Politics

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 20:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro fine-tunes terms of Brazil's adherence to ATT

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro has signed a decree extending Congress' role regarding Brazil's adherence to the UN's International Arms Trade Treaty (ATT).

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 19:05 UTC

  Argentina one of the best places in case of nuclear war

  

  Argentina and Australia are the best places on earth in case of a nuclear war between the United States and Russia, according to a scientific report carried by London's Daily Mail.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  De Moraes takes over as Brazil's TSE Chief Justice

  

  Alexandre De Moraes Tuesday received a standing ovation after his speech in defense of democracy upon becoming Brazil's Superior Electoral Court Chief Justice.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Chile Day in London next December 12/13. Finance minister attending

  

  Chilean Finance minister Mario Marcel will be attending the eleventh edition of the Chile Day in London scheduled to take place next December with the purpose of strengthening economic and financial relations between the two countries in a raft of disciplines. The two-day event is expected to take place 12/13 December.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  UK launches scheme to cut import tariffs from developing countries

  

  Britain in its post-Brexit policy strategy has launched a new scheme to cut tariffs on hundreds of products imported to the United Kingdom from developing countries.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Brazilian presidential campaign takes off: Lula and Fernando Cardoso have joined forces to oust Bolsonaro

  

  The most polarized Brazilian presidential campaign in recent years was officially launched on Tuesday with ex-president Lula da Silva leading comfortably incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in opinion polls. But opinion polls in Brazil have not been very precise in recent elections and the Brazilian government still has too many resources at hand.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Truss if elected, will continue deploying the navy to tackle migrant's crossings of the English Channel

  

  Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has vowed to continue deploying the Royal Navy to tackle people making crossings of the English Channel in small boats if she becomes the next prime minister.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Tense moments mark ceremony at Brazil's TSE

  

  Brazilian former Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (PT), Dilma Rousseff (PT), Michel Temer (MDB), and José Sarney (MDB) Tuesday sat opposite the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and the members of the Supreme Federal Court as Alexandre De Moraes was sworn in Tuesday as the Superior Electoral Court's new Chief Justice.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak tell Scots they reject a second independence referendum

  

  Conservative Party leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have rejected a second Scottish independence referendum at a hustings in Perth.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:03 UTC

  Rushdie's book back to best-selling mode after attack

  

  Sales of Salman Rushdie's 1988 The Satanic Verses have skyrocketed after its author was stabbed Friday in New York State by a young American of Lebanese origin, who has been charged with attempted murder.