Stories for September 2019

Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:39 UTC
UN apologizes to Spain: Nazis bombed Guernica, not the Republican forces

The United Nations has apologized to Spain for having mistakenly attributed the devastating 1937 bombing of the town of Guernica to Spanish Republican forces, a spokesman said on Monday.
Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:38 UTC
Vatican will have a Permanent Observer at OAS

The Organization of American States, OAS, will have a new Permanent Observer, from the Vatican, Monsignor Mark Gerald Miles, who on Monday presented his credentials to Secretary-General Luis Almagro.
Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:34 UTC
Uruguay hosting a cruise industry conference at the end of September

Uruguay will be hosting at the end of the month, September 26/27, the VII edition of the Regional Encounter of the Cruise industry and Fluvial nautical tourism, organized by Uruguay's ministries of Transport and Tourism the Ports Administration and county governments from Maldonado, Montevideo and Colonia.
Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:17 UTC
What does “pedo guy” really mean, and what it is helping to reveal

Tesla founder Elon Musk said in a court filing on Monday that he did not mean to accuse a British caver of pedophilia when he referred to him as “pedo guy” in a tweet.
Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:14 UTC
US/China trade talks resume on Thursday but at deputy-level

Deputy-level US-China trade talks are scheduled to start in Washington on Thursday, the US Trade Representative's office said on Monday (Sep 16), paving the way for high-level talks in October aimed at resolving a bitter trade war.
Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:10 UTC
Green activist Greta Thumberg receives Amnesty International's “Ambassadors of Conscience” award

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and the Fridays for Future youth movement received Amnesty International's “Ambassadors of Conscience” award on Monday, days before a major UN climate summit in New York.
Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 08:52 UTC
Spain's High Court rules against extraditing to the US ex Venezuelan intelligence chief

Spain's High Court ruled on Monday that the government should refuse a request from the United States to extradite Venezuela's former military intelligence chief.
Monday, September 16th 2019 - 09:47 UTC
IMF choice: to unlock or not to unlock the last tranche of funds for Argentina

The International Monetary Fund has a tough choice to make in Argentina: unlock US$5.4 billion in funds under the country’s loan deal as the government strains to stave off default, or hold the money back and risk sparking more market panic.
Monday, September 16th 2019 - 09:10 UTC
China opens its market to more Brazilian meat processing plants

Brazilian beef' packer Marfrig Global Foods SA said it is in the process of hiring 400 people to work at its Promissão plant in the state of São Paulo as Chinese demand warrants an increase in meat production.
Monday, September 16th 2019 - 09:05 UTC
Gas well catches fire at Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation

Argentina’s state-controlled oil company YPF said a gas well caught fire at its vast shale oil and gas formation of Vaca Muerta early on Sunday following a gas leak on the previous day.