International

Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:17 UTC
Canada suspended direct aid to Nicaragua in 2018 in response to human rights violations

The Canadian government said on Sunday it suspended financial aid to Nicaragua last year in response to human rights violations - a decision not publicly disclosed until now.
Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
Sunday outages for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users on Sunday experienced difficulties accessing the social network sites and messaging service. According to the Down Detector website, Facebook began experiencing technical issues at about 6.30am US Eastern Time with users affected worldwide.
Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:14 UTC
Chinese company interested in taking over Ford's Brazilian plant in Sao Paulo

China’s Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd is eyeing the acquisition of Ford Motor Co’s Brazilian plant in the industrial city of Sao Bernardo do Campo, newspaper Valor Economico reported on Friday.
Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:04 UTC
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance launches collaboration network in Chile

A group of UK experts visited Santiago during March 2019 to inaugurate a fintech collaboration network with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latina America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC). This was an outcome of an intense agenda of activities carried out in Chile last October by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, (CCAF).
Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 08:39 UTC
“US will not quit the fight” for democracy in Venezuela, Pompeo states in Chile

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday defended sanctions on Venezuela and said the United States would not “quit the fight” in the socialist-run Latin American nation which is spiraling into deepening economic and political crisis.
Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 08:12 UTC
Searching for Admiral Graf von Spee’s great cruiser fleet sunk at the Falklands Battle

In 2014-2015, to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Falklands, Mensun Bound, a Falkland Islander himself, led an expedition to try to find Admiral Graff von Spee’s lost cruiser squadron in 1914, the whereabouts of which has become one the great mysteries of the maritime world. Now he is resuming the hunt. Mercopress began by asking how it all began.
Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 07:53 UTC
Hammond admits the idea of a second Brexit referendum is very likely

The idea of a second Brexit referendum is very likely to be put before Britain's parliament again although the government remains opposed to any new plebiscite, the British finance minister said on Friday.
Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 07:17 UTC
Facebook spent US$ 22.6m in CEO Zuckerberg's security in 2018

Facebook Inc more than doubled the money it spent on Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's security in 2018 to US$22.6 million, a regulatory filing showed on Friday. Zuckerberg has drawn a base salary of US$1 for the past three years, and his “other” compensation was listed at US$22.6 million, most of which was for his personal security.
Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 07:09 UTC
France calls for more Euro solidarity, otherwise the EU project is “unsustainable”

Widening differences over economic policy among Euro area countries are “unsustainable” and could undermine the currency union itself, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday.“There isn't enough solidarity in the Euro-zone,” Le Maire told reporters on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring meetings.
Friday, April 12th 2019 - 21:33 UTC
Instead of agrochemicals, Uruguay uses wasps to develop non-genetically modified soy

In Uruguay, non-genetically modified soy (GMO) soy is being developed in order to compete in a market saturated by the volume of crops in the region. Nevertheless, the country’s government hopes Uruguayan soy will stand out for its quality rather than for the volume of harvests motivating soy producers to use “biological controls” to combat pests.