International

• Saturday, December 31st 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  World Boxing Council to open up to transgender fighters category

  

  The World Boxing Council's (WBC) Mexican President Mauricio Sulaiman said transgender athletes may have their space in 2023.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:51 UTC

  Uruguay, a failed Mercosur summit and China's long shadow

  

  Presidential summit meetings of the Mercosur alliance were usually sedate comfortable affairs until Uruguay decided to “open up to the world” under its pro-business President Luis Lacalle Pou.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Exxon Mobil suing EU windfall tax on oil companies profits:“counter -productive”

  

  Exxon Mobil Corp is suing the European Union on the grounds that the windfall tax on oil companies will hinder investment and end up being “counter-productive”, according to media reports.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  First family of Afghan refugees arriving in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay is to welcome Thursday the first family of Afghan refugees, Así Nos Va from Montevideo's Radio Carve reported.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 18:09 UTC

  Benedict XVI seriously ill

  

  Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “very ill” and Pope Francis has asked for prayers for his predecessor, it was reported Wednesday in Vatican City.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Putin bans sale of oil to countries that abide the US$ 60 cap on Russian crude

  

  President Vladimir Putin announced Russia was banning the supply of Russian oil and oil products to countries that impose a price cap, allowing deliveries to those nations only on the basis of a special permission from the Kremlin leader.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 08:29 UTC

  Massa among world's top economy personalities of 2022, says Folha

  

  Argentina's Sergio Massa has been named among the 10 most influential people of the year in the economic and financial world by the leading Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. The list also includes Elon Musk, Jerome Powell, Bernard Arnault, and Christine Lagarde.

• Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 10:48 UTC

  President elect Lula da Silva's foreign policy strategy

  

  Foreign policy is among the priorities of the incoming Brazilian administration of president Lula da Silva, who will be taking office next January first. Designated foreign minister, Ambassador Mauro Vieira said Brazil will have a leading role in combating climate change.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Charles III message, “Christmas, celebrating the power of light overcoming darkness”

  

  It was King Charles III first Christmas message, watched by millions in the UK and Commonwealth nations. In the midst of a nation in recession, the increasing cost of living which has triggered a rash of strikes in the public sector, the King paid tribute to his mother Queen Elizabeth II's wisdom and compassion, and delivered words of hope and comfort to all those suffering from hardship and struggling to keep their families fed and warm.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Argentine Cabinet Chief has busy Christmas Day in Israel

  

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur spent Christmas Day in Israel, where he arrived last Thursday at the invitation of Chief Rabbi David Baruch Lau.