Politics

• Wednesday, January 11th 2017 - 07:32 UTC

  Pound continued to slump on Tuesday; Dollar recoups waiting for Trump's media conference

  

  The British Pound slumped lower on ongoing Brexit worries on Tuesday, while the US Dollar recouped some of its recent losses as investors wait for President-elect Donald Trump's first press conference Wednesday. While Trump's Twitter account has been active since he won the keys to the White House and given clues to his policies, Wednesday's press conference will give Trump the platform to explain his tax and spending plans.

• Wednesday, January 11th 2017 - 07:19 UTC

  The German Lady replies to PM May: “no negotiations based on cherry picking”

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stepped up pressure on Theresa May over Brexit by saying that the European Union must consider limiting UK access to the single market if it fails to accept free movement of EU citizens. The chancellor repeated her mantra that there must be no negotiations based on “cherry picking” of the Union’s four freedoms of movement for capital, goods, services and people.

• Wednesday, January 11th 2017 - 06:48 UTC

  Falklands remembers 34th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher's first visit to the Islands

  

  The Falkland Islands government remembered on Tuesday. the 34th anniversary of the first visit of ex prime minister Margaret Thatcher to the Islands. Flowers were laid by the Falklands government office representative in London, Sukey Cameron, MBE.“Flowers laid to mark #MargaretThatcherDay #Falklands. 10th January 1983 she first visited the Islands.@FalklandsGov”.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2017 - 17:34 UTC

  Morgan Stanley anticipates a 133%/258% stock market return in Argentina in five years

  

  Investors betting on Argentina's stock market could make a return of 258% in five years, according to analysts at Morgan Stanley. Argentina is returning to economic and political normality after years in the capital markets wilderness following its 2002 debt default and financial collapse, Morgan Stanley said in a note to clients.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2017 - 09:31 UTC

  Trump's son in law in White House “key leadership role”; the property developer is described as “a tremendous asset”

  

  President-elect Donald Trump has named his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as one of his senior White House advisers. The 35-year-old played a key role in the presidential campaign and his new White House job will cover both domestic and foreign policy. Mr. Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, is a property developer with a wide range of business interests.

• Tuesday, January 10th 2017 - 09:20 UTC

  UK trade-hopeful following talks with top Republican congress leaders

  

  Britain will be in the “front seat” to negotiate a new trade deal with the incoming Trump administration, a top Republican in the US Senate has said. A US-UK trade deal would be a priority, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker said after meeting Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

• Monday, January 9th 2017 - 10:53 UTC

  Mercosur and EU feel “2017 is a window of opportunity”, but can't find the path despite Brexit and Trump

  

  Negotiations for an ample trade and cooperation agreement between the European Union and Mercosur are strategic, essential and must be urgently concluded, said Ramon Jauregui, head of the Euro-chamber for Latin America delegation, following on the recent accords signed by the EU with Ecuador and Cuba.

• Monday, January 9th 2017 - 10:46 UTC

  Brazil top official who praised mass killings in prison uprisings resigns

  

  The Brazilian government’s national secretary of youth has resigned after celebrating the deaths of inmates killed in prison uprisings. Youth Secretary Bruno Julio resigned Friday.

• Monday, January 9th 2017 - 10:29 UTC

  Boris Johnson in New York holds “positive but frank” talks with Trump's son in law

  

  UK foreign secretary has held “positive but frank” talks with some of Donald Trump's key advisers during a visit to New York, officials have said. Boris Johnson met Mr Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kuchner, and Steve Bannon, the US president-elect's strategist.

• Monday, January 9th 2017 - 09:12 UTC

  PM May admits “hard Brexit”: leaving EU does not mean retaining bits of membership

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May seemingly reiterated her desire for a “hard Brexit” during an interview on Sky News on Sunday. She said that Britain is focusing on immigration control and that leaving the EU doesn't mean retaining bits of membership.