Stories for 2020

Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 08:49 UTC
Chile exports beef to China, and imports from Paraguay for domestic consumption

Chilean beef exports reached 16,673 tons between January and August 2020, a 35.7% over the same period last year according to data from the Bovine Meat Bulletin released by the Ministry of Agriculture’s Office of Agricultural Studies and Policies (ODEPA).
Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 08:31 UTC
Record heatwave in Midwest and south Brazil, with warning of hyperthermia risk

Inmet (National Meteorological Institute) has issued an alert for the risk of death from hyperthermia due to the heatwave affecting several regions of Brazil. The agency alert is valid until Thursday (8) or Friday (9), depending on the location.
Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 08:00 UTC
World Medical Association General Assembly will be a virtual meeting

In view of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Medical Association’s annual General Assembly this year will be a virtual meeting from October 26 to 30.
Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Paraguay declares national emergency as forest fires rage across Chaco

Paraguay’s Congress declared a national emergency as forest fires raged, burning vast swaths of the Chaco dry forest, home to sprawling cattle ranches, jaguars and many indigenous tribes.
Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:51 UTC
Bolsonaro tells religious followers he plans to appoint an evangelical minister to the Supreme Court

Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro said at an event with conservative evangelical Christians that he hopes to appoint an evangelical minister to the supreme court next year.
Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:45 UTC
Premier Oil absorbed by Chrysaor, becomes the largest independent oil and gas group on London Stock Exchange

Shares in Premier Oil, with interests in the Falkland Islands, soared more than 14% on Tuesday, after the oil explorer agreed with a reverse takeover that will create the largest London-listed independent oil-and-gas group, producing more than 250,000 barrels of oil a day.
Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Brazilian economy minister and Lower House speaker agree to push reform agenda and social program

Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes and the powerful lower house Speaker Rodrigo Maia announced a truce after more than a month of bickering over reforms and how to tackle a widening fiscal deficit. Local markets rallied.
Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:35 UTC
UN human rights council condemns Venezuela and extends two years the mandate of investigators

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday extended by two years the mandate of investigators who have documented executions, disappearances, and torture in Venezuela that they say may amount to crimes against humanity.
Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:22 UTC
Physics Nobel Prize for advancing the understanding of black holes

Three scientists won this year's Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for advancing the world's understanding of black holes, the all-consuming monsters that lurk in the darkest parts of the universe.
Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:21 UTC
Quad group attempt a united front against increasingly assertive Beijing

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on key Asian allies to unite against China's “exploitation, corruption and coercion” in the region, as he held talks on Tuesday in Tokyo.