Politics

• Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  Beijing/Washington trade dispute: China exports and surplus grow at solid pace

  

  China’s trade surplus with the United States swelled to a record in June as its overall exports grew at a solid pace, a result that could further inflame a bitter trade dispute with Washington.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  China's growth declines in second quarter; expanding government debt trims Beijing's credit rating

  

  China's economic growth slowed in the quarter ending in June, adding to challenges for Beijing amid a mounting tariff battle with Washington. The world's second-largest economy expanded by 6.7%, down from the previous quarter's 6.8%, the government reported Monday.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2018 - 08:46 UTC

  US launches five dispute actions in WTO challenging China, EU, Canada, Mexico and Turkey

  

  The United States launched five separate World Trade Organization dispute actions on Monday challenging retaliatory tariffs imposed by China, the European Union, Canada, Mexico and Turkey following U.S. duties on steel and aluminum. The retaliatory tariffs on up to a combined US$28.5 billion worth of U.S. exports are illegal under WTO rules, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement.

• Monday, July 16th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  Iconic Taj Mahal: “either you demolish it or you restores it” India's Justices tell government

  

  India’s most famous landmark, Taj Mahal, is being threatened with demolition and shut down if the government continues to fail to address its worrying changing color, the country’s top court has warned.

• Monday, July 16th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  Lula the only hope for millions of Brazilians, says ex president Dilma Rousseff

  

  Brazil's ex-President Lula da Silva, who is serving a 12-year-one-month jail term for alleged corruption, represents “hope” for millions of Brazilians, former leader Dilma Rousseff said on Sunday. Rousseff succeeded Lula as president and belongs to the same left-leaning Workers' Party (PT), which named Lula its presidential candidate in upcoming Oct. 7 elections, despite his legal woes.

• Monday, July 16th 2018 - 08:13 UTC

  Record direct investment in Chile in the first four months of 2018

  

  Foreign direct investment in Chile reached US$ 8.48 billion in four months January to April, its highest level since records began 15 years ago, thanks to a new law designed to attract investment, the government investment agency stated.

• Monday, July 16th 2018 - 07:42 UTC

  Infantino praises Russia and Putin for “the best World Cup ever”

  

  Gianni Infantino praised the organization of the Russia World Cup and restates that the first Middle East host could expand the tournament. Speaking at FIFA’s closing press conference of the four-week World Cup, the FIFA president said: ”For a couple of years, I was saying this would be the best World Cup ever, today I can say it with more conviction because I lived it and you lived it. It is the best World Cup ever.”

• Monday, July 16th 2018 - 07:29 UTC

  Trump in Finland ready to meet Putin; describes EU, Russia and China as “foes”

  

  President Donald Trump named the European Union as a top adversary of the United States and denounced the news media as the “enemy of the people” before arriving in Helsinki on Sunday on the eve of his high-stakes summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

• Monday, July 16th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  Argentine foreign ministry informs Tierra del Fuego delegation on the current Malvinas policy

  

  Overall the Argentine government is satisfied how relations with the UK regarding the South Atlantic, and Falklands' sovereignty claims are evolving, was the message with which members of the so called Malvinas Question Observatory from Tierra del Fuego province, returned to Ushuaia after meeting with foreign ministry officials in Buenos Aires, according to local media reports.

• Monday, July 16th 2018 - 07:19 UTC

  Theresa May: We will leave the European Union

  

  The Sunday Express published the following piece from the British Prime Minister, who faces a serious challenge to her leadership from dissatisfied Tories: YOU, the British people voted to leave the European Union and that is what we are going to do. I will not be derailed from my duty to deliver your democratic decision. Amid all the noise this Government is getting on with the job.