Politics

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  PM May: 95% of Brexit terms agreed but Irish border remains a “considerable sticking point”

  

  UK Prime Minister Theresa May has said she is prepared to “explore every possible option” to break the deadlock in Brexit talks. She told MPs 95% of the terms of exit were agreed but the Irish border was still a “considerable sticking point”.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 09:04 UTC

  Khashoggi murder: Top US official meets Saudi Crown Prince in Riyadh

  

  A senior US official has held talks with Saudi Arabia's crown prince in Riyadh, despite growing concern over the Saudis' role in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met Mohammed bin Salman on Monday.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Saudi Arabia: no intention of a repeat of a 1973-style oil embargo

  

  Saudi Arabia has no intention of unleashing a 1973-style oil embargo on Western consumers and will isolate oil from politics, the Saudi energy minister said on Monday amid a worsening crisis over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  Populist League advances in north Italy ousting entrenched center left coalition

  

  The right-wing League has won control of the northern Italian province of Trento, ousting the center-left coalitions that have ruled for decades, in the latest breakthrough by the anti-immigrant party.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  United States 2018 federal budget deficit at its highest since 2012: US$ 779bn

  

  The United States federal budget deficit rose in fiscal 2018 to the highest level in six years as spending climbed, the Trump administration said. The deficit jumped to US$ 779 billion, US$ 113 billion or 17% higher than the previous fiscal period, according to a statement from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 07:43 UTC

  Piñera denies any problems with Argentina over Patagonian glaciers in unmarked border

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera insisted that he had no problem with Argentina despite a disputed claim over extensive Patagonian glaciers along the two countries' joint but unmarked border.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 07:35 UTC

  Opinion polls confirm Bolsonaro is set to become Brazil's president next Sunday

  

  The latest public opinion poll released in Brazil, BTG Pactual/FSB showed that the extreme right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is leading with a valid vote intention of 60%, while leftist Fernando Haddad has a 40% support. Both presidential candidates for Sunday's 28 October runoff suffered minor variations compared to the previous poll, 59% vs 41%.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 06:15 UTC

  Ten Falkland Islands tourist lodgings gain Green Seal status

  

  Ten tourist accommodation establishments in the Falkland Islands have been awarded ‘Green Seal status’, an award related to being environmentally responsible, following assessments by the Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB).

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 18:50 UTC

  Costa Rican official estimates 30,000 Nicaraguans have sought refuge in six months

  

  Costa Rica's Migration Director Raquel Vargas Jaubert said in a TV interview on Sunday that the number of Nicaraguans who have fled to Costa Rica in the past six months is of no less than 30.000 people.

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 18:39 UTC

  Norwegian WWII resistance hero Joachim Ronneberg dies at 99

  

  A Norwegian resistance fighter who thwarted Nazi Germany's nuclear weaponry project died Monday at the age of 99.