Politics

• Thursday, October 19th 2017 - 06:57 UTC

  China has entered a “new era” and should “take centre stage in the world”, Xi announces

  

  China has entered a “new era” where it should “take centre stage in the world”, President Xi Jinping says. The country's rapid progress under “socialism with Chinese characteristics” shows there is “a new choice for other countries”, he told the Communist Party congress.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2017 - 12:03 UTC

  Political spring ahead for Macri, if opinion polls results are confirmed on Sunday

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri seems to be in the threshold of a new political spring following on the expected results of next Sunday's midterm election when a third of the Senate seats and half the Lower House, plus several governorships will be on dispute.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2017 - 11:56 UTC

  UK inflation climbs to 3% in September, mainly because of the fall in sterling

  

  The UK's key inflation rate hit its highest for more than five years in September, driven up by increases in transport and food prices. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) climbed to 3%, a level it last reached in April 2012, and up from 2.9% in August. The pick-up in inflation raises the likelihood of an increase in interest rates - currently 0.25% - next month.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2017 - 11:47 UTC

  Identification of unknown Argentine combatants buried in Falklands advancing according to agenda

  

  The forensic team from the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, involved in the Falklands Humanitarian Project is currently analyzing the DNA samples taken from the Argentine soldiers remains buried at the Darwin cemetery in the Islands, and defining strategies that should allow the delivery of results to the Argentine, and United Kingdom governments.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2017 - 07:37 UTC

  Brazilian Senate challenges Supreme Court and returns suspended lawmaker

  

  The Senate on Tuesday rejected a decision of Brazil's top court and returned a suspended lawmaker to his post, in what critics said was the latest self-protection move by politicians accused of corruption.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2017 - 07:21 UTC

  OECD suggests “reversing the Brexit process” would boost the UK economy

  

  Reversing the Brexit process would boost the UK economy, the international economic body, the OECD has said. A new referendum or a change of government leading to the UK staying within the EU would have a “significant” positive impact on growth, the OECD said.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2017 - 18:54 UTC

  Falklands seeking Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

  

  The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly is seeking expressions of interest from people who would like to be considered for election to the role of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2017 - 18:47 UTC

  Business calls on the Bank of England to delay raising interest rates

  

  Bank of England should hold off from raising interest rates next month, according to a forecasting body. Bank governor Mark Carney has said rates could go up in the “relatively near term”, with many analysts expecting a hike in November. However, the EY Item Club said such a move risked hurting the UK's “fragile economic outlook”.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2017 - 12:16 UTC

  Federal audit freezes Rousseff and Gabrielli assets over losses in refinery purchase

  

  Brazil's federal audit court ordered a freeze of former President Dilma Rousseff's assets as well as those of José Sérgio Gabrielli, ex-head of state-run oil company Petrobras, over a US$580 million loss in the 2006 purchase of a Texas refinery.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2017 - 12:07 UTC

  “Neither Venezuelans or the world will swallow this fiction” blasts opposition

  

  Opposition leaders in Venezuela have alleged fraud after electoral authorities claimed that Nicolás Maduro’s socialist party won 17 of 24 governorships in Sunday’s regional elections. On Sunday evening, National Electoral Council President Tibisay Lucena announced that the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) had won 17 out of 24 governorships and 54 percent of the votes. Turnout was reportedly at 61%.