Politics

Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 11:33 UTC
Brazil's major corruption scandal has a new Justice who promises prudence and transparency

Brazil's Supreme Court named a new justice on Thursday to oversee cases against politicians caught in a giant corruption probe after the previous judicial point man was killed in an airplane crash.
Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 11:23 UTC
Bank of England forecasts strong economic growth in next three years

The Bank of England revised up its economic growth forecasts for the British economy for the coming three years, crediting much of the improvement to the government’s decision to ease up on austerity in the wake of the country’s vote to leave the European Union.
Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 09:36 UTC
Brazil's ex first lady dies; Lula da Silva allows donations of her organs

The wife of Brazil's embattled former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva died on Thursday, a week after she was hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage, doctors in Sao Paulo said.“An absence of blood flow in the brain was identified,” doctors at the Sirio-Libanes hospital said, declaring Marisa Leticia Lula da Silva brain-dead.
Friday, February 3rd 2017 - 09:13 UTC
Falklands' Police appealing to Darwin cemetery visitors to advance damages' investigation

The Royal Falkland Islands Police are continuing to investigate reported damage within the Argentine Cemetery near Darwin which was discovered during the last week of January. The damage refers to the vandalized case containing a statue of the Virgin of Lujan, and the image, overlooking the lines of crosses at the cemetery.
Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 17:53 UTC
Tillerson sworn in as Secretary of State; he was approved by a Senate 56-43 vote

Rex Tillerson was sworn in as secretary of state by Vice President Mike Pence in a ceremony presided over by President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday evening. Before Tillerson was sworn in, Trump spoke briefly in the Oval Office.
Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 17:35 UTC
Petrobras scandal reaches Chile: Bachelet denies receiving any financial support

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday denied reports she received financial support for her 2013 campaign from a construction conglomerate that is involved in Brazil's huge Petrobras corruption scandal. Grupo OAS is among dozens of Brazilian companies that are embroiled in a kickback scheme that is the biggest corruption scandal in Brazil's history.
Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 11:44 UTC
Parliament backs by clear majority Brexit negotiations

MPs have voted by a majority of 384 to allow Prime Minister Theresa May to get Brexit negotiations under way. They backed the government's European Union Bill, supported by the Labour leadership, by 498 votes to 114. However the SNP, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats opposed the bill, while 47 Labour MPs and Tory ex-chancellor Ken Clarke rebelled
Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 11:17 UTC
Mexico denies Trump threatened to send troops to stop the “bad hombres”

The Mexican government on Wednesday vehemently denied reports that President Trump threatened to send US soldiers into Mexico during a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Such a threat “did not happen during that call,” said a government statement released on Twitter Wednesday night.
Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 10:32 UTC
White Paper on Brexit planning to be released on Thursday, announces PM May

Prime Minister Theresa May has confirmed that Downing Street will publish a white paper on Brexit planning on Thursday. Speaking from the dispatch box at Prime Minister's Questions, May confirmed the arrival of the paper in response to a question from Tory backbencher Maria Miller.
Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 10:24 UTC
Definitive: Malvinas Veterans' Day, April 2, remains unmovable

It's definitive; Argentina will not be making three national days, including Malvinas Veteran Day, floating holidays, following the intense controversy which the initiative triggered when it was first announced by the administration of president Mauricio Macri.