Politics

Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 07:55 UTC
Rousseff's main coalition ally, “110 satisfied” with latest changes, but 'there's some fat left'

Brazil largest party, main ally and pillar of President Dilma Rousseff's fragile coalition said it was “110% satisfied” with the changes announced on Friday: reducing cabinet posts from 39 to 31, slashing thousands of coveted jobs for political appointees and cutting her salary and that of the vice president by 10%.
Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 07:37 UTC
Gibraltar's new governor is a former Royal Marine, who takes office in early 2016

In a press release issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on October 1, it was announced that the new Governor of Gibraltar would be former Royal Marine Lieutenant General Edward (Ed) Davis CB CBE.
Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 07:29 UTC
US jobs created in September sharply lower than expected; fears global slow-down is hitting America

The US economy added just 142,000 jobs in September, lowering the chance of an interest rate rise this year. The figure was far lower than the 205,000 increase forecast by economists. The number of jobs created in July and August were revised down by a combined 59,000.
Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 07:17 UTC
Umpqua killer: interest in high-profile shootings, angry at not having a girlfriend and bitter at the world

Christopher Harper-Mercer was withdrawn and quiet as he grew up in southern California, spending most of his time indoors at his mother’s apartment and deflecting neighbors when they asked him how he was doing, or why he always wore the same outfit of combat boots and green Army pants. But there was one subject that got him to open up: guns.
Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 06:57 UTC
President Santos confirms Colombian drug lord killed in military operation

A wanted Colombian drug lord who had a $5-million price on his head from the United States has been killed in a military operation, authorities said Friday. Victor “Megateo” Navarro, a former guerrilla fighter accused of running a cocaine supply route along the Colombian-Venezuelan border, was first reported killed in August.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 06:34 UTC
Frustrated Obama challenges voters to support changes in gun laws

A visibly frustrated President Barack Obama said on Thursday that thoughts and prayers are no longer enough as Americans respond to another deadly school shooting, and he challenged voters wanting to deal with the problem to vote for elected officials who will do something.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 06:29 UTC
Interpol's 'blue notice' for Argentina's former top-spy; US ambassador summoned to ministry

Interpol issued a “blue notice” ordering all its agencies around the world to search for and locate former Argentine Intelligence Secretariat (SI) Operations chief Antonio “Jaime” Stiuso so that the Attorney General’s Unit for the Investigation into the attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre (UFI AMIA) could issue a new subpoena to question him about his role in the probe.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 06:24 UTC
Argentine Catholic church calls for elections to be held with 'transparency'

The Argentine Catholic Church called for the upcoming presidential elections on 25 October to be held with “transparency” and urged candidates to present “their proposals and ideas with clarity” and regretted a climate “which debilitates the credibility of persons and institutions”.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 06:09 UTC
Zurich, Geneva and New York, most expensive cities in the world, says UBS

UBS released on Thursday the 16th edition of its UBS Prices and Earnings study, which examines prices, wages and earners' purchasing power in 71 cities worldwide. The study, published roughly every three years since 1971, compiles over 68,000 data points reflecting economic events that have shaped the world since the last edition in 2012.
Friday, October 2nd 2015 - 05:58 UTC
Mercosur and EU analyze 'level of ambition' of their trade proposals

Technical delegates from Mercosur and the European Union are holding a round of talks in Asunción to consider 'levels of ambition' for the coming exchange of tariff proposals with the purpose of reaching a much delayed free trade agreement, said Paraguayan Deputy Economic Relations minister, Rigoberto Gauto.