Politics

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 06:09 UTC

  Malaysia Airlines 'technically bankrupt' contracts 'Terminator' to restructure the company

  

  Malaysia Airlines is “technically bankrupt”, its chief executive has said, as he announced a restructuring program and plans to cut about 6,000 jobs. The announcement follows the twin air disasters which forced its nationalization last year.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 06:01 UTC

  Canadian tobacco companies ordered to pay 12bn dollars for failing to warn health risks

  

  A Canadian court has ordered three tobacco companies to pay 15.5bn Canadian dollars ($12bn), the largest award for damages in the country's history. The plaintiffs were Quebec smokers who said the firms failed to warn them of health risks associated with smoking.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:58 UTC

  Spain's Iberia resumed flights to Cuba after a two-year absence

  

  After two years of absence, the Spanish airline Iberia on Monday resumed flights to Havana. The Cuban tourism ministry confirmed last Friday that on June first, the flight marking the resumption of operations between Madrid and Havana would arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:44 UTC

  Teachers take to the streets of Chile to protest education bill in Congress

  

  Several thousand teachers poured into the streets of Santiago and other cities of Chile to express their rejection of an education bill currently being debated in Congress. The Monday march marked the first day of a strike called by the teachers union, which demands changes in key aspects of a bill that includes some of the reforms to the education system being promoted by the Michelle Bachelet government.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:39 UTC

  Jacobson nominated as new ambassador to Mexico, announced the White House

  

  U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced his intention to nominate Roberta Jacobson, the assistant secretary of state for Latin America and the chief U.S. negotiator at the talks to resume diplomatic relations with Cuba, as the new ambassador to Mexico, the White House announced in a communiqué.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:32 UTC

  Argentina states 'lack of confidence' in mediator Pollack named by Judge Griesa

  

  The Argentine government has turned down a plea from mediator Daniel Pollack to return to the negotiating table with holdout investors, with the Economy Ministry considering that talks with the speculative funds, so-called 'vulture funds', would be inappropriate given the behavior of the litigants.

• Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:18 UTC

  FIFA scandal points to Valcke, as 'high ranking official' in US$ 10m transfer

  

  The ongoing FIFA scandal has prompted FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke to skip the opening news conference of the Women’s World Cup. As of Sunday evening, Valcke had been slated to attend Thursday’s event in Vancouver along with Canadian and other officials. But that changed Monday afternoon.

• Monday, June 1st 2015 - 23:00 UTC

  RSF writes to Dilma Rousseff asking for an end to murders and impunity against media personnel

  

  Appalled by the brutal murders of two Brazilian journalists in the space of a few days, Reporters Without Borders has written to President Dilma Roussef asking her to end the prevailing impunity for crimes of violence against media personnel in her country.

• Monday, June 1st 2015 - 22:48 UTC

  Falklands announces program to mark liberation anniversary from Argentine occupation

  

  The Falkland Islands will be marking the anniversary of the liberation of the Islands from Argentine occupation with a vast program scheduled for Sunday 14, June, 2015, in the capital Stanley.<
  The program includes a religious service, a ceremony at Liberation Monument and later a reception hosted by Falkland Islands governor Colin Roberts. MLA Ian Hansen will be presented with the South Atlantic Medal on behalf of all Islanders.

• Monday, June 1st 2015 - 07:47 UTC

  Petrobras denies sale of distribution network for much needed investment cash

  

  Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras said that the 13.7bn dollars divestment program it unveiled two months ago does not include plans to sell a stake in its service station network.