Stories for October 25th 2016

Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 12:20 UTC
Temer urges Congress to approve bill easing oil industry regulation and Petrobras monopoly

President Michel Temer urged Congress on Monday to approve a bill that would ease oil industry regulation and strip state-controlled oil giant Petrobras of some of its privileges in Brazil's most promising oil fields. The proposed regulatory framework would “create new jobs” and “provide a new boost to investment in the sector,” Temer said in an address at the opening of the Rio Oil and Gas conference.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 12:13 UTC
“Gibraltar forms part of the UK”, British ambassador Manley tells Spanish media

Gibraltar will be included in whatever deal the United Kingdom negotiates to leave the European Union, Britain’s ambassador to Spain has said. Simon Manley made the comment during a wide-ranging interview with the right-wing Spanish newspaper ABC, during which he also made clear “there is no turning back” from Brexit.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 12:10 UTC
FCO Minister, Baroness Anelay, marks UN Day on its 70th anniversary

As Minister responsible for the United Nations, I see UN Day as a day of reflection about why the UN matters. The UN celebrated its 70th anniversary earlier this year, and the ambitions upon which the UN was founded remain as relevant and important today as they were at its inception.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 11:52 UTC
Successful technical stop by an Avro RJ100 at St Helena airport

An Avro RJ100 jet aircraft, operated by Tronos Jet Maintenance and carrying two Atlantic Star Airlines personnel, successfully conducted a technical stop at St Helena Airport on Friday 21 October 2016, as part of a delivery flight to a customer in Chile.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 11:34 UTC
Russia chooses wolf Zabivaka as the 2018 World Cup Mascot

A strong social media push propelled a wolf named Zabivaka to victory in the mascot race for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Zabivaka, or ‘the one who scores’ in Russian, received more than 530,000 votes, nearly doubling the second-place finisher the tiger. A cat received the fewest votes in the three-mascot race.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 10:37 UTC
The “retributive” football spirit between Argentina and Uruguay

As could be expected soccer was not absent from the Argentina-Uruguay presidential summit in Buenos Aires on Monday. Mauricio Macri has been president of Boca Juniors, one of the two strongest and most popular Argentine sides and steered the club to reach several regional and continental cups.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 10:29 UTC
Macri and Vazquez agree that the trade approach to China should be done from Mercosur

Argentine president Mauricio Macri promised his Uruguayan peer Tabare Vazquez to look into the draft of a Uruguay/China free trade deal, and expressed their deep concern about political events in Venezuela suggesting that under the current circumstances the Nicolas Maduro government cannot be considered a member of Mercosur.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 09:07 UTC
Petrobras and Total reach strategic alliance for upstream and downstream projects

Brazil's Petrobras and France's Total oil companies announced on Monday a strategic alliance Monday for upstream and downstream projects as President Michel Temer pronounced Brazil's troubled economy reopened for business.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 08:46 UTC
Ban Ki-moon´s last UN Day speech; Guterres takes over next January

In his last United Nations Day message as Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon recognized the efforts of courageous UN staff members who are on the frontlines of disaster and violence and continue to respond to the plight of the vulnerable people across the world.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 08:29 UTC
Ex president Jorge Batlle, son of one of the most influential political families in Uruguay has died

Former President Jorge Batlle, an extroverted and irreverent politician who was a force in Uruguayan politics for half a century and led it during one of its worst economic recessions, died on Monday.