Politics

• Friday, June 14th 2019 - 04:19 UTC

  Former Falklands lawmaker, Jan Cheek awarded the MBE

  

  A former Member of the Falkland Islands elected Legislative Assembly and a Justice of the Peace for over 30 years, Islander Jan Cheek is to be awarded the MBE.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  
Argentine ex official sentenced to six years in prison for corruption

  

  A court on Wednesday sentenced former Argentine secretary of Public Works minister Jose Lopez to six years in prison after he was caught by police trying to hide bags stuffed with US$9 million in cash at a Buenos Aires convent.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Protests in Hong Kong turn into chaotic street battling with pepper gas and rubber bullets

  

  Hong Kong on Thursday postponed the legislative debate on the controversial extradition Bill for a second day,  after a massive rally that witnessed violent clashes between protesters and the police on Wednesday. “The Legislative Council will not hold a session today to debate the Bill”, said a notice to lawmakers, without elaborating further.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Mexico presidency sells its fleet of planes to help finance curbing migration in the south of the country

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that the sale of the former presidential jet and other aircraft from the last government would help fund efforts to curb migration under a deal struck last week with Washington.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:24 UTC

  World physician leaders call for an end to government violence in Honduras

  

  The World Medical Association has called on the President of Honduras to bring to an immediate end the use of violence against protesters striking against the government’s health and education reforms.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  Global food prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in May

  

  Global food prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in May, pushed up by rising prices of cheese and maize due to adverse weather conditions. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly traded food commodities, averaged 172.4 points in May, up 1.2 per cent from the previous month while still 1.9 per cent below its level in May 2018.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:03 UTC

  Furious Venetians march against large cruise ships, “sea monsters”

  

  Thousands of furious Venetians have marched in protest against large ships dubbed “sea monsters” clogging the city’s narrow waterways and destroying the lives of locals. An estimated 5.000 people took to the docks near Venice’s famous San Marco square to protest “bison of the sea” dominating the lagoon city that is a UNESCO world heritage site.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 08:47 UTC

  US formally requested the UK the extradition of Julian Assange

  

  The US Justice Department has formally asked Britain to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face charges that he conspired to hack US government computers and violated an espionage law, Britain has confirmed.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 08:24 UTC

  Ecuador highest court approves same sex-marriage

  

  Ecuador's highest court on Wednesday approved same-sex marriage in a landmark ruling in the traditionally Catholic and conservative South American country. The Constitutional Court said same-sex marriage had been approved in a five-to-four vote of its nine judges in a closed hearing.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 17:29 UTC

  Argentina’s commemorates 25 years of the Jewish Centre bombing

  

  “This year we commemorate the 25th anniversary of the attack on the headquarters of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires”.