MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 2021
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Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Soybean rise to US $ 532 a ton in Chicago
The price of soybeans sprang back to above US $ 500 in the Chicago market Wednesday after a US $ 33.2 rise fueled by a new report on stocks and planting from the Department of Agriculture of the United States (USDA).
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Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:04 UTC
Brazil: Fudgy deal to purchase Indian covid-19 vaccine raises doubts about Bolsonaro's knowledge of the case
The State Attorney's Office in Brasilia launched an enquiry into the alleged mishandlings by government officials regarding the acquisition of a supply of the Indian-made anticoronavirus Covaxin immunizer.
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Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Brazilian industry and unions request suspension of Mercosur talks on reducing the Common External Tariff
The Brazilian Confederation of Industry, CNI and the IndustriALL-Brasil (which represents industry unions) have officially requested that in the next Mercosur meeting, scheduled for early this month, Brazilian representatives withdraw the proposal for a reduction of block trade tariffs with other countries. However, both institutions also backed the current flexibilization of current trade talks with third countries, such as South Korea.
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Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 08:53 UTC
Argentine President Fernández joins Paris Equality Forum online after cancelling trip
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday promised to continue working to “guarantee more equality and more rights” to women, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people.
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Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 00:20 UTC
Melt lakes: Scientists detect sudden large Antarctic water mass drains empty
Scientists in Australia and the United States are reporting the sudden loss of a large ice-covered Antarctic lake covering an area of eleven square kilometres. The rare event occurred during the winter of 2019 on Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica and was noticed in satellite images the following summer by Dr Roland Warner from the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership at the University of Tasmania.
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Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 00:07 UTC
Flying car lands successfully in Slovakia
A Slovak-designed vehicle that can perform both as a car and an aeroplane completed an 80-kilometre stretch from Nitra to Bratislava and eventually left the airport into the streets of the country's capital.
