International

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 22:16 UTC

  Hand-of-God ball sells for US$ 2.4 million

  

  The ball Argentine football star Diego Maradona punched through English keeper Peter Shilton's fists to score the opening goal of the quarterfinal match the eventual champions went past during the Mexico 1986 World Cup sold Wednesday at auction for £2 million (US$2.4 million).

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 19:54 UTC

  Missiles crisis: Reports of war spreading to Poland cooled down

  

  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was placed under alert early Wednesday after two missiles hit Przewodow, a town in eastern Poland near the Ukrainian border, killing two people. The incident also led most activities at the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, to be canceled as world leaders needed to focus on this more urgent matter.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Paraguay not bowing to global pressure against cattle farming

  

  Paraguay's delegation attending the COP27 climate summit at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh Tuesday announced that the South American country would not endorse any collective statement curbing livestock farming.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  LATAM pilots' strike avoided at last minute; airline activity rapidly picking up

  

  Minutes before deadline officials from the Chilean/Brazilian carrier Latam and the Pilots Union reached over the weekend an agreement which deactivated what seemed an unavoidable strike. The reason for the strike dates back to 2020, when Latam fired 240 pilots and cut the remaining professionals salaries by 30%.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Brazil signs biodiversity deal with Indonesia and Congo

  

  Brazil's Foreign Ministry announced that the South American country had reached a biodiversity agreement with Indonesia and Congo to preserve their respective tropical rainforests, which are the largest in the world.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  The Red Ensign Group at the Amsterdam Superyacht Forum

  

  Evolve or repeat – the stark message of this year’s Superyacht Forum – will see members of the Red Ensign Group (REG) (*) driving forward discussions about the future of the industry.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 08:41 UTC

  Venezuela to defend Essequibo case before ICJ

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday announced that his administration would resort to The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) to solve the territorial dispute with Guyana over the Essequibo region.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 19:18 UTC

  World population crosses 8-billion threshold, UN says

  

  According to an assessment from the United Nations (UN), the world's population Tuesday crossed the 8-billion-people threshold, which represented an “unprecedented growth” from the 2.5 billion humans living on Earth by 1950.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 19:14 UTC

  FIFA Chief calls for truce during football World Cup

  

  FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who is in Bali attending the G20 Summit, Tuesday called for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and recalled that the former hosted the 2018 World Cup finals and the latter is vying to co-organize the 2030 event with Spain and Portugal.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 14:04 UTC

  President Fernández recovers in time for Xi Jinping meeting

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández overcame his bout of low blood pressure and was able to meet with his Chinese colleague Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Bali.