Politics

Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:21 UTC
Johnson puts pressure on EU leaders and insists on no request delay for Brexit beyond October 31

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned the European Union on Sunday he will not delay Brexit beyond Oct 31, underlining that his latest proposals are the last chance to reach a deal.
Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:03 UTC
“Be in no doubt - independence is coming,” thousands march in Edinburgh

Tens of thousands of Scottish independence supporters marched in Edinburgh on Saturday, as calls grow for a fresh vote on Scotland breaking away from the United Kingdom with Brexit scheduled for within weeks.
Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:37 UTC
US unemployment at a record 50-year low in September, but manufacturing fell sharply

The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to near a 50-year low of 3.5per cent in September, with job growth increasing moderately, suggesting the slowing economy could avoid a recession for now despite trade tensions that are hammering manufacturing.
Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:19 UTC
Trump suspends entry of immigrants who cannot pay for healthcare

US President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation suspending entry of immigrants who cannot pay for their healthcare costs and will not be covered by health insurance within 30 days of entering the United States.
Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:12 UTC
Mexico does not seek control of Zama, the country's major oilfield discovery in decades

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that his government is not seeking to take control of the Zama oilfield discovery, which is currently operated by a private consortium led by U.S.-based Talos Energy. The statement follows on a report from Reuters earlier in the week saying that Mexico’s national oil company, Pemex, wants to take control of Zama from Talos.
Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:00 UTC
Commonwealth brainstorming to tackle effects of climate change

The Commonwealth on Friday launched an ideas-sharing network to tackle the effects of climate change through replicable regeneration projects. The 53-country bloc held a two-day brainstorming of indigenous groups, environmentalists, scientists and climate change experts at its headquarters in London.
Friday, October 4th 2019 - 18:16 UTC
Argentine finalists of the Falklands Regional Student Competition

The Falklands Regional Student Competition offers a one-week trip for students in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay to visit the Falkland Islands.
Friday, October 4th 2019 - 14:57 UTC
Falklands flagged, BAS latest incorporation: RRS Sir David Attenborough”

The Royal Research Ship RRS Sir David Attenborough, has been flagged to the Falkland Islands and officially named in a ceremony at Birkenhead, near Liverpool on Thursday September 26.
Friday, October 4th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Argentine officers accused of 'burying' and 'staking' conscripts during the Falklands conflict face trial

An Argentine federal judge from the city of Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego will be questioning four officers who allegedly during the 1982 Falklands' conflict ordered the “burial” and “staking” of a group of conscripts for having slaughtered a sheep, since they were desperately hungry and suffering from cold weather conditions.
Friday, October 4th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Ecuador will eliminate fuel subsidies and tighten the belt of public employees

Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno said that his government will eliminate subsidies for diesel and low-octane gasoline and create a new corporate tax as part of a package of measures to narrow the country’s fiscal deficit.