International

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Massa clinches IMF deal pending board approval

  

  Argentina's Superminister Sergio Massa and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristialina Georgieva Monday reached an agreement for a US$ 4 billion loan for the country's Central Bank (BCRA).

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:33 UTC

  Uruguayan President signs book of condolences over Queen's death

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday went over to the residence of the United Kindom's Ambassador in Montevideo Faye O'Connor to sign the book of condolences for the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Charles III proclaimed in the Falkland Islands

  

  With the presence of Falkland Islands elected members of the Legislative Assembly, top officials from the government, and representatives from BFSAI, Governor Alison Blake CMG proceed to proclaim the new sovereign, His Majesty Charles III.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Gibraltar confirms Bank Holiday for State Funeral September 19th

  

  In keeping with Royal Protocol for the State Funeral of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Government of Gibraltar has confirmed that the day of Her Late Majesty’s Funeral, Monday 19th September 2022, will be a Bank Holiday in Gibraltar.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  UK unemployment in Q2 at its lowest level since 1974: 3,6%

  

  United Kingdom unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since 1974 in the three months to July, latest official figures show. The jobless rate fell to 3.6% over the period, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Deep changes in China's beef market expected for 2023, USDA report

  

  Economic hardships, combined with the government’s determination to keep its zero-tolerance policy for Covid-19, are likely to bring Chinese beef imports down by 19.4% in 2023, according to the latest report by USDA

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Charles III and Queen Consort visit Northern Ireland

  

  King Charles III will make his first visit to Northern Ireland as monarch on Tuesday, as part of a tour of the UK. He will meet Stormont's party leaders and receive a message of condolence from the speaker of the assembly.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 19:17 UTC

  Bolsonaro plans to attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed he will be attending Queen Elizabeth II's funeral next Monday in London, from where he will fly straight to New York for the United Nations General Assembly the following day. Traditionally, the Brazilian president's speech opens the conference.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Turkey rejects scrapping Brazilian air carrier because of undeclared hazardous materials

  

  The decommissioned Brazilian navy air carrier Sao Paulo, originally the Foch, a French Clemenceau-class carrier, built in the late 1950s and commissioned in 1963 is being towed back to Rio do Janeiro, unable to reach Turkey to be scrapped.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  RAF AirTanker heading to Brize Norton from MPA lands in Rio do Janeiro

  

  An Airbus A330-200 from AirTanker, on contract with the Royal Air Force (RAF), has reportedly made an unscheduled landing at the Galeao airport in Rio do Janeiro. The aircraft took off from the Falkland Islands on Friday (09/09) afternoon, on a regular flight to Brize Norton, with a stopover in Cape Verde, but ended in Rio.