Stories for August 12th 2020

Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
Investors are now focused on the IMF and Argentina’s fiscal policy, “which has been hard to come by”

After reaching a US$ 65 billion restructuring agreement in principle with its creditors earlier this month, Argentina must now turn to relief from the International Monetary Fund to free up cash in the near term, the Institute of International Finance, IIF said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:58 UTC
Brazilian Parana state abattoirs facing repeated outbreaks of Covid-19

A single BRF SA unit accounted for about 29% of COVID-19 cases at slaughterhouses in Brazil’s Parana state, according to the most recent data available, underscoring the challenges for stemming outbreaks at meat plants.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:58 UTC
Bolsonaro denies fires in the Amazon rainforest and calls reports a “lie”

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a “lie”, despite data produced by his own government showing that thousands of fires are surging across the region.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
“Delighted to be the new ambassador to Uruguay, one of UK's oldest friends”

Mrs. Faye O'Connor who has been appointed as ambassador before the Uruguayan government is in Montevideo and will soon start in office, as the successor of the previous ambassador, Ian Duddy, who has been reappointed to Chile.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Senator Kamala Harris completes the Democrat ticked with Biden and could be decisive for black voters

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, a landmark pick that puts the senator in contention to become United States' first female and first black vice-president.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:52 UTC
Peruvian oil workers and miners clash with police demanding better conditions and Covid-19 healthcare

Angry residents in Peru’s Andean and Amazon regions have attacked three mining and oil sector firms in the last week, two of which were forced to halt operations after deadly clashes, as a second wave of COVID-19 infections hits the country.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:52 UTC
China claims it found coronavirus on packaging of imported frozen seafood

Authorities in China have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported frozen seafood that arrived from the port city of Dalian, which recently battled a surge of cases, a local government said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:51 UTC
Brazilian state in talks to begin producing the Russian Covid-19 vaccine

Brazil’s Parana state is in talks to produce a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Russia despite not having completed mass clinical trials, but it was unclear if the state’s research institute would get regulatory approval in Brazil.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Mounting job losses are expected as Britain winds down its job-retention scheme

The number of people in work in Britain has suffered the biggest drop since 2009 and signs are growing that the coronavirus will take a heavier toll on the labor market as the government winds down its huge job-protection scheme.
Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:36 UTC
Trump made donations to Harris' California Attorney General campaign in 2011 and 2013

President Donald Trump donated to Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic vice-presidential nominee, twice while she was a candidate for California attorney general, according to public records reviewed by NBC News.