Politics

Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 09:29 UTC
Falkland Islands updating the Electoral Register

The Falkland Islands Registration Officer is carrying out a yearly canvass with the purpose of updating the Electoral Register. Accordingly this Thursday, 15 March, all households in the Islands should receive a form V “request for information from householders” in the post.
Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 09:25 UTC
Key aide of Temer indicted on corruption charges for illegal funding from Odebrecht

A key aide of Brazil’s President Michel Temer has been indicted on charges of corruption and money-laundering. Senator Romero Juca, one of the major architects of the Temer administration’s reform agenda and an advocate for central bank independence, is being charged with soliciting illegal campaign funding of construction company Odebrecht in return for political favors.
Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 09:20 UTC
Temer insists with a vote in Congress on pensions' reform next October

Brazilian President Michel Temer said that he could lift the federal military intervention in Rio de Janeiro state by October to allow for a pension reform vote in Congress.
Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 09:13 UTC
Brazil Electoral Court confirms transparency in election opinion polls

The Brazilian Superior Electoral Court (TSE) revoked changes introduced to a resolution on election polls. The changes had been criticized by research institutes and associations which believed they could be interpreted as restrictions to the press.
Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 16:28 UTC
Nerve-gas poisoning: UK announces expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats

The UK will expel 23 Russian diplomats after Moscow refused to explain how a Russian-made nerve agent was used on a former spy in Salisbury, the PM says. Theresa May said the diplomats, who have a week to leave, were identified as “undeclared intelligence officers”. She also revoked an invitation to Russia's foreign minister, and said the Royal Family would not attend the Fifa World Cup later this year.
Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 09:42 UTC
Counter terror police looking into “unexplained” death of Russian exile in London

Counter-terror police are leading an investigation into the “unexplained” death of a man in London. He is believed to be Russian businessman Nikolai Glushkov, who claimed political asylum in the UK after being convicted of fraud.
Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 09:39 UTC
Taoiseach Varadkar insists in an open “invisible” Ireland border

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has dismissed claims that people crossing the Irish border would have to pre-register after Brexit. Speaking from the United States, where he is conducting a series of St Patrick’s Day engagements, the Taoiseach said: “No, it is not a solution that we envisage.”
Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 09:37 UTC
UK will come to regret its decision to leave the EU, says Juncker

The UK will come to regret its decision to leave the European Union, Brussels’ top official has claimed. European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said things “cannot remain as they are” for the UK in its relationship with the EU after leaving the bloc.
Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 09:32 UTC
CIA first woman chief an expert in “enhanced interrogation”

Gina Haspel, 61, the newly nominated first-ever female director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is a career intelligence officer with more than 30 years' experience. Controversially, she ran a prison in Thailand where suspected al-Qaeda members were tortured by water-boarding in 2002.
Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 09:27 UTC
German industry want UK in a customs union after Brexit

German firms ideally want the UK to stay in a customs union after Brexit, a powerful German industry group says. BDI said it would prefer a deep form of integration between Britain and the EU after Brexit. It had previously said the integrity of the single market for remaining European Union member states should be a priority.