Stories for October 17th 2018

Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 17:56 UTC
Uruguay's wind energy revolution highlighted in leading yearly report

Uruguay ranks second in the world among eolic-energy producing countries with a 40.1% share and is the only non-European nation in a top position, according to a report by the SEG Ingeniería consultancy firm.
Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 11:41 UTC
Women allowed in for first time as Iran defeat Bolivia in football friendly

The friendly football match between Iran and Bolivia Wednesday in Tehran marked the first time women were allowed to attend a stadium since the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The Iranian squad defeated Bolivia 2-1.
Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 09:16 UTC
Argentine industrial activity contracts 4.1% in August year-to-year

Industrial activity in Argentina dropped 4.1% in August compared to a year ago, completing a 0.8% contraction so far this year, according to a survey by the country's Industrial Union, UIA. However compared to last July industrial production was up 0.7%.
Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 09:16 UTC
Germany urges responsibility on Brexit ahead of European Council summit

Germany has urged UK's Theresa May to “take responsibility” for Brexit, as a crunch summit approaches with no sign of any breakthrough in negotiations. The Prime Minister was briefing senior ministers in an extended session of Cabinet ahead of Wednesday’s European Council meeting at which it had initially been hoped to conclude the UK’s withdrawal deal.
Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 09:09 UTC
US offers US$ 10m reward for the head of the Jalisco New Generation cartel

The United States on Tuesday announced a US$ 10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of leading Mexico’s powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which the Justice Department considers to be one of the five most dangerous criminal organizations in the world.
Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 09:09 UTC
Brazil's Temer faces new charges for corruption and criminal association

Brazil's federal police filed new charges against President Michel Temer on Tuesday, recommending he be put on trial for corruption, money laundering and criminal association for allegedly taking bribes to favor port management companies. The investigation report was filed to the country's top court.
Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 09:05 UTC
Honduras migrant caravan organizer detained in Guatemala

The organizer of a migrant caravan from Honduras was detained in Guatemala on Tuesday as the U.S. government threatened to withdraw aid from both countries and El Salvador if the flow of migrants north to the United States was not stopped.
Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 09:04 UTC
Global streaming shock: over an hour outage of YouTube

YouTube, the second most visited website in the world, had experienced an outage across its various platforms on Tuesday night for more than an hour. The Google-owned streaming site took to Twitter to thank users for “your reports about YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music access issues.”
Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:52 UTC
Another headache for the EU: Italy and its populist budget

Italy's government on Tuesday pushed the country closer to a showdown with the European Union after submitting its latest budget for review. The budget proposes increases both Italy's overall government debt and its deficit in the short run pushing the deficit as high as 2.4% of GDP over the coming years. This means Italy will fall foul of a previously mandated maximum deficit level of 0.8% of GDP.
Wednesday, October 17th 2018 - 08:51 UTC
Audi agrees to pay US$ 930m fine for rigging diesel vehicles

German luxury automaker Audi will pay a fine of roughly US$930 million to settle regulatory action in its home country for rigging some of its diesel vehicles with illegal software designed to defeat emissions tests, the company said on Tuesday.