International

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 13:43 UTC

  Japan's doors open again to Uruguayan beef after Shinzo Abe's Montevideo stop

  

  Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez met Sunday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Montevideo. During the encounter, both leaders signed an agreement which opened Japan's market to beef exports from the South American country after 20 years.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 10:42 UTC

  Turkey, Paraguay close ties with presidential meeting in Asunción

  

  The presidents of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Mario Abdo Benítez, of Paraguay, Sunday agreed in Asunción to join efforts against terrorism and transnational crime as well as to further commercial and business alliances between their two countries.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Strong message from Merkel to Macri: How the world sees and expects Argentina to perform

  

  She was the last to arrive, but together with French president Emmanuel Macron one of the most popular leaders during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires. Her official aircraft had to turn back because of communications problems so German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a commercial flight from Madrid directly to Buenos Aires, a day late for the inauguration but not for the other activities including a couple of outings in the Argentine capital.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  France fines P&O Azura US$ 110.000 for using fuel with a high content of sulfur

  

  A court in Marseille fined an American master mariner US$ 110,000 for using fuel with a sulfur content measuring 0.18 percentage points above a disputed limit. It is the first ruling of its kind in France, and it is contrary to the French government's previous stance on sulfur content rules for cruise ships.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 07:48 UTC

  President Xi on official visit to Argentina signs 30 agriculture and investment deals

  

  China's president on Sunday signed new trade deals with Argentina as the Asian giant expands its growing role in Latin American economies. Presidents Mauricio Macri of Argentina and Xi Jinping of China announced the more than 30 agriculture and investment deals during a state visit following the Group of 20 summit of leaders in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 07:46 UTC

  G20 Buenos Aires declaration calls for reforms to world trade system; US skips climate change chapter

  

  In a joint declaration, the leaders of G20 nations on Saturday agreed to build consensus for fair and sustainable development through an agenda that is “people-centered, inclusive and forward-looking”.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 07:34 UTC

  Far right party wins seats in Andalusia: first time since the death of Franco in 1975

  

  A far-right party has won seats in a Spanish regional election for the first time since the country's military dictatorship ended in 1975. The Vox party took 12 parliamentary seats in Andalusia on Sunday, beating expectations that it would win five.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 07:18 UTC

  Oil prices recover following on US/China trade conflict 90-day truce

  

  Oil prices surged in early trading on Monday after the United States and China agreed on a truce in their trade conflict and ahead of a meeting by producer club OPEC this week that is expected to result in a supply cut.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 07:00 UTC

  UK Attorney General Statement to Parliament could trigger a “constitutional crisis”

  

  UK faces a “constitutional crisis” if Theresa May does not publish the full legal advice on her Brexit deal on Monday, Labour has warned. The PM says the advice is confidential. But some MPs think ministers do not want to admit it says the UK could be indefinitely tied to EU customs rules.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 06:42 UTC

  China boosts Argentina's foreign reserves with a US$ 9 billion currency swap

  

  China and Argentina signed a US$ 9 billion currency swap agreement to boost the South American country’s foreign currency reserves, its central bank announced on Sunday.