Politics

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

  Mexico bans government institutions from doing business with Odebrecht

  

  Mexico has banned federal institutions and state governments from doing business with Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht for the next 2-1/2 years, and fined the company around US$ 60 million, the government said.

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  Lopez Obrador closer to the Mexican presidency: 22 percentage points ahead of his closest rival

  

  Mexico’s frontrunner has just clocked a new milestone in his race toward the presidency, distancing himself from his rivals by 22 percentage points in a new poll ahead of the July 1 election.

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 09:23 UTC

  Nazi submarine wreck off Denmark torpedoes theory that Hitler fled to Argentina

  

  A missing World War Two U-boat—which has long been rumored to have carried Nazi leaders to South America as the Third Reich collapsed—has been found off the coast of Denmark. The U-3523 submarine, a cutting-edge vessel developed at the very end of the war, was discovered at a depth of around 400 feet, 10 nautical miles north of the Danish Coast, by researchers at Sea War Museum Jutland.

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Brazilian ex Justice and only black member of the high court, considers running for president

  

  Members of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) celebrated on Thursday their newest member, potential presidential candidate and former Supreme Court Justice Joaquim Barbosa, whose debut in a national poll stoked hopes for his potential.

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Some 140.000 UK households without heat or power say two surveys

  

  Hundreds of thousands of the poorest families in Britain are going without basic necessities, according to two separate surveys. Citizens Advice said as many as 140,000 households are going without power, as they cannot afford to top up their prepayment meters. And the Living Wage Foundation - which campaigns for fair pay - said many of the poorest parents are skipping meals.

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Queen hopes Prince Charles will lead Commonwealth; 53-nation summit decides

  

  Queen Elizabeth II opened a summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth on Thursday, and backed her son Prince Charles to be the next leader of the association of Britain and its former colonies. In a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the queen said she hoped Charles would “carry on the important work” of leading the Commonwealth, a loose alliance of countries large and small that has struggled to carve out a firm place on the world stage.

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 08:41 UTC

  Falklands oil industry: final investment decision on Sea Lion project by end of the year

  

  Rockhopper Exploration and operator Premier Oil have submitted a revised draft field development plan for the Sea Lion Phase 1 project to the Falkland Islands government. According to Rockhopper, a final submission should follow in the lead-up to sanction of the project, in the offshore North Falkland basin.

• Friday, April 20th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  South Georgia fishing licenses dispute will be appealed before the High Court in London

  

  A British fishing firm has won the right to appeal against a controversial decision to hand lucrative fishing licenses to foreign rivals in the South Atlantic, according to a report from Daniel Martin in the Daily Mail.

• Thursday, April 19th 2018 - 22:24 UTC

  Miguel Díaz-Canel becomes the new president of Cuba: there is no chance of a Trojan horse

  

  Miguel Díaz-Canel has been ratified on Thursday by the National Assembly of Cuba as the new president of the Council of State, the country's first leader in practice. The parliament ratified the former vice president with 99.83% of the votes of the deputies present. Diaz-Canel replaces the General Raúl Castro, who retires from power after 12 years at the head of the country. However, the new president clarified that Raúl Castro “will lead the most important decisions” for the country.

• Thursday, April 19th 2018 - 18:17 UTC

  UK unions up in arms over MOD plan to invite foreign companies to build RFA ships

  

  Overseas shipyards including some in Spain are “eyeing up” a £1 billion order for three new Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships, a UK union claims. The GMB said the UK Government should reverse a decision to put the contract out to international tender later this month.