Politics

• Friday, May 24th 2019 - 20:42 UTC

  Xi Jinping praises Sino-Brazilian partnership

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday highlighted Brazil's commitment to developing the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries as he met with the South American country's Vice President Hamilton Mourao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to bolster binational ties.

• Friday, May 24th 2019 - 16:51 UTC

  Opposition deems strike in Nicaragua a success

  

  The streets of Nicaragua's main cities were empty and almost every store remained unopened during Thursday's nationwide strike which was considered a success by opposition leaders, it was reported.

• Friday, May 24th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Theresa May will resign as Prime Minister next June 7

  

  Theresa May has announced that she will present her resignation on June 7 after her meeting with the president of the 1922 Parliamentary Committee, Graham Grady, and the unsustainable pressure of the Tories. Former Foreign Secretary and hard Brexit icon, Boris Johnson, confirmed on Thursday his candidacy to succeed her.

• Friday, May 24th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  No Parallels between Falklands and Chagos

  

  In a move that will no doubt be greeted favorably in Buenos Aires, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded on Wednesday that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Chagos islands decolonization: stunning defeat for UK in UN assembly

  

  United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded on Wednesday that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean within six months, dealing a diplomatic blow to Britain and the United States.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Markets in the red on Wednesday over concerns with China-US trade dispute

  

  US stocks fell back into the red on Wednesday, putting equities down for three of the last four sessions as investors reacted to reports of possible new US-China trade frictions.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Nicaragua national strike to pressure the Ortega regime to release political prisoners

  

  Nicaragua's opposition on Wednesday called a 24-hour general strike to increase pressure on the government of President Daniel Ortega to release prisoners as agreed in peace talks between the two sides.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Countdown week for PM May; leader of the House resigns unconvinced of fourth Brexit deal proposal

  

  Prominent Brexit supporter Andrea Leadsom resigned from Prime Minister Theresa May's government on Wednesday, piling pressure on the British leader after a new Brexit gambit backfired and fuelled calls for her to quit.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Iran's Supreme Leader announces the demise or Israel and US civilization

  

  Iran's youth will witness the demise of Israel and American civilization, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday in comments published on his official website.

• Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Brazil's Prosecutor suing major tobacco companies for health costs derived from smoking

  

  Brazil's solicitor general's office is suing the world's largest cigarette makers British American Tobacco Plc and Philip Morris International to recover the public health treatment costs of tobacco-related diseases over the last five years. The office, known as the AGU, announced the landmark lawsuit late on Tuesday against the two multinational companies and their Brazilian subsidiaries.