Politics

• Thursday, October 8th 2015 - 09:02 UTC

  Osborne emerges as potential successor of Cameron as head of Conservatives

  

  British finance minister George Osborne has emerged as a potential successor to David Cameron as head of the Conservatives amid buzz at the party's annual conference over who the favorite might be.

• Thursday, October 8th 2015 - 08:55 UTC

  Blatter's lawyer denies any suspension; FIFA ethics committee also looking into Platini's case

  

  Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA, was facing a potential suspension this week as the independent ethics committee of world soccer’s governing body deliberated on whether to remove him, at least temporarily, while Swiss authorities investigate him for possible corruption.

• Thursday, October 8th 2015 - 08:37 UTC

  Argentine Jewish community asks Washington to reveal whereabouts of former spymaster

  

  The Argentine Jewish community has requested that the United States reveal the whereabouts of their country’s former spymaster – who reportedly fled to Miami in February following the shooting death of a prosecutor investigating the 1994 car bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and injured hundreds.

• Thursday, October 8th 2015 - 08:25 UTC

  University of Cordoba receives Sustainability award from Argentine/British chamber of commerce

  

  Argentine-British Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of the Sustainable Leadership Awards. The National University of Cordoba’s Hemoderivatives Lab won the CCAB Excellence in Sustainability award for its positive impact on the community, high degree of innovation at the implementation level and strong leadership in the field of sustainability.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 10:28 UTC

  Brazil's top electoral court will investigate Rousseff's reelection campaign for alleged 'irregularities'

  

  Brazil's top electoral authority ruled on Tuesday there are grounds to investigate irregularities in President Dilma Rousseff's re-election campaign last year. The TSE electoral court voted 5-2 on the decision. It is seeking to determine whether Rousseff and Vice President Michel Temer abused their power while in office to run the campaign, and whether illegal money was used as funding.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 09:56 UTC

  Former UN General Assembly president charged over corruption ring

  

  United States authorities charged a former president of the United Nations General Assembly, a billionaire Macau real estate developer and four others on Tuesday for engaging in a wide-ranging corruption scheme.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 06:23 UTC

  World Day for Decent Work (October 7): “end corporate greed”

  

  Trade unions around the world are once again mobilizing on October 7, the World Day for Decent Work, under the banner “End Corporate Greed”, with activities stretching from Japan to Ecuador and South Africa to Russia.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 06:11 UTC

  Chilean protestors strongly challenge Pope Francis over appointment of bishop

  

  Hundreds of protesters in Chile opposing the controversial appointment of a Santiago bishop, accused of being involved in a cover-up of sexual abuse, marched outside St Matthew’s Cathedral in Osorno, a day after supportive comments by Pope Francis were aired on Chilean television.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 05:37 UTC

  Chile announces world's third largest fully protected marine area

  

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced this week the creation of the Nazca-Desaventuradas Marine Park, giving Chile claim to the largest marine reserve in the Americas -- as well as the Easter Island Marine Park, which will be the third-largest fully protected marine area in the world.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 02:02 UTC

  The Globe with Shakespeare's “Much ado about nothing”, in Chile, Uruguay and Brazil

  

  Thanks to an alliance between the British Embassy and Corpartes, renowned British theatre company The Globe will present William Shakespeare’s ‘Much ado about nothing’ at the Centro de las Artes 660 / CA660 in Santiago de Chile. The play will be on stage from 9 to 11 October, sponsored by the British government’s GREAT Campaign.