Stories for 2018

Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:58 UTC
World Medical Association condemns killing of medic in Nicaragua

The killing of a medical student in Nicaragua has been condemned by the World Medical Association. Brazilian student Rayneia Lima was shot this week while driving home from her hospital shift in Managua, Nicaragua's capital city.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:54 UTC
WHO focuses on “Test.Treat.Hepatitis” on World Hepatitis Day

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are calling on countries to urgently increase hepatitis testing and treatment services in order to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:33 UTC
Lula pledges to block or undo privatizations if returned to office

Brazilian jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged on Friday to block or undo privatizations if he is returned to the office he held from 2003 to 2010.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 02:52 UTC
Premier Oil Outline Procurement and Infrastructure Plan in the Falkland Islands

As Mercopress have reported over recent months, Premier Oil continue to progress their Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) process for the Sea Lion oil discovery. As a next step in this process, earlier this week Premier Oil plc provided details of their intended approach to both procurement and infrastructure to support the discovery to the north of the Falkland Islands.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 14:38 UTC
Venezuela: “opposition accomplice” on a way to a million percent inflation

The speed of economic events in Venezuela limits the possibility of conserving any forecast in the national economy for a long time. And it is that the economic instability in the Caribbean country accelerates as its own inflation against the unproductively of the state oil company, PDVSA.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 08:45 UTC
BRICS implicit support for China in its trade dispute with United States

Five of the biggest emerging economies on Thursday stood by the multilateral system and vowed to strengthen economic cooperation in the face of US tariff threats and unilateralism. The heads of the so-called Brics – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – met for an annual summit dominated by the risk of a global US- led trade war, although leaders did not publicly mention President Donald Trump by name.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 08:28 UTC
”Blood Moon” or longest total lunar eclipse of the century this Friday

The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century takes place this Friday, July 27. The total phase of the “blood moon” eclipse of July 27 will last one hour and 43 minutes, during which Earth's natural satellite will turn a spectacular red or ruddy-brown color. From start to finish, the entire celestial event will last nearly 4 hours.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 08:21 UTC
G20 agriculture ministers meet in Buenos Aires to address food and farming challenges

G20 agriculture ministers begin this Friday in Buenos Aires a two day meeting to draw up a roadmap to achieve a sustainable food future, one of the three priorities of the Argentine G20 presidency. These include comprehensive and responsible soil management, food waste reduction and the role of technology in agriculture.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 08:07 UTC
Theresa May on summer holiday but first off to Austria to lobby for her Brexit White Paper

British Prime Minister Theresa May is to hold Brexit talks with the Austrian chancellor this Friday before heading off on her summer holiday in Italy and Switzerland. Mrs. May will also attend a music festival in Salzburg as a guest of Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 07:41 UTC
US clears the way for natural gas exports to Latin America

The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday cleared the way for faster approval of small scale exports of natural gas including liquefied natural gas to Latin American countries by issuing a rule that does away with a public interest review of the shipments.