Politics

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 17:03 UTC

  Armed man arrested in Argentina’s presidential office: he wanted to meet with Mauricio Macri

  

  An armed man was arrested in the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s presidential office, who tried to enter on the grounds that he had an audience with President Mauricio Macri. The suspect was carrying a box with a Magnum 44 Taurus revolver and was arrested by the Military House before entering the building, according to information from the Government office in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 13:18 UTC

  Belize votes to take Guatemala's territorial claim to the International court of Justice

  

  Belizeans have voted to ask the United Nations world court to decide Guatemala’s claim that it is the rightful owner of half of Belize’s territory, setting the scene for a resolution to a dispute that has rumbled on for centuries.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 12:59 UTC

  Macri's coalition suffers heavy defeat in Argentina's second most populous district

  

  The ruling coalition of Argentine president Mauricio Macri suffered a heavy defeat Sunday in elections held in Cordoba province, the country's second most populous district. Peronist governor Juan Schiaretti led comfortably after 94.2% of the vote had been counted, claiming 54% of ballots cast in his bid for re-election.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Trade talks with Beijing escalate: China will not swallow any “bitter fruit” that harms its interests

  

  The United States and China appeared at a deadlock over trade negotiations on Sunday as Washington demanded promises of concrete changes to Chinese law and Beijing said it would not swallow any “bitter fruit” that harmed its interests.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Argentine lawmaker shot in street incident on Friday died

  

  An Argentine lawmaker died on Sunday of gunshot wounds he suffered last week in a daylight attack outside the Congress building in Buenos Aires. The death of Hector Olivares, 61, was announced by his ruling party coalition, called Cambiemos.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Venezuelan general calls on forces to rise against Maduro, controlled by the Cuban “communist dictatorship”

  

  A Venezuelan general called on the country's armed forces on Sunday to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, who has relied on the backing of the military to hold on to power despite an economic collapse.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  A cardinal to the rescue of occupants of a property without power or hot water

  

  A cardinal who conducts acts of charity for Pope Francis has restored power for hundreds of people in a building in Rome after climbing down a manhole and flipping a switch, local media report.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Tories fifth ahead of EU elections; Farage Brexit party leads with 34%; PM May expected to announce departure

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives have slumped to fifth place in an opinion poll ahead of the May 23 European parliamentary election as pressure grows for her to set a date for her departure.

• Saturday, May 11th 2019 - 23:50 UTC

  Venezuela denounces US provocation in national waters when Guaidó announces contacts with the Southern Command

  

  The president of the Venezuelan Parliament, Juan Guaidó, asked on Saturday his diplomatic representative in the US, Carlos Vecchio, to meet with the leaders of the Southern Command of that country to coordinate possible military cooperation in the face of the Venezuelan crisis. Meanwhile, the minister of defense of the administration of Nicolás Maduro, Vladimir Padrino López, warned on the same day “a provocation” of a US Coast Guard vessel that sailed 20 kilometers away from La Guaira, the main port of Venezuela.

• Saturday, May 11th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Call for Evidence: UK program to support nature in British Overseas Territories

  

  A ten week Call of Evidence was launched by the UK Government on Friday, to gather knowledge on safeguarding nature in the UK Overseas Territories. Many of the Overseas Territories are globally significant in their ecological richness, containing over 90% of UK’s marine and terrestrial nature. They are hotspots for biodiversity with an estimated 3,300 endemic species, but they are also highly vulnerable to environmental change.