Politics

Friday, December 13th 2019 - 18:03 UTC
Finding survivors from doomed Chilean Hercules unlikely but trips will continue

Chilean Air Force (FACh) Chief-of-Staff General Arturo Merino Núñez Thursday ruled out the possibility of finding any survivors from Monday's Hercules C-130 transport aircraft which crashed into the Drake Passage enroute to Antarctica with 38 people onboard after human parts from the wreckage were found later in the week.
Friday, December 13th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Falkland Islands Government expects “Robust budgeting” amid “challenging” international relations scenario

“As a government we continue to be careful stewards of our finances and operate a robust and credible budgeting process that is both open and transparent,” Falkland Islands Government’s Chief Executive Barry Rowland stated during a speech to Legislative Assembly.
Friday, December 13th 2019 - 09:32 UTC
Baroness Gloria Hooper headed the UK delegation that attended Fernandez' inauguration

Baroness Gloria Hooper, Honorary President of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Latin America and a member of the House of Lords, visited Argentina from 8-12 December. The main purpose of the visit was to lead the UK delegation attending Alberto Fernández’s inauguration ceremony.
Friday, December 13th 2019 - 03:24 UTC
Tory landslide win paves way for Brexit-exit polls

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party seemed to be on its way to an astounding landslide victory in Thursday general election with would match the party's results from times of Baroness Margaret Thatcher in 1987 and Labour's historic low of 1935, according to exit polls.
Friday, December 13th 2019 - 03:00 UTC
US and China closer to striking final trade deal: end of uncertainty for investors foreseeable

The United States have reached a phase one trade deal with China, unofficial White House sources leaked to the press Thursday, pending approval from President Donald Trump.
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 18:17 UTC
Evo Morales and entourage in Buenos Aires to stay as a political refugees

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Thursday landed at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport amid tight security and top secrecy to settle in the country where he has been granted political asylum, Foreign Minister Felipe Sola told reporters. “He feels better here than in Mexico,” Solá added. “He is here to stay,” he went on.
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 10:46 UTC
Human bodies spotted around area where Chilean Hercules went missing

The Chilean Air Force contacted relatives of the 38 people aboard its Lockheed Hercules C-130 transport aircraft which went missing Monday afternoon en route to Antarctica to report the discovery of human remains in the area of the Drake Passage where the search for the airplane was underway, José Fernandéz, mayor of Magallanes, told the media.
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 10:25 UTC
Bolivia’s Interim Government rejects the IACHR report on violence after elections

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published a report that describes the violence that was generated in Bolivia after the general elections as a “massacre”. For the interim government in charge of Senator Jeanine Áñez, the report is “totally biased” and “does not reflect reality.”
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:43 UTC
Survey says PM Johnson's lead over Corbyn narrower for Thursday's polls

British voters are set to make history in Thursday's general election where much more than who will become Prime Minister is at stake. It is, admittedly, about deciding who will govern for the next five years, but more than that, it is about whether the nation stays or leaves the European Union and everything it entails.
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:35 UTC
Greta youngest ever winner of Time Magazine's POY Award

Swedish climate change teenage activist Greta Thunberg was chosen Wednesday as Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year (POY) award, the New York-based publication announced, thus becoming the youngest person ever to receive the accolade.