Politics

Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Falkland Islands laid wreaths at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day

The Falkland Islands Government, along with fellow Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, for the first time, laid wreaths at the National Service of Remembrance, at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, on Sunday, November 10.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:42 UTC
Voting system reform in Wales: 16/17-year olds allowed to vote in council elections

Sixteen and 17-year-olds look set to vote in council elections as part of the biggest changes to Wales' voting system in 50 years. Legislation, to be introduced to the assembly on Monday, would also allow resident foreign nationals to vote.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
Beijing sends naval force with a carrier to intimidate Taiwan's presidential election

China has sailed a carrier group into the sensitive Taiwan Strait led by its first domestically built aircraft carrier as election campaigning kicked into high gear on the self-ruled island on Sunday. Taiwan's foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said they would not be intimidated.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
PM Johnson plans end of preferential treatment for EU migrants; Tories lead Labour by 10/17 percentage points in polls

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Sunday to end preferential treatment for European Union migrants, as opinion polls showed his Conservative Party has the highest level of support since 2017 ahead of next month's election.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Trump in very good health, after first medical checkup

Despite all of his political and courts wrangling, US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was in very good health, after undergoing what he said was the first phase of an annual medical checkup the previous day.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Yellow Vests in France celebrate first anniversary of protests with clashes in Paris

French “yellow vest” demonstrators occupied a top Parisian department store on Sunday, a day after clashes in the capital on the first anniversary of the protest movement. The glitzy Galeries Lafayette store in the Opera shopping district was evacuated after dozens of protesters chanting anti-capitalist and anti-government slogans took over the third floor.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:12 UTC
Fifteen countries including Brazil, asking for trade compensations from UK/EU Brexit disruption

Countries including Australia have asked for trade compensation from the UK and the EU over Brexit disruption. Fifteen countries, including the US, India and New Zealand, have been setting out Brexit concerns at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Geneva.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 08:20 UTC
Falklands planning new Infant and Junior School

Plans for a new Infant and Junior School are to be considered by the Falklands Executive Council. MLA Stacy Bragger has said that a recommendation to begin examining concept designs and site locations will be presented to the council in December.
Sunday, November 17th 2019 - 07:52 UTC
Repression, use of force risk worsening Bolivia crisis: UN human rights chief

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is urging authorities in Bolivia to ensure security forces comply with international standards on the use of force following the deaths of at least five protestors on Friday.
Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Chilean parties agree on mechanisms to replace the Pinochet era constitution

Chilean lawmakers agreed on Friday to hold a referendum next April on replacing the country’s unpopular Pinochet-era constitution, bowing to demands of protesters who say the country’s decades-old social model has created deep inequality.