Politics

Monday, April 8th 2019 - 08:38 UTC
UK Jewish Labour Movement declare a no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn

The Jewish Labour Movement, which is affiliated to Britain's main opposition Labour Party, passed a motion of no confidence in party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday, over his handling of anti-Semitism complaints, Sky News reported.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 07:48 UTC
First independent group march authorized in Cuba

Hundreds of Cubans marched peacefully through Havana calling for an end to animal cruelty on Sunday in what organizers believe was the first independent march authorized by the one-party state.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 07:09 UTC
HMS Montrose spots high seas' fuel transfer to North Korean tanker

The Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose has successfully tracked an illegal fuel transfer at sea while conducting United Nations sanctions enforcement against North Korea. Working alongside Japanese partners, HMS Montrose spotted a North Korean ship in the East China Sea, alongside another ship of unknown nationality.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 06:50 UTC
Theresa May concedes that concluding a Brexit deal needs “compromise” from Tories and Labour

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday conceded that concluding a Brexit deal with the main opposition will need “compromise on both sides” as she faced criticism for being inflexible.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina combats violence in football: 128 hooligans banned from stadiums during four years

More than 100 members of Boca Junior's 'barra bravas' – among them hooligan leaders Rafael Di Zeo and Mauro Martín – will not be able to enter Argentine football stadiums for the next four years, according to a resolution posted in the Argentine Official Gazette on Thursday.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Venezuelans protestors and government supporters take to the streets nationwide on Saturday

Venezuelans are expected to take to the streets nationwide on Saturday, less than a week after power outages left many without basic services and water. US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido, who declared himself interim president in late January, called on his supporters to gather in the capital Caracas and different areas around the country to protest against President Nicolas Maduro and the “tragic” conditions plaguing the country.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Trump's carrots stick approach to Mexico and the border illegal crossing dispute

President Donald Trump flew on Friday to visit newly built fencing on the Mexican border, even as he retreated from a threat to shut the frontier over what he says is an out-of-control influx of migrants and drugs.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:46 UTC
US and China “making progress” towards ending the trade war

President Donald Trump on Friday said talks with Beijing were making progress toward ending the trade war between the world's two top economies, but he again stopped short of predicting success.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:43 UTC
Trump again puts pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates

United States president Donald Trump said on Friday the US Federal Reserve should lower interest rates and take other unconventional measures to ease pressure on an economy that he said they slowed down. “I think they should drop rates,” Trump told reporters. “I think they really slowed us down. There's no inflation.”
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Beijing poses a threat, says Pompeo after arrest of Chinese woman trying to enter Trump's Florida resort

The arrest of a Chinese woman who allegedly brought malicious software to US President Donald Trump's Florida resort shows that Beijing poses a threat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.