International

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 06:28 UTC

  Chile expects a larger cherry harvest this season and increasing exports 20% is the goal

  

  Spring and summer are coming to the southern hemisphere and the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association, Asoex, anticipated that with the new season, the country can comfortably target a 20% target increase for Chilean cherries, (November to February).

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 11:29 UTC

  IMF report on Argentina calls for further expenditure control

  

  The latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on Argentina highlighted that the targets for reserve accumulation, fiscal deficit, and monetary financing of the deficit were missed “by wide margins.” As a result, imbalances have increased, so “further expenditure control will be needed throughout the election period.” The 1.9% GDP fiscal deficit target remained unchanged.

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  P&O cruise Britannia caught in a storm and involved in a collision in Mallorca

  

  The P&O Cruises ship Britannia, based in Southampton, collided with a freight vessel during a storm in Mallorca, Spain, after it broke loose from its mooring. A small number of people are being cared for onboard after sustaining minor injuries, P&O said.

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  BRICS is the future, Bolivian FM says

  

  Bolivian Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta insisted Sunndnay that his country was looking out “to the future and the future is BRICS,” the bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, to which six new members including Argentina will join effective Jan. 1, 2024.

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 08:52 UTC

  Lula highlights the importance of Portuguese-speaking countries

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday insisted before the 14th Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) in São Tomé, capital of São Tomé and Príncipe, an island country off the west coast of Africa, that the group brought together almost 300 million consumers across four continents, with a GDP of US$ 2.3 trillion, Agência Brasil reported.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 08:41 UTC

  Lula wants Brazil to strengthen its presence in Africa

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Saturday that the South American country wants to open a consulate general in Luanda, the capital of Angola, Agência Brasil reported.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 00:03 UTC

  Despite Russian threats vessel sails from Odessa to Istanbul with 30,000 tons of cargo

  

  The passage of a cargo ship from Ukraine to Turkey this week vindicated Kyiv’s gamble that Russia would not act on threats to attack commercial shipping in the Black Sea. But the successful gambit leaves a bigger question for Ukraine: Will any other commercial vessels follow the Joseph Schulte and dare to call Russia’s bluff?

• Saturday, August 26th 2023 - 23:49 UTC

  Global fund for nature restoration and biodiversity conservation

  

  The international community ratified a new global fund aimed at ramping up critical nature restoration and biodiversity conservation, at a gathering in Vancouver. Canada and Britain said they together would provide US$ 160 million in seed money to set up the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF).

• Saturday, August 26th 2023 - 23:43 UTC

  British Museum director Fischer steps down over stolen gems and jewelry

  

  British Museum director Hartwig Fischer stepped down on Friday after it was reveled that numerous artifacts were stolen. A number of items in the museum's collection were reported stolen two years ago, including gems and jewelry from centuries ago. “The responsibility for that failure must ultimately rest with the director,” Fischer said.

• Saturday, August 26th 2023 - 19:03 UTC

  China insists in taking over Rio Grande port in Patagonia as established in a MoU with Tierra del Fuego

  

  One of Buenos Aires' main dailies, La Nacion, is reporting that China will not back down from its port plan in Patagonia, as promised by the regional and national governments. In early June, Argentine Governor of Tierra del Fuego Gustavo Melella revived an old controversy concerning a deal with a Chinese company to build a multipurpose port in Rio Grande