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  • Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Fitch upgrades Uruguay's rating

    Uruguay Economy Ministry Azucena Arbeleche

    Thanks to Uruguay's ”solid fiscal performance that allowed it to absorb the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic, added to the track record of compliance with the fiscal framework, which has improved its credibility, increased resilience to economic shocks and reduced the risk of a potential increase in the stock of public debt.

  • Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 09:12 UTC

    Messi picks MLS Inter Miami offer to continue his club career

    Messi already owns a home in Miami

    Argentine star Lionel Messi will continue his professional footballing career in the United States, playing for Inter Miami, it was announced Wednesday.

  • Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 08:59 UTC

    UK's CBI survives, but many questions remain and members holding out

    Rain Newton-Smith, its new director general, said the result is “a really strong mandate from our members”

    The powerful lobby Confederation of British Industry, CBI has won a key confidence vote over its future after members overwhelmingly backed the lobby group following a series of scandals.

  • Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 08:45 UTC

    Pope Francis recovering well after hernia surgery

    “The surgery was completed: it was carried out without complications and lasted three hours,” the Vatican said in a statement

    Argentina-born Pope Francis Wednesday underwent abdominal hernia surgery “without complications” at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he will remain for a few days, it was reported. The Pontiff is expected to resume his activities by June 18, the Vatican confirmed.

  • Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Impeccable landing of a RAF Globemaster C-17 in St Helena airport

    The RAF ZZ177 Globemaster C-17 and its crew after landing at St Helena airport, once considered the “world's most useless ”airport

    As part of a Royal Air Force capability demonstration, the mighty Boeing C-17 Globemaster, with a wingspan of 51.755 meters, is now visiting St. Helena Airport in the South Atlantic. It is the first time an aircraft of such characteristics has landed in the St Helena Airport.

  • Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    IMF fears labor market shock due to AI

    Gopinath found it “encouraging” that the G7 has formed a working group to study AI

    International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath Tuesday called for global rules to avoid the high social costs of massive job losses from the use of artificial intelligence, it was reported. “When it comes to AI, we need more than new rules,” she stressed.

  • Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

    Plan to fight indebtedness launched in Brazil

    Brazil intends to strengthen ties with the United Nations and with the Netherlands, Haddad explained

    The Desenrola plan, a scheme devised by the Government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to help people pay their debts, will be accompanied by a financial education program, said Finance Minister Fernando Haddad Tuesday upon elaborating alongside Queen Maxima of The Netherlands on the project launched the day before, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Panama Canal water level suffering from climate change

    Everstream, a consulting firm monitoring supply chains, claims that each ship passing through the canal requires approximately 200 million liters of fresh water.

    Since the Panama Canal connected the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific in the early 20th century, it changes forever the history of global shipping. Before the canal was completed, ships had to go around the southern tip of South America, close to the Falklands coal fueling deposits, and a much longer and more dangerous route.

  • Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 09:44 UTC

    Arctic Ocean may be ice-free during the summer from 2030 onwards

    The Arctic without sea ice would affect human societies and natural ecosystems both inside and outside the region (Pic AP)

    According to a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications, the Arctic Ocean may be ice-free during the summer from 2030 onwards regardless of the level of greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:25 UTC

    Falklands' 35 students in UK had allowances revised to face cost of living crisis

    MLA Gavin Short (right) asked whether Falklands students were facing financial difficulties while studying overseas and what steps FIG was taking to mitigate this

    In the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly this week MLA Leona Roberts responded to a question from MLA Gavin Short on the subject of whether Falklands students were facing financial difficulties while studying overseas and what steps FIG was taking to mitigate this if it was true.