Politics

Monday, February 11th 2019 - 08:40 UTC
PDVSA telling customers to deposit oil sales in an account of Russia's Gazprombank

Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA is telling customers of its joint ventures to deposit oil sales proceeds in an account recently opened at Russia's Gazprombank AO, according to sources and an internal document, reported Reuters on Saturday.
Monday, February 11th 2019 - 08:33 UTC
Guaidó warns Venezuelan military that blocking humanitarian aid is a “crime against humanity”

Opposition leader Juan Guaido, recognized by some 50 countries as Venezuela's interim president, warned the military on Sunday that blocking humanitarian aid from entering the country is a “crime against humanity.”
Monday, February 11th 2019 - 07:34 UTC
Bolsonaro recovering from pneumonia, thanks Brazilians for their prayers and ministers for helping lead the country

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has beaten fever caused by pneumonia after his abdominal surgery two weeks ago, his hospital said on Saturday. The president, 63, “has no fever and has made good clinical and post-operative progress,” Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital in Sao Paulo said in its daily update.
Monday, February 11th 2019 - 07:27 UTC
Twelve French submarines for Australia: US$ 50bn contract

Australia formally signed a US$50 billion contract with France to build 12 states of the art submarines on Monday, a signal of the country's willingness to project power across the Pacific.
Monday, February 11th 2019 - 07:16 UTC
Epistolary exchange between PM Mrs. May and Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn

Theresa May has responded to Jeremy Corbyn's letter setting out his five demands for a Brexit deal. The prime minister queried his call for the UK to stay in a customs union with the EU - but welcomed more talks with Labour on a Brexit agreement.
Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
Maduro's protection in the hands of the Cuban security and intelligence services

Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro is increasingly leaning on the protection and support of his Cuban backers, amid mounting global pressures to leave office, according to several senior U.S. officials. Adm. Craig Faller, head of U.S. Southern Command, told U.S. senators on Thursday that Havana “owns the security around Maduro and is deeply entrenched in the intelligence service.”
Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 09:10 UTC
A good one for Theresa May: Dublin believes an orderly Brexit deal “can be done”

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Friday said he believed “a deal can be done” to avoid a disorderly British exit from the EU, after a meeting with a key ally of British Prime Minister Theresa May that he said went very well.
Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
Argentine Coast Guard seize South Korean trawler allegedly operating in the EEZ

A South Korean flagged trawler allegedly operating in Argentine waters was caught on Thursday red-handed with its nets in the sea and is being escorted to Comodoro Rivadavia.
Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 08:34 UTC
Finally, Margaret Thatcher’s statue on a 10ft plinth, to be erected in Grantham

After being rejected in London over concerns about “potential vandalism and civil disorder,” a statue of the late British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has finally found a home in the town of her birth.
Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 07:34 UTC
Trade war: US and China set to discuss intellectual property on Monday

United States negotiators are preparing to press China next week on longstanding demands that it reform how it treats American companies’ intellectual property in order to seal a trade deal that could prevent tariffs from rising on Chinese imports.