Politics

WikiLeaks has revealed that Michel Temer, who has taken over as Brazil’s interim president, was an embassy informant for US intelligence Temer, who was the vice president, replaced Dilma Rousseff  as soon as she was suspended from office earlier this week, after the Senate voted to impeach her. RT reports: According to the whistleblowing website, Temer communicated with the US embassy in Brazil via telegram, and such content would be classified as “sensitive” and “for official use only.” Two cables were released, dated January 11, 2006 and June 21, 2006.

The humanitarian crisis in Yemen may be about to get even worse. The World Food Programme is about to run short of funds and won’t be able to provide aid to the country:

After thirteen months of fighting between Houthi rebels and a Saudi Arabia-led coalition that has left more than 6,400 dead, this would be a major blow to a population already deep in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.

Submitted by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com,

Iran has extnded its discount on the June contract for its heavy crude going to Asia, just a few days after Saudi Arabia announced a price increase for its own June contract for the continent. With this new discount, Iranian oil will be noticeably cheaper for Asian clients than both Saudi and Iraqi crude.

Despite MP’s  raising concerns over the cost of the inquiry, Police have announced they will continue their investigation into allegations of child sex abuse by late Prime Minister Edward Heath. Wiltshire Police Chief Constable Mike Veile has confirmed that the investigation is ongoing and said he is content with the scope of the inquiry. Russia Today reports: In a separate revelation, the police watchdog has found no evidence Wiltshire cops covered up alleged abuse by Heath in the 1990s.

Former US Speaker John Boehner has said that it is very likely that Hillary Clinton will withdraw from the presidential race due to her email scandal. Boehner has been speculating that Hillary Clinton’s legal troubles are so serious that it’s possible we will see Vice President Joe Biden “parachuting” into the race at the last minute Speaking at the SALT conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, Boehner said that Democrats may need to turn to Biden to be their 2016 nominee.