Stories for September 2017

Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 08:00 UTC
Brazil's new top prosecutor reshuffles corruption investigation team: Mensalao “veterans” take over

Brazil's new top federal prosecutor on Tuesday reshuffled the team of investigators in charge of pursuing the biggest corruption probe yet conducted in Latin America's largest nation.
Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 07:47 UTC
Trump threatens “rocket man” with total destruction; warnings to Iran, Syria, Cuba and Venezuela

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to “totally destroy” North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear challenge, mocking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “rocket man” on a suicide mission.
Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 07:17 UTC
Powerful wide ranging earthquake kills at least 200 in Mexico; thousands flee in panic

A powerful earthquake shook central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing buildings in plumes of dust and killing at least 200 people. Thousands fled into the streets in panic, and many stayed to help rescue those trapped.
Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 07:00 UTC
Merciless Hurricane Maria lashes across the Caribbean leaving thousands homeless

Hurricane Maria slammed into the US Virgin Islands on Tuesday, lashing the archipelago with rain as Puerto Rico braced for the Category Five storm’s expected landfall on Wednesday. On St John Island, which was also battered by Hurricane Irma two weeks ago, locals reported seeing trees dramatically swaying in swirling winds, with rain pouring “sideways.”
Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 01:46 UTC
Peru appoints more conservative cabinet following a no confidence vote

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski made Vice President Mercedes Araoz his new prime minister in a Cabinet shuffle on Sunday that won praise from the opposition - a sign his year-old government will likely avoid a fresh standoff with Congress. Kuczynski also swore in Deputy Economy Minister Claudia Cooper as his new finance minister and replaced his justice, education, health and housing ministers.
Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 01:40 UTC
Odebrecht sells stake of massive subway project in Buenos Aires

Scandal-hit Brazilian construction company Odebrecht said on Sunday it has sold its 33% stake in a massive subway project in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires, but vowed to keep working in the country.
Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 20:21 UTC
UK interest rate increase gradual, with “appropriate withdrawal of monetary stimulus”

Any increases in UK interest rates in the coming months will be “gradual” and “limited”, the Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said, but “some withdrawal of monetary stimulus is likely to be appropriate over the coming months” to help return inflation to its 2% target.
Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 20:06 UTC
Brazil August beef exports increase 34% year on year: 145.822 tons

Brazil’s total beef exports in August rose by 34% year-on-year both by volume and in revenue terms, industry group Abiec said on Monday, indicating the worst of a food safety scandal that rocked Brazil’s protein industry may be over.
Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 19:57 UTC
Irish and French farmers warn about Mercosur/EU beef negotiations

News of a potential offer of a tariff rate quota for 85,000 tons of beef in the Mercosur/European Union negotiations has triggered a dismayed reaction from the ICSA’s (Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association’s) Beef Chairman Edmond Phelan.
Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 10:20 UTC
Brazil's new prosecutor general sworn in: “People will not tolerate corruption and demand results”

The new prosecutor general tasked with leading Brazil's anti-corruption drive was sworn in on Monday, and said she would continue her predecessor's campaign against graft in Latin America's biggest nation.