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  • Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 06:50 UTC

    Fed makes a pause, leaves rates unchanged but anticipates two further moves before 2024

    We’ve covered a lot of ground and the full effects of our tightening have yet to be felt,” said Fed Chair Jerome Powell at a news conference

    The United States Federal Reserve this Wednesday, following a two-day meeting decided to keep the interest rate unchanged but the Federal Open Market Committee anticipated that a further two hikes of quarter percentage moves can be expected before the end of the year.

  • Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 06:43 UTC

    Relief for Paraguay: chicungunya vaccine in humans showed promising results

    Chikungunya virus is transmitted by Anopheles mosquitoes.Tropical regions currently see the highest rates of the virus, with Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia and Thailand most affected

    A new clinical study shows promising results of a Phase III chikungunya vaccine trial, the first time the shot has been tested in humans. If approved by regulators, the vaccine would have the capacity to protect millions of people from the debilitating mosquito-borne disease, authors explained in the study published June 12 in The Lancet.

  • Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 06:31 UTC

    Overseas business risk for Uruguay, according to UK FCDO

    The impressive pulp mills of which Uruguay is preparing to inaugurate a third

    The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office has published Information on how UK companies can control risks when doing business in Uruguay.

  • Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 06:14 UTC

    EU Parliament votes to regulate use of Artificial Intelligence

    The measures, in discussion since 2021 accelerated by the rapid recent emergence of popular AI chatbots such as ChatGPT

    The European Parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems across the bloc. The vote kick-starts the process toward passing the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act, the first of its kind globally.

  • Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    France's Lower House votes against EU-Mercosur FTA

    Macronist Deputy Eléonore Cariot warned unsuccessfully that “if France and the EU” disengage from Latin America, “China and Russia will come.”

    France's National Assembly (Lower House) Tuesday voted 281 to 58 against the approval of the EU- Mercosur trade deal on the grounds that it “may encourage” deforestation, among other issues contrary to the country's interests, it was reported in Paris.

  • Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    Produce from deforested areas banned from EU, beginning 2025

    This measure has faced intense criticism from the Brazilian production sector, as it is seen to be overlooking national laws

    The European Union (EU) finally approved a regulation prohibiting the entry of agricultural items, including coffee, soy, and beef, produced after 2020 in deforested areas, regardless of whether legally compliant with the producing country’s national legislation. The regulation will come into effect on December 30, 2024.

  • Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Church abuses in Germany: court orders Cologne Archdiocese to pay victim €300,000

    Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki said he welcomed Tuesday's veredict

    A German regional court on Tuesday ordered the Archdiocese of Cologne to pay €300,000 (roughly US$325,000) in damages to an abuse victim for crimes committed in the 1970s. A far higher sum than Germany's Catholic Church dioceses have paid in voluntary, symbolic compensation payments in the past.

  • Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    British Embassy in Buenos Aires has selected six “Ambassadors for a Day” 2023

    After a careful selection process, the British Embassy in Argentina has announced that six Argentine young women aged between 19 and 26 are the winners of the “Ambassador for a Day” competition new edition, which will give them a first-hand experience in diplomatic work and enable them to join a network of female leaders from different countries in the region.

  • Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 09:12 UTC

    Fernández, von der Leyen discuss EU-Mercosur ties

    “We have a window of opportunity to conclude the agreement,” von der Leyen said in a post-meeting joint press conference.

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández met Tuesday at Casa Rosada with European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen to discuss the South American country's trade relations with the European Union (EU), as well as the Mercosur-EU agreement ahead of next month's Summit with CELAC in Brussels.

  • Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 06:37 UTC

    MSC shopping for up to 24 dual-fuelled 8,000 TEU ships

    MSC, which recently became the first liner in the world to have a 5m slot fleet, has a giant order book of new builds, with more than 1.5m slots on order

    World’s largest container line, Mediterranean Shipping C, MSC, is shopping again in Asia for more new builds. Maersk Broker is reporting MSC has approached top yards in China and South Korea for a new series of dual-fuelled 8,000 TEU ships, with MSC tipped to be enquiring for both LNG and methanol dual-fuel vessels.