International

• Friday, March 24th 2017 - 11:02 UTC

  Maduro desperately selling assets to pay US$ 3.7bn in debts

  

  In an effort to handle its overdue debts, Venezuela is all but giving away oil assets. President Nicolás Maduro is reportedly so desperate to pay the US$ 3.7 billion in debts that he is selling off the assets to Russia.

• Friday, March 24th 2017 - 10:45 UTC

  British people carrying on with their lives as normal: “terrorists will not defeat us”

  

  British people have shown terrorists they “will not defeat us” by carrying on with their lives as normal after the “sickening” Westminster attack, Theresa May told the House of Commons on Thursday. The Prime Minister said Parliament was sending out the message following Wednesday’s attack by a knife-wielding terrorist that “we will never waver in the face of terrorism”.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 13:43 UTC

  The Muslim Council of Britain condemned the attack

  

  The Muslim Council of Britain has condemned the terror attack which struck the heart of London. Religious leaders said it was too early to speculate on the attackers' motives but offered “thoughts and prayers” to the victims.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 12:09 UTC

  Brazilean adulterated meat situation “no obstacle for EU/Mercosur trade talks”

  

  The adulterated meat situation in Brazil is no obstacle for the current trade negotiations between the European Union and Mercosur, said Eidta Hrdá, Managing Director for the Americas from the European External Action Service, currently in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 11:59 UTC

  Irish farmers' lobby wants beef out of Mercosur/EU trade talks

  

  First vice-president of the European Union Parliament Irish lawmaker Mairead McGuinness has asked EU Commissioners for agriculture and trade for clarity on allegations that Brazil has sold meat that is unfit for consumption.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 11:25 UTC

  “Nothing can grow without water,” warns UNICEF, as 600 million children could face extreme shortages

  

  Some 600 million children – or 1 in 4 children worldwide – will be living in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040, according to a UNICEF report released on World Water Day, 22 March.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 06:29 UTC

  “The attack was no accident: Westminster represents democracy, freedom, human rights, the rule of law”

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the terrorist attack on Parliament which she described as “sick and depraved”, vowing “forces of evil” would never be allowed “to drive us apart”. Below is a transcript of the prime minister’s full speech:

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 06:08 UTC

  Leaders of the world expressed solidarity with the UK

  

  Leaders of countries affected by recent terror attacks have voiced solidarity with the UK after the deadly attack near the Houses of Parliament. Leaders of France and Germany, which suffered deadly vehicle attacks last year, offered the UK their support.

• Thursday, March 23rd 2017 - 05:47 UTC

  Terror attack in London next to Parliament leaves 5 dead and at least 40 injured

  

  A knife-wielding assailant driving a sport utility vehicle mowed down panicked pedestrians in London and stabbed a police officer outside Parliament on Wednesday in a deadly assault, prompting the hasty evacuation of the prime minister and punctuating the threat of terrorism in Europe.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2017 - 12:09 UTC

  Argentine farmers confident they can increase sales 28% to UK in the short term

  

  Argentina has the potential to increase food sales to the UK by 28% in the short term, from the current US$ 830 million to US$ 1.060bn, according to the president of the powerful farmers' organization, Argentine Rural Society, Luis Miguel Etchevehere, currently in London with a business mission sponsored by the Argentine foreign ministry, the Argentine-British Chamber of Commerce and the embassy in London.