Politics

Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 08:52 UTC
Australia will recognize West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but won't move from Tel Aviv until a peace deal

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that his government will recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. However, he said Australia's embassy would not move from Tel Aviv, until a peace settlement was achieved. He added Australia also recognized the aspirations of the Palestinians to a state with a capital in East Jerusalem.
Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 08:45 UTC
A hard Brexit will leave the UK “near bankrupt” and “the closure of quite a few businesses”

Sir Richard Branson has warned that the UK will be left “near bankrupt” in the event of a hard Brexit. He told the BBC he was “absolutely certain” that leaving the EU without a deal would lead to the closure of “quite a few British businesses”.
Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 08:42 UTC
WHO expert panel to develop global standards of human gene editing

WHO is establishing a global multi-disciplinary expert panel to examine the scientific, ethical, social and legal challenges associated with human gene editing (both somatic and germ cell).
Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 08:26 UTC
Ignore the siren voices calling us to the rocks of No Deal

By Amber Rudd, Work and Pensions Secretary (*) - Brexit is in danger of getting stuck – and that is something that should worry us all. If MPs dig in against the Prime Minister’s deal and then hunker down in their different corners, none with a majority, the country will face serious trouble.
Saturday, December 15th 2018 - 04:32 UTC
ALBA - TCP renews commitment against US influence in the region at Havanna Summit

Latin American leftwing governments which strongly oppose Washington's policies for the region gathered in Havanna at the XVI Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples and the Treaty of Commerce of the Peoples (ALBA - TCP) to renew their regional commitment.
Friday, December 14th 2018 - 20:07 UTC
Attack on Venezuelan opposition leader said to be slow-motion assassination

Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana said Wednesday's attack against Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was to poison her with a delayed-effect substance.
Friday, December 14th 2018 - 16:42 UTC
Nicaragua strips 5 more NGOs from legal status - most of them led by prominent Sandinists

Nicaragua's Parliament Thursday stripped five Non Government Organisations from their legal status on the grounds that a report from the Ministry of the Interior said they were part of a group behind “the failed coup attempt” against President Daniel Ortega, to bring the total number of NGOs to have received the same treatment over the past two weeks to nine.
Friday, December 14th 2018 - 09:40 UTC
Bolsonaro prepares to take office with 75% support: “he's on the right track”

A vast majority of Brazilians, 75%, are convinced that president-elect Jair Bolsonaro is “on the right track”, and over 50% are confident of his economic plan or promises. Likewise 64% believe that 2019 is going to be a “very good year”, while “average” for 18% and “terribly bad” for 14%.
Friday, December 14th 2018 - 09:39 UTC
Venezuelan Foreign Minister formalises complaint against US Chargé d'Affaires

Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza Thursday handed an official note of protest to the Chargé d'Affaires of the United States in Caracas -James Story- against the coup d'état and assassination plan against President Nicolás Maduro Moros, it was announced.
Friday, December 14th 2018 - 09:29 UTC
British ambassador praises Buenos Aires urban transport on an emergency day

British ambassador in Argentina Mark Kent attended a conference and lunch in downtown Buenos Aires, and forced by rain, no embassy vehicle or taxi, simply took a local bus back to the office.