International

• Sunday, December 17th 2023 - 16:26 UTC

  Vatican corruption: Pope's ex chief of staff, Cardinal Becciu sentenced to jail for embezzlement

  

  Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the pope's former chief of staff was found guilty of several counts of embezzlement and was sentenced to more than five years in jail. He is the highest-ranking Vatican official to face a trial in the Vatican's criminal court.

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  IDB will continue to support Argentina

  

  Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Ilan Goldfajn said his entity “has supported Argentina for many years and decades and will continue to” do so after President Javier Milei's administration adopted a series of measures he found to be “strong.”

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:25 UTC

  Argentine hostage mistakenly killed by Israeli forces

  

  According to Buenos Aires media, one of the Hamas hostages Israel mistakenly killed had Argentine roots.

• Friday, December 15th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentine granted CAF loan to face IMF maturities

  

  The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has been granted a loan of nearly US$ 1 billion by the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (CAF) to face maturities with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) later this month.

• Friday, December 15th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

  Venezuela and Guyana not to use force over Essequibo dispute

  

  Presidents Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and Irfaan Ali of Guyana agreed Thursday in St. Vincent and the Grenadines not to threaten each other or use force in any circumstances. The 11-topic understanding was reached in the first round of talks brokered by host Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves as president pro-tempore of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

• Friday, December 15th 2023 - 08:12 UTC

  UK and Overseas Territories, “a modern partnership for a stronger British family”

  

  The Government of the United Kingdom, and democratically elected Governments of the British Overseas Territories of Anguilla, Ascension, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, and Turks and Caicos Islands met on 14 to 15 November 2023 to decide the following Joint Declaration.

• Thursday, December 14th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  COP28 ends up in strong declaration to phase out fossil fuels

  

  Attendees at the closing plenary session of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) reached a final consensus to speed up climate action, it was announced. “It is a strengthened and balanced package,” COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber explained. The document also mentioned the gradual suppression of fossil fuels.

• Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Thumbs up from the IMF to Argentina's policy changes

  

  After Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo announced Tuesday in Buenos Aires a series of measures to tackle inflation, the Communications Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Julie Kozack said in a statement that “these strong initial actions aim to significantly improve public finances in a way that protects the most vulnerable in society and to strengthen the exchange rate regime.”

• Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  Stricter measures against fossil fuels called for at COP28

  

  The Brazilian delegation attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai this week called for stronger measures against the proliferation of fossil fuels, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  PM Sunak convinces Parliament to approve his “Safety of Rwanda” bill

  

  British PM Rishi Sunak and his 'stop the boats' policy managed a crucial vote when Parliament passed 313 to 269 on Tuesday the Safety of Rwanda bill, which intends to send asylum seekers and migrants to the African country.