International

• 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.

• Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  WHO concerned bird flu virus might affect humans more easily

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday said it has “strong concerns” that the avian flu virus (H5N1) might mutate to infect humans, as outbreaks of the disease among birds are becoming more frequent. In the WHO's assessment, the virus might adapt to infect humans more easily.

• Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  South & North America – Best Destinations for Gambling Lovers

  

  For many individuals, nothing is more enjoyable and thrilling than traveling to a city famed for its casinos and entertainment. Almost any well-known party city on the globe seems to combine these two. The potential of casinos in Latin America and the Caribbean is always enticing.

• Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 07:30 UTC

  European Parliament approves bill for the restoration of peat-lands

  

  The European Parliament has accepted a key biodiversity bill that will see the restoration of CO2-storing peat-lands but has been criticized by farmers another opposition groups due to fears they might lose land.<br />
  Testing the EU's global climate credentials, the lawmakers supported the European Commission plan in a razor-thin 324-312 vote with 12 abstentions.

• Wednesday, July 12th 2023 - 21:06 UTC

  China extends financial measures for the battered real estate to the end of 2024

  

  China's top financial regulators announced this week that financial support measures for qualified real estate developers, taken in November 2020, will be extended through the end of 2024, in order to continue to guide more financial support for firms and to ensure deliveries of homes.

• Wednesday, July 12th 2023 - 21:03 UTC

  Shell considers cutting oil and gas production “dangerous and irresponsible”

  

  Cutting oil and gas production would be “dangerous and irresponsible”, the boss of energy giant Shell has told the BBC. Wael Sawan insisted that the world still “desperately needs oil and gas” as moves to renewable energy were not happening fast enough to replace it.

• Monday, July 10th 2023 - 22:03 UTC

  Sweden in NATO, if Turkey joins the European Union, Erdogan insists

  

  Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday added European Union membership o the list of demands he wants fulfilled in exchange for finally backing Stockholm's accession to NATO.