Stories for 2016

Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 08:03 UTC
Brazil expected to contract 3.5% this year, says Central Bank survey

Analysts expect Brazil's economy to contract by 3.5% this year, the Central Bank said Monday. Private sector economists, who expected the GDP to contract by 3.45% in the previous weekly survey, also raised their inflation projection from 7.57% to 7.59%.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 07:58 UTC
South Africa's Comair ready to operate from St Helena's airport with a Boeing 737/800

South African airline Comair will operate the Boeing 737-800, configured to seat about 120 passengers, on the route from the St Helena Island’s airport to Johannesburg. A British Overseas Territory, St Helena is a remote South Atlantic island, where French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was once exiled and died after his defeat at Waterloo.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 07:30 UTC
Malcorra in Bolivia holds talks on energy, drug trafficking, science development and South Atlantic Islands

Issues related to energy, drug trafficking and border controls, science and technology development, plus support for the South Atlantic Islands and adjoining maritime spaces claim, were among the main issues addressed by Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra during her visit to Bolivia where she met president Evo Morales and her peer David Choquehuanca Cespedes.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 07:00 UTC
With Lula a weakened myth, Rousseff is fighting for her political life on several fronts

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is fighting for her political life in Congress, the courts and streets this week, but her path to survival has got ever narrower, analysts said on Monday. Rousseff faces impeachment proceedings over alleged fiscal mismanagement, while the Supreme Electoral Court is considering possible campaign funding irregularities that could end up annulling her 2014 reelection.
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 06:33 UTC
International Women’s Day celebrations champion a Planet 50-50 by 2030

International Women's Day celebrations on 8 March will mobilize people around the world to call for a Planet 50-50 by 2030. UN Women is organizing a series of diverse, high-profile events in over 40 countries, where ordinary citizens, activists, musicians, athletes, students, security personnel, scholars and stock exchange officials will be among those who commit to “Stepping It Up for Gender Equality.”
Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 06:15 UTC
International Women's Day: “From the Glass Ceiling to a Carpet of Shards”

By UN Secretary General, Ban Ki moon - As a boy growing up in post-war Korea, I remember asking about a tradition I observed: women going into labor would leave their shoes at the threshold and then look back in fear. “They are wondering if they will ever step into those shoes again,” my mother explained.
Monday, March 7th 2016 - 14:33 UTC
UK/Uruguay training and academic exchange program in science and math's education

The United Kingdom and Uruguay are implementing a program in science education and innovation, part of an ambitious umbrella project which consists of a series of training opportunities offered by British experts in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for almost 100 teachers of primary and secondary school and teacher trainers, due to an agreement with CFE.
Monday, March 7th 2016 - 05:12 UTC
Argentina's YPF planning to cut capital expenditure by at least 20/25%

Argentina's state-controlled energy company YPF will cut capital expenditure by at least 20-25% this year to mitigate the impact of the global oil price rout — leading to growing concerns among union leaders, who claim up to 2,000 workers would be laid off because of the company’s decision.
Monday, March 7th 2016 - 04:47 UTC
China anticipates rough times as it tries to create jobs and restructure the economy

China faces a tough battle to keep its economy growing by at least 6.5% over the next five years while creating more jobs and restructuring inefficient industries, Premier Li Keqiang said as he opened China's annual parliament.
Monday, March 7th 2016 - 04:40 UTC
The Football Association Board approves the use of video technology to aid referees

Soccer's law-makers gave the green light this weekend to the use of video technology to aid referees in live matches starting no later than the 2017-18 season. The International Football Association Board (IFAB), the games law-making body, approved a two-year trial period allowing technology to be used in four questionable cases: to determine if a goal has been scored, sending off, penalties and mistaken identity.