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  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 17:56 UTC

    Latam to start serving Tel Aviv nonstop from Sao Paulo

    Latam expects to carry 65,000 passengers yearly with three weekly flights to Tel Aviv

    A new Latam airlines flight originating in Santiago with a stop in Sao Paulo and nonstop to Tel Aviv thereafter has been announced to start operating December 13.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

    Francis canonizes Oscar Romero, ex archbishop of El Salvador killed by the military

    Romero, a beloved figure in Latin America for his commitment to social justice and combating poverty, was executed on a church altar by a right-wing militia in 1980

    A murdered Salvadoran archbishop associated with social justice and progressive theology was canonized over the weekend. The martyred Oscar Romero, former archbishop of San Salvador, was made a saint on Sunday morning, alongside six other canonized church figures, including Pope Paul VI.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

    FAO celebrates World Food Day

    FAO celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October to commemorate the founding of the Organization in 1945

    FAO Goodwill Ambassadors for Nutrition, the King of Lesotho and Queen Letizia of Spain will be joined by the UN Rome-based Agency Heads and other key players in the effort to achieve Zero Hunger at the global World Food Day ceremony held at FAO Headquarters in Rome on 16 October.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:45 UTC

    Critical hours for Brexit and Theresa May ahead of Wednesday EU summit

    The clock is ticking down towards a summit of European leaders on Wednesday where it had been hoped a deal could be reached.

    Theresa May will try to rally ministers behind her this morning at the start of a critical 48 hours for Brexit. On Monday, the PM told MPs an agreement with the EU was “still achievable” despite differences over the Irish border if “cool heads” prevailed. EU officials, though, have warned no-deal is “more likely than ever before”.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

    US warns Central America to be cautious about relations with Beijing

    Central America has remained the key bastion for Taiwan, with Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua still maintaining ties with Taipei rather than Beijing

    US Vice President Mike Pence warned Central American nations to be cautious when building relations with China, which has been increasingly active in the region. Amid mounting tensions between the United States and China, Pence brought up ties with Beijing as he met in Washington with leaders of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras as well as Mexico's foreign secretary.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 07:07 UTC

    Prince Harry and Meghan expecting their first child next spring

    Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex made the announcement, on Monday, they are expecting their first child

    Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex announced Monday they are expecting their first child and many Brits have responded with the same enthusiasm that met news of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s impending arrivals: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

  • Tuesday, October 16th 2018 - 06:52 UTC

    Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft has died aged 65

    Bill Gates said: “I am heartbroken by the passing of one of my oldest and dearest friends... Personal computing would not have existed without him”

    Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft, has died aged 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He had revealed the disease's return only two weeks ago, after previously being treated for it in 2009. Allen had said he and his doctors were “optimistic” about treatment.

  • Monday, October 15th 2018 - 14:34 UTC

    Key Naseed-Jaber, Quneitra crossings reopened as Syria reaches out to neighbours

    Vehicles begin to again pass through the Nasseb-Jaber crossing between Syria and Jordan

    The strategic Naseeb crossing between Syria and Jordan on the Damascus-Amman international highway was reopened Monday, just one day after both countries agreed to it. The crossing had been closed since 2015 when the rebels took over that area in Syria's southern province of Daraa. Also Monday the only crossing point near the Syrian border town of Quneitra between Syria and the Golan Heights, under Israeli occupation since 1967, was reopened for United Nations observers, four years after closing due to the civil war, following a deal between Israel, Syria and the UN.

  • Monday, October 15th 2018 - 08:15 UTC

    FAO food price index down in September because of growing inventories

    Dairy Price Index declined 2.4% in September, continuing its downward trend, while the Meat Price Index slipped marginally from its revised value for August

    Global agricultural food commodity prices fell in September due to growing inventories of key staples. The FAO Food Price Index declined 1.4% from August and is now 7.4% below its level during September 2017.

  • Monday, October 15th 2018 - 08:04 UTC

    UK economic low growth anticipated for next three years, with or without a Brexit no deal

    The EY Item Club predicted GDP growth of 1.3% this year and 1.5% in 2019, down from 1.4% and 1.6% respectively in its previous outlook three months ago

    United Kingdom can expect low economic growth for the next three years, while a no-deal Brexit could dent growth even further, says a forecasting body. The EY Item Club predicted GDP growth of 1.3% this year and 1.5% in 2019, down from 1.4% and 1.6% respectively in its previous outlook three months ago.