Politics

Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:47 UTC
Catalonia independence vote in two years, proposes head of the region

Catalonia should hold a new vote on independence from Spain within two years, the head of the region's government said on Thursday in a fresh challenge to Madrid following days of unrest by pro-separatist protesters.
Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:35 UTC
Trump's latest surprise: he will host the G7 economic summit at his Florida golf resort

U.S. President Donald Trump will host next year’s Group of Seven economic summit of leaders of developed nations at his Florida golf resort, a move Democrats and others decried as more evidence of the president misusing his office for personal gain.
Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:30 UTC
Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon after another independence referendum in 2020

Scotland must hold another independence referendum in 2020 and will soon request the powers needed to hold it legally, Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon said. Scots rejected independence in a referendum in 2014 but the SNP says that Britain's vote to leave the European Union fundamentally changes its constitutional arrangements and means that the independence question should be revisited.
Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:25 UTC
China's economy grows at its slowest rate in three decades in the third quarter

China's economy expanded at its slowest rate in nearly three decades in the third quarter, hit by cooling domestic demand and a protracted US trade war, official data showed on Friday.
Friday, October 18th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Venezuela in Human Rights Council: US and Argentina deplore UN “embarrassment”

Venezuela on Thursday won a seat on the controversial U.N. Human Rights Council -- a move that the U.S. quickly branded “an embarrassment” and further proof that its decision last year to leave the body last was the right one.
Friday, October 18th 2019 - 08:34 UTC
Bolsonaro family fighting for control of the party and its war chest, US$ 94 million

A push by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to make his son the leader of his party in the lower house of Congress was rejected on Thursday, deepening a rift with party leaders that could further fragment the far-right firebrand's legislative base.
Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 15:25 UTC
UK and US raid “dark web” of child pornography: 337 arrests in 38 countries

UK and US authorities investigating a “dark web” child pornography site run from South Korea on Wednesday announced the arrest of 337 suspects in 38 countries. Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) said the “Welcome to Video” site contained 250,000 videos that were downloaded a million times by users across the world.
Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 15:23 UTC
Thousands of protesting Dutch farmers laid siege to Parliament in The Hague

Thousands of tractor-driving Dutch farmers stepped up protests on Wednesday against the government's climate policies, prompting authorities to block off parliament with army vehicles. In the second national demonstration in three weeks against government plans to curb nitrogen emissions, farmers laid siege to the country's seat of power in The Hague, causing widespread travel disruption.
Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina has bent over to please the UK while gaining nothing in return

By Facundo Rodriguez (*) - It's now been three years since the British and Argentine governments signed the Foradori-Duncan agreement and committed to taking “appropriate measures to remove all obstacles limiting the economic growth and sustainable development” of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Brexit concerns blowing gale across nervous Falklands

The following piece on the Falklands and Brexit was distributed by the French news agency, AFP, both in English and Spanish. - It may be a remote archipelago 13,000km from mainland Britain but the Falkland Islands' incredible biodiversity, as well as fishing and meat exports, are under threat from Brexit.