Stories for July 12th 2022

Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 23:53 UTC
Argentina eager to join BRICS, Ambassador tells Moscow

Argentina's Ambassador to Moscow Eduardo Zuain Monday told the Russian Government that his country was looking forward to becoming a full member of BRICS, the global alliance formed by his hosts together with Brazil, India, China, and South Africa.
Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 20:57 UTC
Moscow warns US leading world to brink of nuclear conflict

The US Government of President Joseph Biden and its allies are on the brink of a conflict with Russia which might reach nuclear proportions, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Tuesday.
Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 19:32 UTC
Brazilian record corn crop stored in the open; 11 million tons of soybeans remain unsold

Warehouses in Brazil are still full of soybeans, harvested just a few months before corn. In the state of Mato Grosso, soybean production was high this season, but at the same time sales are slower than usual, leaving warehouses with no space for corn, according to Cleiton Gauer, superintendent of the Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (IMEA).
Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 19:18 UTC
Srebrenica genocide: The Hague apologizes Dutch troops' failure at massacre of 8,000 Muslim prisoners

The Netherlands offered its “deepest apologies” for the role played by Dutch peacekeepers in the Srebrenica genocide during the Balkans war when some 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were brutally murdered by attacking Bosnian Serb forces 27 years ago
Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 19:05 UTC
Heathrow caps number of departing passengers to avoid overcrowding

Managers at London's main airport announced they were imposing a 100,000-daily-passenger cap in a move to curb traveler lines and luggage delays amid recurrent cancellations and other nuisances. Heathrow serves 203 destinations in 84 countries.
Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 18:59 UTC
Argentina's trade balance with Brazil in the red for 6th month in a row

Bilateral trade between Mercosur partners Brazil and Argentina was reported to have reached US$ 2,937 million in the month of June of 2022, a 46.9% increase against the same period of 2021, according to the Argentine Chamber of Commerce (CAC) document released earlier this week.
Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 18:54 UTC
Euro-zone inflation, things will get worse before they begin to improve

The Euro-group, (countries using the Euro) finance ministers said that combating inflation was their number one priority. The announcement follows on the European Commission revised economic forecast anticipating dwindling growth and increasing geopolitical and natural disruptions to business as the biggest drags on the economy as a whole.
Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 18:34 UTC
End of Falklands War: Euphoric home welcome for SS Canberra and returning troops in Southampton

On Monday 11 July 1982, forty years ago, the SS Canberra – an ocean liner requisitioned by the British Ministry of Defense to transport personnel - returned from the Falklands conflict to Southampton, where she was escorted by a fleet of small vessels and some 2,500 members of the Armed Forces were greeted by cheering crowds.
Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 13:08 UTC
Inflation in Chile at record level since June 1994

Inflation in Chile reached 0,9% in June, 7,1% in the first half of the year and 12,5% in the last twelve months, which is the highest since 28 years, in June 1994.
Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 12:07 UTC
Voting for next Conservative party leader and to replace Boris Johnson begins

Voting will get underway this Wednesday for candidates striving to become the leader of the Conservative party and the next British prime minister. So far eleven MPs have put themselves forward to replace Boris Johnson which comes after the party increased the number of nominations needed to make it to the first-round ballot, in order to speed up the election process.