Stories for July 2024

Friday, July 5th 2024 - 18:42 UTC
Starmer goes through “kissing of the hands” and forms new UK gov't

Sir Keir Starmer was sworn in Friday as the UK’s new prime minister in lieu of the Conservative Rishi Sunak who turned in his resignation following Thursday's appalling electoral defeat earning Labour at least 412 of the 650 seats in Parliament.
Friday, July 5th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
UKs Labour wins with a huge majority; Tories in disarray lose votes to Reform, Liberals and Greens

U.K.’s Labour Party is on course to win a huge parliamentary majority in the country’s general election, putting an end to 14 years of Conservative governments. Labour is forecasted to have a majority of 166 seats in the House of Commons.
Friday, July 5th 2024 - 10:33 UTC
Milei creates Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State

The Government of Argentina announced Thursday the creation of a Ministry of Deregulation and Transformation of the State to be headed by Economist and former Central Bank (BCRA) President Federico Sturzenegger, who will be sworn in Friday.
Friday, July 5th 2024 - 09:17 UTC
Brazil's Federal Police files case against Bolsonaro

Brazil's Federal Police (PF) accused former President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday of money laundering and conspiracy to commit a crime in the attempted misappropriation of jewelry gifted by Saudi Arabia while he was in office.
Friday, July 5th 2024 - 06:43 UTC
Brazil has opened its market for Australian mutton and lamb

Despite Mercosur partners with significant flocks, Brazil has reopened its market for Australian mutton and lambt, including sheep meat by-products and edible offal, the Australian Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry announced this week.
Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 21:59 UTC
Bolivia's Senate passes Mercosur accession bill

Bolivia's Senate passed late Wednesday the landlocked country's full Southern Common Market (Mercosur) membership which is thus up for President Luis Arce Catacora to be signed into law. The Lower House approved the initiative on June 14, which would give the head of state to participate in the July 8 Summit in Asunción from a new perspective.
Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 19:49 UTC
Internet becomes a basic service in Chile

Internet access has become a basic service in Chile just like drinking water, sanitation, and electricity, which renders it eligible for subsidies and other government-sponsored forms of assistance, it was reported from Santiago on Thursday.
Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 19:24 UTC
Labour's landslide victory believed imminent

Britain's Labour Party seemed poised to grab a decisive majority of around 270 MP posts in Thursday's snap elections as turnout surpassed even the most optimistic of expectations, it was reported from London.
Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 10:05 UTC
Uruguay to hold plebiscite on social security

Uruguay's Electoral Court has validated the required signatures therefore the South American country will be holding a plebiscite on social security concurrently with the Oct. 27 presidential elections, it was announced in Montevideo. The authorities said Wednesday that 276,167 signatures had been reached (10% of the citizens registered to vote).
Thursday, July 4th 2024 - 09:55 UTC
What can be expected on 4 July, Labour landslide or Conservative cataclysm

This Thursday's 4 general election in the United Kingdom could prove catastrophic for the Conservative Party and influence its future evolution. After 14 years in office, the Tories appear destined for what experts call the worst general election result in its 190-year history. The dimensions of this defeat would be such that, according to the polls, the current prime minister Rishi Sunak could even become the first head of government to lose his seat in the Commons.