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Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 09:01 UTC
Argentina becomes a major importer of US soybeans

The world of soybean shipping has turned upside down thanks to the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. Argentina, the No. 3 global soy grower, is making major purchases of U.S. supplies. A weekly measure of US shipments to Argentina just rose to the highest in at least 35 years, U.S. government data showed Tuesday.
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Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
Bolsonaro nominates expert in US affairs as Brazil's next foreign minister

Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday named as foreign minister a career diplomat who currently heads the ministry's United States and Canada department. Ernesto Araujo, 51, was an early supporter of the far-right leader, and courted controversy when he referred to members of the left-wing opposition as “terrorists.”
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Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 08:53 UTC
Falklands' patrol HMS Clyde visits South Georgia on fishery protection

The Falkland Islands patrol ship HMS Clyde is on her usual patrol area during the austral summer which is South Georgia, 700 miles away. The remote archipelago is as far south of the Equator as Newcastle upon Tyne is north of the invisible line around the globe – but without the benefit of the Gulf Stream, endures far less clement weather.
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Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 08:43 UTC
Buenos Aires hit by two bomb attacks

One bomb went off at Buenos Aires' Recoleta cemetery and another was exploded in a contained setting after being found near the car of Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio Wednesday in separate incidents that bear a few points in common. For example, both artifacts were visibly home-made.
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Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 08:42 UTC
Argentina's Senate approves austerity budget agreed with IMF

After 13 hours of debate, the Argentine Senate approved the draft Public Administration Budget for 2019 early on Thursday. The project, presented by Mauricio Macri’s government, went ahead with 45 votes in favor, 24 against and just one abstention.
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Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 08:19 UTC
Climate change: UK report suggests drastic reduction of sheep and cattle numbers

The number of sheep and cattle in the UK should be reduced by between a fifth and a half to help combat climate change, a report says. The shift is needed, the government’s advisory Committee on Climate Change (CCC) maintains, because beef and lamb produce most greenhouse gases.
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Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 07:28 UTC
PM May says cabinet backs UK/EU draft withdrawal agreement, but it still has to be approved by Parliament

The British cabinet has backed a draft withdrawal agreement between the UK and the EU, Theresa May has said. The prime minister was speaking after what she said was a “long, detailed and impassioned debate” in a five-hour cabinet meeting.
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Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 07:17 UTC
Argentina has another international air terminal: El Palomar, formerly a military airport

The Argentine government has reclassified the El Palomar air terminal in the province of Buenos Aires as an “international airport,” responding to requests from aviation firms.The decision was confirmed via a resolution from the National and Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC), issued in the Argentine Official Gazette.
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Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 07:08 UTC
French cruise Le Soleal with 222 passengers rescued by the Chilean Navy

With support from the Chilean Navy, French cruise Le Soleal with 222 passengers, anchored on Wednesday some twelve kilometers from Puerto Natales, in southern Chile fiords' region, following an accident while navigating along the Kirke channel.
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Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 01:41 UTC
Ecuadorean defense minister envisions unified Andean security policy with Peru, Colombia

Ecuador's Defense Minister Oswaldo Jarrín Wednesday submitted a proposal to lay out a joint Andean security platform together with Perú and Colombia to deal with common transnational threats.
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