International

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 09:20 UTC

  “Technical issue” in UK's air control system slows traffic and partly spreads to Europe

  

  UK's air traffic control service on Monday said that because of a “technical issue” it had been forced to slow takeoffs and landings across the UK. However, the National Air Traffic Service (NATS) also said that Britain's airspace was not closed, despite the disruptions.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 06:55 UTC

  Panama Canal restrictions expected to last for at least ten months; large containers to reroute to Suez Canal

  

  Global shipping has been urged to share transit plans at one of the world’s key maritime crossings following on Panama Canal Authority officials warning that water-conserving restrictions will be in place for at least the next 10 months, given this year's unprecedented drought which Panama is experiencing.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 06:45 UTC

  Drastic French wine industry reduction: millions of Euros to destroy wine and pull up hectares of vines

  

  France is preparing to destroy some 80 million gallons of wine to help its farmers in wine-producing areas to cope with a sharp fall in prices, as consumption decreases and overproduction has further complicated the situation. For this purpose the European Union has granted an initial 160 million Euros, topped to 200 million Euros by the French government, Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau told reporters at a press conference.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 06:34 UTC

  Brazil manages record soybean exports, at lower prices, but much will now depend on the US crop

  

  Despite the slow pace of soybean trade in the past five years, the first seven months of 2023 have seen Brazil achieve a record volume of exports, reaching over 70 million tons, as reported by the country’s National Supply Company (Conab) last week.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2023 - 06:30 UTC

  'Shape up' UK Home Secretary tells the police; 73% cases of thefts closed with no suspects

  

  Police must investigate every theft and follow all reasonable leads to catch offenders, the home secretary Suella Braverman has said, adding it was “completely unacceptable” that criminals are often “effectively free to break certain laws”.

• 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.