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Spain's Sagrada Familia gets building permit after 137 years
In what has been satirised as the ultimate tale of sluggish bureaucracy, Barcelona City Hall gave the belated go-ahead for the construction of the basilica on Friday, following a provisional agreement last October. Sanz said the council had finally managed to "resolve a historical anomaly in the city - that an emblematic monument like the Sagrada Familia... didn't have a building permit , that ... [Full Article...]
Trump, Xi to meet on the sidelines of G20 meeting: Mnuchin
Mnuchin said Saturday that he would hold routine talks on various issues and then meet privately with Yi Gang, chairman of the People's Bank of China. Washington raised tariffs on Chinese goods and threatened new levies, while Beijing has retaliated. Apart from imposing punitive tariffs, the USA has also restricted Chinese tech giant Huawei's access to American technology over national-security ... [Full Article...]
Leadership race begins as UK PM May resigns as party leader
The three-paragraph statement included no glowing tribute to her time in Downing Street, nor spoke of her achievements as prime minister. He champions a tougher stance on Brexit, saying Britain should leave with or without a deal by the new deadline of October 31 . [Full Article...]
Tory leadership candidate Michael Gove ‘deeply regrets’ taking cocaine
Mr Gove announced his plan to replace Value-Added Tax in the Sunday Telegraph , writing that his "business know-how" had allowed him to bring in positive changes to education, the environment and the justice system while in his various ministerial roles. [Full Article...]
Sri Lanka president vows to block Easter attacks probe
The police statement quoted Sirisena as saying there are five cases being heard at the Supreme Court in relation to the blasts, and that the attorney general had informed him the parliamentary hearing may be a hindrance to the court cases. Sirisena has repeatedly denied he was aware of an impending threat. The crisis erupted ahead of a visit to Sri Lanka by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on... [Full Article...]
Mexico will not stop the flow of migrants: AMLO
Citing National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd, Trump added that the deal forces Mexico to implement its own immigration laws rather than relaxing them to allow people to simply pass through the country. It is possible that the two countries reached a basic agreement before Nielsen's departure, but the United States side wanted more troops deployed. "We now have an agreement that... [Full Article...]
Fitch downgraded Pemex to BB+ from BBB
Rating agencies Fitch Ratings and Moody's sent warning signals to Mexican authorities on Wednesday June 5th, to reduce the note and the country's perspective against an environment of uncertainty generated by the tariff hiatus of US President Donald Trump. [Full Article...]
Deal reached with Mexico, tariffs suspended
Under the deal, Mexico acknowledged and agreed to expand its policy of taking back migrants from violence-riven Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador as the U.S. "This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, illegal immigration coming from Mexico and into the united states. details of the agreement will be released shortly by the State Department. [Full Article...]