Politics

Friday, October 29th 2021 - 12:28 UTC
UK and France clash over fishing licenses: French ambassador summoned in London

The United Kingdom on Thursday summoned the French ambassador in London amid a dispute over fishing rights in the English Channel. The move comes as tensions increase in a heated argument over the issuances of fishing licenses by the UK, Jersey, and France.
Friday, October 29th 2021 - 11:46 UTC
Brazilian minister expects reopening of China beef market: negotiations in final phase

Brazil's Minister of Agriculture, Tereza Cristina, denied that diplomatic relations with China are strained and said that she does not see the continuation of the Chinese ban on Brazilian beef, which has lasted for nearly two months, as a political act.
Friday, October 29th 2021 - 11:24 UTC
Uruguay, Pfizer agree on supply of COVID-19 vaccines for 2022

The Government of Uruguay finally reached an agreement with Pfizer for the supply of 3.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines during 2022, it was announced Thursday in Montevideo.
Friday, October 29th 2021 - 10:56 UTC
ICC praises Colombia´s determination for justice, accountability and peace

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan on a visit to Colombia and Venezuela, on Thursday in Bogotá concluded a Cooperation Agreement with the Government of Colombia, which renews the commitment of the Office to Colombia's national accountability processes.
Friday, October 29th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Chile: 60% of people in favour of impeaching Piñera over Pandora Papers

An Ipsos survey released Thursday has shown that 60% of Chileans were in favour of launching the impeachment process against President Sebastián Piñera for the obscure deals for which his name ended up included in the so-called Pandora Papers investigations.
Friday, October 29th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Brazil: Bolsonaro hints appointing STF judges involved “gifts”

Video footage portraying Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro asking how much it would cost to appoint a Supreme Federal Court (STF) judge has gone viral Thursday.
Friday, October 29th 2021 - 08:52 UTC
Justice De Moraes fears digital militias will spread fake news ahead of 2022 elections in Brazil

Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes Thursday said: “digital militias” allegedly linked to President Jair Bolsonaro were planning to spread fake news ahead of the 2022 elections, it was reported.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 21:59 UTC
Seven LatAm countries to be removed from UK's travel red list

The United Kingdom's Departments for Transport and of Health and Social Care Thursday issued a joint press release announcing that the seven countries still on the travel red list, all of them from Latin America, would be removed from it shortly.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 19:48 UTC
France opens museum dedicated to Dreyfus Affair

France's President Emmanuel Macron has opened this week a museum dedicated to one of history's most emblematic cases of antisemitism: “The Dreyfus affair”.
Thursday, October 28th 2021 - 19:33 UTC
US under permanent threat from ISIS, Pentagon official says

ISIS could launch an attack on US territory any time, according to statements from Undersecretary of Defense Colin Kahl Thursday.