Stories for September 2023

Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
China foreign trade remains sluggish with world demand weak

China’s exports and imports sank again in August, data showed, as the world’s second-largest economy struggles with sluggish global demand and a wider slowdown. However, the pace of contraction slowed from the previous month and was not as bad as feared.
Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Fears of another outbreak of Covid 19 in Europe this coming winter

The COVID-19 pandemic is officially over and the World Health Organization has declared it finished. Other news items have long superseded the coronavirus in the headlines. But in several European mainland countries, there is concern since the number of recorded infections has been rising in recent weeks
Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 08:40 UTC
Paraná Waterway conflict: Paraguayan barge released after paying toll

A Paraguayan barge with fuel seized by Argentine authorities for failure to pay the toll on the Paraguay-Paraná River Waterway has been released after posting nearly US$ 30,000, it was reported.
Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 08:39 UTC
Will Dominican Republic close all borders with Haiti again?

The Dominican Republic has suspended issuing visas to Haitian nationals and might fully close all borders between the two countries after a recent excavation of a canal in the Massacre River on the Haitian side resulted in water being diverted with ensuing damages to farmers and the environment, President Luis Abinader explained.
Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 08:08 UTC
Over 2,000 people feared dead as Storm Daniel hits war-torn Libya

According to the latest reports from Libya, over 2,000 people are feared dead at dawn Tuesday after Storm Daniel unleashed torrential rain and extreme flooding across the north-eastern part of the country, while in the city of Derna, between 5,000 and 6,000 people are missing, including seven servicemen, Eastern Libyan Army Spokesperson Ahmed al-Mosmari said.
Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 07:23 UTC
“We will never give up our struggle for Malvinas”, foreign advisor of Sergio Massa

“For us, Malvinas is and must always be an absolutely nonnegotiable and inalienable axis of Argentine foreign policy,” said Argentine ambassador in Switzerland Gustavo Martinez Pandiani, who is acting as the foreign minister of presidential candidate Sergio Massa if he were to win the coming elections next October/November.
Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 07:16 UTC
UK Foreign Secretary Cleverly at Gibraltar Day celebrations, on a private capacity visit

British Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, was present on Sunday at the Gibraltar National Day celebrations. Cleverly, who was on a private visit to the Rock with his family, followed the celebrations from a balcony in Casamates, but did not take part in the official events.
Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:58 UTC
Milei aide: Rights of Falklanders would be respected under a Libertarian gov't

The rights of the Falkland Islanders would be respected should Javier Milei become Argentina's next president, Economist Diana Mondino, reportedly the candidate's pick for the Foreign Ministry, told The Telegraph in an article published during the weekend.
Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:46 UTC
Argentine president suggests Celac joins G20

Argentine President Alberto Fernández suggested before the G20 Summit in New Delhi that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) should join the forum of the world's leading economies, just as the African Union was accepted into the group this year.
Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:43 UTC
Maduro wants China to help Venezuela join BRICS

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro told Chinese media during the weekend that he wanted the South American country to join the BRICS bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) as a way to consolidate ties between the Asian giant and Latin America and the Caribbean, it was reported in Beijing. Venezuela has already expressed its interest in joining BRICS formally.