International

• Monday, July 17th 2023 - 11:41 UTC

  UK signs trade treaty to join Trans Pacific partnership, 'the world's fastest growing region'

  

  The United Kingdom on Sunday formally signed a treaty to join a major Indo/Pacific block, in what is described as the biggest trade deal since the country left the European Union, (Brexit) at the beginning of 2020.

• Monday, July 17th 2023 - 11:30 UTC

  Massa might have to travel to US to finalize deal with IMF

  

  Argentine Economy Minister and presidential contender Sergio Massa might travel to the United States later this week to close an agreement with the International Monetary Fund whereby the global agency would give the South American country some US$ 8.5 billion, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, July 17th 2023 - 11:22 UTC

  Mass stranding event in Scottish island with the loss of 55 pilot whales

  

  A “mass stranding” event caused over 50 pilot whales to die on a remote Scottish island, Isle of Lewis, marine rescuers said on Sunday. The British Divers Marine Life Rescue charity (BDMLR) said 55 of the animals washed up on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.

• Monday, July 17th 2023 - 11:20 UTC

  EU/Morocco fisheries protocol expires; Spanish trawlers the main losers

  

  As of this Monday, 17 July, European trawlers will no longer be able to fish off the Moroccan coast since the fisheries protocol is over, and renewing the protocol will be complicated since Morocco is seeking to secure a more advantageous deal.

• Saturday, July 15th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Brazilian civil servants granted time off to watch women's football World Cup

  

  Brazil's government will allow federal public servants to take time off work to watch the women's national football team play the upcoming World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, Agencia Brasil reported. The tournament takes place between July 20 and August 20. The measure is already customary for the men's squad games.

• Saturday, July 15th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  Optimism surrounds next week's EU-CELAC summit

  

  The summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) to be held in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday is surrounded by an aura of optimism, it was reported. The meeting will mark the resumption of relationships at the highest level after eight years.

• Friday, July 14th 2023 - 10:51 UTC

  Uruguayan Gov't speaks of “inaccuracies” in UN report about water

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Ministry Thursday issued a communiqué in response to a UN report on the water crisis the South American country is going through. The government “acted in a preventive manner, the water is still drinkable and guaranteed to the most vulnerable sectors [is] the purchase of double the daily average of water consumed per person in our country,” the statement read.

• Friday, July 14th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  IMF: Negotiations with Argentina continue; “no letter from China urging IMF to a quick solution”

  

  Julie Kozack, Director of the IMF Communication Department held her weekly media conference and made some announcements referred to the current IMF/|Argentine negotiations. Ms. Kozack revealed that IMF/Argentina negotiations are ongoing, did not advance more details on possible closing dates and denied the existence of a letter from Chinese officials urging a quick solution to the Argentine case. Such as information was leaked in Argentina by government sources. Finally Ms Kozack anticipated that IMF officials and staff will be on holidays beginning July 31st until 11 August.

• Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

  Extreme heatwave grips Southern Europe, thermometers hit forty degrees

  

  A heat-wave is sweeping across parts of southern Europe and north-west Africa, with potential record-breaking temperatures in the coming days. Temperatures are expected to surpass 40C (104F) in parts of Spain, France, Greece, Croatia and Turkey. In Italy, temperatures could reach as high as 48.8C (119.8F), is reporting BBC.

• Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  Is groping, 'palpata breve', less than ten seconds a crime? No, according to an Italian Judge

  

  Many young people in Italy are expressing outrage on social media after a judge cleared a school caretaker of groping a teenager because it did not last long enough.