Politics

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Argentina managed a quarterly primary surplus during the first quarter

  

  Argentina ran a primary fiscal deficit of 13.037 billion pesos (US$ 305.32 million) in March, the country’s Treasury minister Nicolás Dujovne said at a press conference on Monday, though posted a first-quarter surplus of 10.347 billion pesos.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Bolivia considering exporting natural gas from liquefaction terminals in Argentina

  

  Bolivia is looking at exporting natural gas globally through liquefaction terminals to be built in Argentina, and to buy crude from its southern neighbor, Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Monday, a move that would compensate for dwindling sales of its main export to Argentina and Brazil.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Mueller report: Congress “can't impeach me” says Donald Trump

  

  President Donald Trump said on Monday that Congress “can't impeach” him over the findings of the Mueller report into Russian election meddling and his alleged attempts to hamper the investigation.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Catalonia’s secession surfaces again in Spanish debate ahead of Sunday elections

  

  Spain's outgoing prime minister faced an onslaught of criticism on Monday from his right-wing rivals over Catalonia's secession crisis in a testy four-way debate ahead of elections, while he warned them against cosying up to the far-right.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Rift between Sir Lanka president and PM kept security forces on the black about the coming attacks

  

  A rift between Sri Lanka's president and prime minister, which sparked a crisis last year, came under scrutiny on Monday a day after a series of deadly bomb blasts, with questions over how the government handled a recent warning of an attack.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  Climate change protestors clear London's busiest streets: 1.065 arrested

  

  Some of London's busiest streets re-opened Monday for the first time in a week as climate change protesters regrouped and plotted a new course after police made more than 1,000 arrests. The so-called Extinction Rebellion took over the heart of the British capital in a bid to focus global attention on rising temperatures and sea levels caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  US threatens sanctions on countries that continue to purchase Iranian oil: crude hits six month highs

  

  The United States on Monday demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face sanctions, a move to choke off Tehran's oil revenues which sent crude prices to six-month highs on fears of a potential supply crunch.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:53 UTC

  North Korea's wooing Russia following the fallout with Trump

  

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, North Korean state media confirmed. With his Russia visit, North Korea's Kim is seen working to build up foreign support for his economic development plans, since the breakdown of the second US-North Korea summit in Hanoi in February led to stalled talks with Washington on the sanctions relief Pyongyang had sought.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:49 UTC

  Mexican president sends army and navy reinforcements to contain killings in Veracruz state

  

  Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would reinforce army and navy troops in Veracruz State, three days after a child was among 13 people killed in a mass shooting there.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2019 - 08:21 UTC

  Millions using popular easy to guess passwords such as 1234 or 1111

  

  Millions of people are using easy-to-guess passwords on sensitive accounts, suggests a study. The analysis by the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) found 123456 was the most widely-used password on breached accounts.