row over Dominic Cummings, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's top adviser and mastermind of leaving the bloc who is accused of violating coronavirus travel curbs.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  Argentines love rattling the Falklands' cage and Argentine journalists are us usual 'naughty', MP Bryant

  

  “Argentines love rattling the Falklands cage, and I suspect that journalists in Argentina, are being naughty as usual”, commented Labor MP Chris Bryant who was recently interviewed in several Argentine radio stations but was not able, because of workload, to listen or read to his edited statements, aired rather controversially.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro puts pressure on Supreme Court to end investigation

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro expects the Supreme Court to find no wrongdoing and end an investigation into potential political interference in the federal police, according to a statement from the presidential palace on Monday.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Street demonstrations in Ecuador to protests drastic economic measures

  

  Demonstrators defied coronavirus restrictions to march in cities across Ecuador on Monday in protest against President Lenin Moreno's drastic economic measures to tackle the crisis.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:51 UTC

  White House brings forward two days restrictions on travel to the US from Brazil

  

  The White House on Monday brought forward by two days restrictions on travel to the United States from Brazil that were announced after the Latin American country became the world's No 2 coronavirus hotspot.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Iranian tankers unloading much needed gasoline in Venezuela

  

  The first of five Iranian tankers carrying much-needed gasoline and oil derivatives docked in Venezuela on Monday, Caracas announced amid concern in Washington over the burgeoning relationship between countries it sees as international pariahs.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Scientists organize to combat “info medic”; mal-information which spreads as fast as the virus

  

  With cat photos and sometimes scathing irony, Mathieu Rebeaud, a Swiss-based researcher in biochemistry, has nearly tripled his Twitter following since the coronavirus pandemic began. With 14,000 followers, he posts almost daily, giving explanations on the latest scientific research and, in particular, aims to fight misinformation that spreads as fast as the virus itself.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:44 UTC

  China central bank will further lower interest rates to help revive the economy

  

  China will strengthen its economic policy and continue efforts to lower interest rates on loans, central bank Governor Yi Gang said, reinforcing expectations of further support measures to revive an economy ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic.