Politics

• Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  IMF tightens the reins on Colombia

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) authorities were “vampires” who suspended his country's access to a US$ 8.1 billion flexible credit line on Saturday.

• Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

  Milei returns to BA after lunch with Meloni

  

  During his stay in Rome for Pope Francis' funeral, Argentine President Javier Milei had lunch with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and interacted briefly with other leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte, but had no direct contact with US President Donald Trump, who had other priorities, like talking to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

• Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

  Bolivia and Chile boost diplomatic ties

  

  Bolivia and Chile agreed during a ceremony Saturday at Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz on mutual exemption of visas and residence permits for holders of diplomatic and official passports. The event took place as the first Boliviana de Aviación to Santiago -with a stopover in Iquique- was to depart.

• Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

  Senator wants Paraguay to revert to winter time (GMT -4)

  

  Paraguayan Senator Blanca Ovelar plans to introduce a bill to revert the country's time zone to GMT-4 year-round from the current permanent summer time (GMT-3) adopted recently.

• Monday, April 28th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

  Brazilian woman among 11 dead as SUV rams people at festival in Vancouver

  

  A Brazilian woman was among the 11 fatalities left by a 30-year-old man with a history of mental health issues, who late Saturday drove an SUV into a crowd at the Filipino Lapu-Lapu Day festival in Vancouver, Canada, also injuring dozens.

• Monday, April 28th 2025 - 09:49 UTC

  VE Day 80th anniversary: 1.300 troops will march through London on 5 May

  

  More than 1,300 Armed Forces personnel are set to be involved in a military procession through London to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The military procession will kick off the celebrations to commemorate 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe.

• Monday, April 28th 2025 - 08:36 UTC

  Thousands of members of the public will be able to watch the personnel along the Mall on 5 May.

  

  The events will pay tribute to millions across the UK and the Commonwealth who served in the Second World War, telling the stories of those who fought, the evacuated children and those who stepped into the essential roles on the Home Front.

• Monday, April 28th 2025 - 08:26 UTC

  Falklands, Kosovo forces will be part of UK’s Roulement infantry company

  

  The Legislative Assembly from the Republic of Kosovo approved a bill ratifying an agreement between the United Kingdom and Kosovo on defense issues involving the Falkland Islands.

• Sunday, April 27th 2025 - 03:37 UTC

  Falklands Governor values Dave Morgan’s huge contribution to Government House

  

  In an official release Falklands Governor Alison Blake CMG and Government House underline Dave and Shirley Morgan’s outstanding and valued four years contributrion to Government House.

• Saturday, April 26th 2025 - 14:52 UTC

  Pope Francis laid to rest in almost private ceremony

  

  Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, and who would become the first Latin American to rule the Catholic Church, was laid to rest Saturday at 1.30pm local time at Rome's Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore -not far from the Argentine Embassy- at his own request. The first papal burial outside the Vatican since 1903 was an almost private ceremony attended by Cardinal Camerlengo Kevin Farrell and family members of the Argentine Jesuit.