Politics

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro sacks education minister: he proved more conservative than the president

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on Monday sacked his education minister, an ultraconservative who had drawn public ire over a range of controversial proposals including a revision of school textbooks to deny the 1964 military coup.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  “My trade wars aren't finished yet”, Trump warns IMF and World Bank spring meetings

  

  
United States president Donald Trump is sending a clear message to the economic policymakers gathering in Washington for the IMF and World Bank's spring meetings: My trade wars aren't finished yet and a weakening global economy will just have to deal with it.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Bolsonaro reveals Brazil is working with the US to sow dissent in Venezuelan army

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he is working with the US government to sow dissent within the Venezuelan army. Bolsonaro, during an interview with Jovem Pan radio, and added if there is a military invasion in Venezuela, he would ask to seek the counsel of Brazil's National Defense Council and Congress on what, if any, action his country should take.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  US-Mexico border stricter controls hitting the highly integrated US auto industry

  

  Long delays at the U.S.-Mexico border crossing for goods destined for American plants and consumers are hitting the U.S. auto industry, and the gridlock reduced by half the number of northbound trucks that crossed the entry point last week.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  New York declares a public measles health emergency

  

  New York's mayor has declared a public health emergency following a measles outbreak. The emergency warning covers certain postcodes in Brooklyn. All residents in the affected areas have been told to get vaccinated or face a fine.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Standard Chartered fined US$ 1,1bn for helping Iran and £102m to Britain's Financial Conduct Authority

  

  Standard Chartered bank is being fined US$1.1bn for violating US sanctions against Iran and over inadequate financial crime controls The penalties, imposed in connection with a range of different investigations in the US and the UK, all date back to before 2014.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

  Brazil's scientists furious with budget cuts limiting research and “expelling the brightest from the country”

  

  Brazil’s government has triggered fierce criticism from scientists after announcing plans to tackle economic stagnation by implementing a government-wide budget freeze that could see research funding cut by up to 42%.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  China pledges to further open its economy in strategic talks with the EU

  

  China on Tuesday said it would push further to open its economy and deepen ties with the EU, which has grown increasingly wary of Beijing's influence in Europe. EU Council president Donald Tusk hailed Beijing's new commitments at an EU-China summit in Brussels as a “breakthrough” with both sides committed to globalization and pursuing international rules.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 08:38 UTC

  Mrs. May pleads support from Berlin and Paris for a Brexit extension deadline

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May toured Berlin and Paris on Tuesday to plead for an extension to the deadline for Brexit, which looked increasingly likely to be approved by EU leaders at a crunch meeting in Brussels.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 20:07 UTC

  Falkland Islands appoints new Representative in the UK

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced on Tuesday the appointment of Richard Hyslop as the new UK Representative, succeeding Sukey Cameron MBE who retires from the post in October 2019, after 36 years of service within FIG, 29 of which were as UK Representative.