International

Tuesday, August 15th 2023 - 10:23 UTC
Argentine devaluation consistent with IMF guidelines

The International Monetary Fund es expected to release over US$ 10 billion to Argentina which might come as some sort of relief following Monday's decision to devaluate the local peso in the aftermath of the government's poor performance Sunday at the Open, Mandatory, and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections.
Tuesday, August 15th 2023 - 10:08 UTC
A Falklands Day full of celebrations, King's message and flag flying in Parliament

14 August is Falklands Day and commemorates the first sighting of the Falkland Islands on that day in 1592 by the English navigator and explorer, John Davis, on board his 120 ton vessel 'Desire'. Davis (1550-1605) was one of the principal navigators under Queen Elizabeth I.
Tuesday, August 15th 2023 - 09:58 UTC
New Covid-19 subvariant detected in Argentina

Argentine health authorities have confirmed the detection in the South American country of the new Eris subvariant of the Covid-19 virus. The cases were confirmed in Cordoba and in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, it was reported. EG.5, a sublineage of the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, has already been found in the United States, Mexico, Ecuador, and Colombia.
Monday, August 14th 2023 - 10:57 UTC
Falklands: Milei favors diplomacy and the Hong Kong model, respecting people's wishes

He has become the rising (unexpected) star of Argentine politics, after defeating all other presidential hopefuls on Sunday's primary elections. The outspoken economist, promising libertarian changes, Javier Milei managed more than 30% of votes, ahead of the candidates from the two coalitions which were believed to have monopolized Argentine politics in recent decades, the opposition grouping with 27%, and the Kirchnerite incumbent coalition 28%.
Monday, August 14th 2023 - 10:14 UTC
Uruguay: Mujica says apology to China over OPVs is in order

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica said the current head of state Luis Lacalle Pou should apologize to China for the sloppiness in the purchase of two Ocean Patrol Vessels (OPVs) for the South American country's Navy from Spanish shipyard Cardama.
Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:54 UTC
Japan resumes poultry imports from Brazil

Japan has honored the agreement it signed late last month with Brazilian authorities and resumed importing live poultry and meat, eggs, and poultry products after halting these purchases in June following the discovery of the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a domestic poultry farm in the municipality of Serra, in the Metropolitan Region of Vitória, the capital of the State of Espírito Santo, Agencia Brasil reported.
Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:30 UTC
Legionella forces the removal of UK asylum seekers from Bibby Stockholm barge

Frustration for 10 Downing Street migrant policy. The United Kingdom was forced to remove migrants from the barge where they were being held after Legionella bacteria was found in the water supply, the government said on Friday.
Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:20 UTC
Tech billionaires Musk and Zucherberg in an ¨epic cage duel, Roman style¨

A Roman duel in tech times. In effect, Elon Musk on Friday said he spoke with Italy's culture minister, Gennaro Sangiuliano, about planning a cage fight with rival tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg in Italy.
Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 08:51 UTC
Number of kids vaccinated against Covid-19 going down in Brazil

According to a study released Friday, the number of Brazilian children aged between 6 months and 5 years old who have taken at least two doses of Covid-19 vaccine has gone down, Agencia Brasil reported.
Friday, August 11th 2023 - 17:39 UTC
China's largest property developers on thin ice: 'Country Garden' admits losses of US$ 7,6bn in six months

One of China's biggest property developers, Country Garden has warned that it could see a loss for the first six months of the year of up to US$7.6bn., the latest sign of the major issues faced by the world's second-largest economy.