Politics

• Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  Scottish MP who broke Covid lockdown rules loses her seat on a constituents vote

  

  A Scotland independent Member of Parliament who was suspended for breaking Covid lockdown rules has lost her seat after a vote by constituents.

• Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Ten killed in controversial police raid in Brazilian State of São Paulo

  

  Brazilian authorities in the State of São Paulo confirmed ten people had died in a law enforcement operation following the murder of 30-year-old Military Police officer Patrick Bastos Reis. Commissioner Antônio Sucupira of Guarujá's Civil Police said two other people died Monday after Governor Tarcísio Gomes de Freitas had spoken of eight casualties. Ten others were arrested, including the suspected shooter, it was reported.

• Wednesday, August 2nd 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Pacific Alliance: Peru takes over pro tempore presidency

  

  During a ceremony held Tuesday in Santiago, Peruvian Foreign Minister Ana Cecilia Gervasi received the pro tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance from her Chilean counterpart Alberto van Klaveren, thus bringing to an end the controversy sparked when Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) refused to acknowledge Dina Boluarte as the legitimate head of state following Pedro Castillo Terrones' impeachment on Dec. 7 last.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 20:26 UTC

  NASA Chief says Argentine astronaut may soon travel to International Space Station

  

  NASA's Administrator Bill Nelson said Monday while visiting the Teófilo Tabanera Space Center (CETT) of the National Space Activities Commission (Conae), in the town of Falda del Cañete in the Argentine province of Córdoba, that an astronaut from the South American country might soon be traveling to the International Space Station.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 18:54 UTC

  Major purge in China's nuclear arsenal command; Xi consolidating power and eliminating corruption?

  

  Continuing with recent changes Beijing has replaced two leaders of an elite unit managing its nuclear arsenal, triggering speculation of a purge. General Li Yuchao who headed the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Rocket Force unit and his deputy had “disappeared” for months.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 14:47 UTC

  The Niger military coup, a new version of the Great Game?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer
  
  If you are a democratically elected leader in one of Africa’s Sahel countries — let’s say, Niger — and you suspect that the army is plotting to overthrow you, what’s the best countermeasure? Should you:

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 12:10 UTC

  UK launches ambitious North Sea oil and gas development licensing to ensure energy security

  

  The United Kingdom is to grant hundreds of new licenses to seek and drill for gas and oil in the North Sea as it tries to bolster its energy security, the government said on Monday.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Extradition of Mapuche leader to Chile granted, but appeals will ensue

  

  A federal judge in Bariloche Monday ruled in favor of extraditing Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) leader Facundo Jones-Huala to Chile under the recommendation that the days he spent in detention in Argentina be counted as time served.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  Opposition candidate wins gubernatorial elections in Argentine province of Chubut

  

  Ignacio Torres of the opposition Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) alliance finally won Sunday's gubernatorial elections in the Argentine province of Chubut with 35.71% of the votes, edging Arriba Chubut's Juan Pablo Luque, who collected 34.11% and would not admit defeat until Monday.

• Monday, July 31st 2023 - 11:05 UTC

  Falklands police has staff shortage; drink driving and speeding the main concerns

  

  The Falkland Islands are short of uniformed police officers, was made public at the Police Committee meeting by Inspector and Acting Chief of Police Barry Thacker. A recruitment process has been started, and in the meantime the Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP) is using detectives in uniform, management, and reserve police officers to provide the policing service as well as relying on officers to work on rest days.