Stories for February 2020

Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 06:53 UTC
UK to ban sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035

Britain will ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035, five years earlier than planned, in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine.
Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 06:49 UTC
US shale fields starting to plateau; investors looking to Guyana offshore fields

Shale pioneer John Hess said on Tuesday that key U.S. shale fields are starting to plateau, calling shale “important but not the next Saudi Arabia.”
Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 17:48 UTC
The Argentine judge who prosecuted vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is dead

Argentine federal judge Claudio Bonadio, notorious for bringing cases involving the former president and current vice president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), died Tuesday morning at his home it was reported.
Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Fernandez meets President Sanchez and King Philip VI in Madrid

Following what the Argentine delegation consider successful visits to the Vatican, Italy and Germany, with ample support for Argentina's strategy to address its foreign debt commitments, president Alberto Fernandez on Tuesday will be in Madrid to meet with president Pedro Sanchez and King Philip VI.
Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 08:29 UTC
Coronavirus hits Chinese markets and the Yuan, despite central bank liquidity injection

Investors erased US$ 393 billion from China’s benchmark stock index on Monday, sold the Yuan and dumped commodities as fears about the spreading coronavirus and its economic impact drove selling on the first day of trade in China since the Lunar New Year.
Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 08:21 UTC
Germany pledges support for Argentina and its foreign debt strategy compliance

Argentine president Alberto Fernandez left Germany more than satisfied after Monday's evening meeting with chancellor Angela Merkel and in the morning with leaders of industry and finance, who pledged investments in Argentina.
Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:17 UTC
Argentina receives first OPV of four purchased from France

On Wednesday the latest incorporation to the Argentine navy will be docking in Buenos Aires, the OPV ARA Bouchard. The Ocean Patrol Vessel is the first of four to be delivered by the Naval Group shipyard, purchased from France by Argentina, and which left Toulon two weeks ago.
Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:15 UTC
Mexico targeting the “very closed” Brazilian economy expects to negotiate a trade deal

Mexico is negotiating with Brazil to expand economic cooperation and believes it can find areas of mutual benefit even though the Brazilian economy is “very closed,” Economy Minister Graciela Marquez said on Friday.
Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:15 UTC
Friends of the Earth ask China to permanently close wildlife markets for food

Friends of the Earth and Friends for the Sea the preeminent worldwide food certifications have launched a petition asking the Chinese government to permanently close markets that sell wildlife for food. The petition is a response both to the recent outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus, which has been traced to China’s wildlife markets, and the overall environmental damage these markets are causing.
Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 07:14 UTC
Warnings of UK data privacy legislation vacuum, following post Brexit 2021

British people’s data privacy will be “hanging in the balance” after Brexit, former Cambridge Analytica staffer-turned-whistleblower Brittany Kaiser warned as the country leaves the European Union on Friday.