International

• Monday, August 6th 2018 - 07:45 UTC

  UK embassy in Uruguay co-organizes major agriculture academic competition

  

  The British Embassy in Montevideo, Cuti, ARU and ANDE are co-organizing the third edition of Hackathon AGRO which will take place at Expo Prado 2018 on 14-16 September. Hackathon AGRO is an open competition for Uruguayan teams made up of researchers, entrepreneurs and experts in Information Technologies, Agro and Business.

• Monday, August 6th 2018 - 07:11 UTC

  Brexit deal chances are “60 to 40”; Liam Fox blames EC intransigence

  

  Liam Fox says the chance of a no-deal Brexit is growing, blaming the “intransigence” of the European Commission. The international trade secretary and Brexiteer put the chance of failing to come to an agreement at “60-40”. He told the Sunday Times that Brussels' chief negotiator had dismissed the UK's Chequers proposals simply because “we have never done it before”.

• Monday, August 6th 2018 - 07:01 UTC

  Spanish sea produce canning sector exports Euros 406 million in five months; 11% squid

  

  Exports of canned, semi-preserved and prepared fish and shellfish experienced an increase of 3.85% in volume and 7.41% in value during the first five months of this year compared to the same period of the previous year. Between January and May, Spain exported 86,732 tons valued at more than Euros 406 million, according to the canning association ANFACO-CECOPESCA.

• Monday, August 6th 2018 - 06:45 UTC

  East Australia suffering worst drought in living memory: massive cull of livestock

  

  The worst drought in living memory is sweeping parts of eastern Australia, leaving farmers struggling to cope and asking questions about their future. Record-low rainfall in some regions and successive seasons of above-average temperatures have blighted vast tracts of Australia's grazing and crop land.

• Sunday, August 5th 2018 - 11:35 UTC

  Despite jail sentence, Lula nominated candidate for October's presidential election

  

  Brazil's leftist Workers' Party nominated its charismatic founder Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for the upcoming presidential contest on Saturday despite him being imprisoned for corruption. In a message from Lula read to the party convention in Sao Paulo, he said, “Brazil needs to restore its democracy.” Although serving a 12-year sentence for corruption, Lula, 72, remains by far the frontrunner in opinion polls.

• Sunday, August 5th 2018 - 08:05 UTC

  Maduro escapes drone-attack during military ceremony; blames Colombia's Santos

  

  Venezuelan officials say that President Nicolás Maduro has escaped an assassination attempt unharmed. Maduro was giving a live televised speech in the capital city of Caracas on Saturday when, a government spokesman said, explosive-carrying drones went off near the president.

• Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 12:44 UTC

  Jeremy Corbyn: Labour is not a threat to Jewish life in Britain

  

  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said “people who dish out anti-Semitic poison need to understand: you do not do it in my name”. In an article for The Guardian he said anti-Semitism was a “real problem” that Labour was “working to overcome”. But he did not give in to demands to adopt all the examples of anti-Semitism cited by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA).

• Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 12:04 UTC

  The possibility of a “no deal Brexit is uncomfortably high”, wars Carney

  

  Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Friday Britain faces an “uncomfortably high” risk of leaving the European Union with no deal, comments that drove sterling to an 11-day low against the dollar.

• Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 11:54 UTC

  Trade war: “China's countermeasures are rational”, argues Beijing

  

  China’s state media said on Saturday the government’s retaliatory tariffs on US$60 billion in U.S. goods showed rational restraint, although in an opinion piece it still admonished the United States for blackmail and bullyboy tactics.

• Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 11:48 UTC

  Leading business group complains of “information void” on Brexit

  

  Companies have been left in the dark over planning for Brexit amid an “information void”, a leading business group has warned. The Institute of Directors has called on the government to speed up guidance on what companies should expect if no deal on leaving the EU is reached.