International

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Maduro and cronies “grey listed” as suspects of money laundering and terrorism financing

  

  Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro along with more than 50 Venezuelan nationals are considered “high risk” for laundering money and financing terrorism, according to an advisory issued by Panama's economy and finance ministry.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Japan admits catching 333 minke whales with no interference from protestors

  

  Japan’s whaling fleet returned on Saturday after catching more than 300 of the mammals in the Antarctic Ocean without interference from anti-whaling protests, officials said.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 09:03 UTC

  Venezuela rejects having Guyana's Essequibo dispute taken to the International Court of Justice

  

  Venezuela is seeking a “practical and satisfying” solution to its border dispute with Guyana even as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country has already filed its application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague on the matter.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  China preparing to begin paying for imported oil with the Yuan

  

  China is taking its first steps towards paying for imported crude oil in Yuan instead of the U.S. dollar, according to Reuters, a key development in Beijing's efforts to establish its currency internationally.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Trade war: China slaps higher tariffs on US pork, wine and certain fruits

  

  China has slapped extra tariffs of up to 25% on 128 U.S. products including frozen pork, as well as on wine and certain fruits and nuts, in response to U.S. duties on imports of aluminum and steel, China’s finance ministry said. The tariffs, to take effect on Monday, were released late on Sunday and matches a list of potential tariffs on up to US$3 billion in U.S. goods published by China on March 23.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Chinese space station remains dumps into the South Pacific

  

  China's Tiangong-1 space station re-entered the earth’s atmosphere and burnt up over the middle of the South Pacific on Monday, the Chinese space authority said. The craft re-entered the atmosphere around 8:15 a.m. Beijing time (0015GMT) and the “vast majority” of it had burnt up upon re-entry, the authority said in a brief statement on its website.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 05:19 UTC

  Malvinas Veteran and Fallen Day remembered in Argentina with two central ceremonies

  

  The 36th anniversary of the Falklands conflict in 1982 will be recalled in Argentina with two main events: Malvinas relatives will be received on Monday afternoon by president Mauricio Macri at his official residence in Olivos while Interior Minister Rogelio Fregerio will head the ceremony in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, next to the Beagle Channel.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 05:13 UTC

  Royal Air Force centenary: Queen praises shining example of tenacity and gallantry in “defending our freedom”

  

  The Royal Air Force (RAF) has “defended our freedom gallantly”, Queen Elizabeth said on Sunday as she sent her “heartfelt congratulations” to the service as it celebrated its centenary. One hundred years ago, on April 1st, 1918, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service merged to create the RAF — the world’s first independent air service.

• Sunday, April 1st 2018 - 19:12 UTC

  Trump doesn't care about Latin America, Lula tells Correa

  

  Former Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, better or simply known as Lula, said Donald Trump “doesn't care about Latin America in the least and added that ”Bush and Condoleezza Rice pursued a much more democratic policy towards Brazil than Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.” In his view, Obama could give magnificent speeches, but never actually delivered.

• Sunday, April 1st 2018 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentina welcomes 2018 WTTC Global Summit

  

  The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC)’s 2018 Global Summit will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 18-19 April.Industry leaders from public and private sector will discuss the theme of ‘Our People, Our World, Our Future’, debating how the sector is placed to create sustainable jobs in a future of transformational technology, increasing environmental pressures, and in a world where security concerns are paramount.