Stories for September 2019

Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Resumption of Argentina's financial program with IMF frozen... and “will have to wait”

Argentina’s financial program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be on hold for some time as the nation grapples with severe political and economic uncertainty, the Fund’s Acting Managing Director David Lipton said an interview.
Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Uruguay makes history in Rugby World Cup defeating Fiji 30/27

Uruguay inflicted one of the great Rugby World Cup shocks on Fiji, holding out for a famous win over the supremely talented Pacific islanders. A first-half blitz saw the Uruguayans run in three tries inside the opening 25 minutes.
Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Lagarde defends IMF decision to support Argentina with a record credit

Christine Lagarde has defended the IMF decision to give Argentina a record credit line last year, even after the US$56-billion program fell short of stabilizing the nation’s troubled economy.
Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Trump dismisses the impeachment inquiry on Biden-Ukrainian contacts, as “a joke”

A downbeat Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as a “joke” the grounds laid out for the impeachment inquiry into him, as Democrats stood firm in accusing the US president of a “mafia-style shakedown” of his Ukrainian counterpart.
Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 09:05 UTC
Brazil scientists racing to finish a particle accelerator, fourth generation synchrotron Sirius

Brazilian scientists are racing against time to finish building a particle accelerator the size of the Maracana football stadium before government funds run out or it is superseded by rival technology.
Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 08:53 UTC
UN chief warns of 'unprecedented threat' from intolerance extremism and terrorism

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that the world is facing “an unprecedented threat from intolerance, violent extremism and terrorism” that affects every country, exacerbating conflicts and destabilizing entire regions.
Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 08:46 UTC
Precious fauna perished in weeks of wildfires in Bolivian forest and grassland

More than two million wild animals, including jaguars, pumas and llamas, have perished in weeks of wildfires that devastated huge swathes of Bolivian forest and grassland, environmental experts said on Wednesday. The fires devastated the Chiquitania tropical savanna in the east of the country.
Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 08:40 UTC
US and Colombia intercept homemade submarine with five tons of cocaine

A homemade submarine carrying more than five tons of cocaine was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America, the US Coast Guard said.
Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 08:13 UTC
PM Johnson defies the opposition to call a confidence vote on Thursday, and a “snap election”

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday challenged opposition MPs to call a confidence vote in his government, in a defiant response to the Supreme Court decision to strike down his suspension of parliament.
Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 07:53 UTC
Johnson asks how come Thomas Cook directors paid themselves large sums when a business goes down the tube

After the collapse of Thomas Cook left hundreds of thousands of passengers reliant on the British state to repatriate them, Prime Minister Boris Johnson questioned whether bosses should have paid themselves so much ahead of its demise.