International

Friday, July 29th 2022 - 19:02 UTC
Brazilian steel exports to the EU soar 830% in five months because of the Ukraine war

Brazilian steel industry sales have ballooned since the start of the war in Ukraine sparked by the Russian invasion of its territory, which began in February. According to Steel Institute data, shipments of the metal raw material to the European Union increased by more than 830% in the first five months of this year, y-to-y, coinciding with the period of warfare in Eastern Europe.
Friday, July 29th 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Dissertation: Spanish-English contact in the Falkland Islands

By Yliana Rodríguez (*) for MercoPress – A cosmic coincidence happened to me some months ago. I was notified that my PhD defense committee only coincided on June 14, meaning that would be the date to defend my thesis about Falkland Islands English in contact with Spanish.
Friday, July 29th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
Full dinosaur skeleton auctioned for over US$ 6 million

The complete skeleton of a dinosaur that lived at the end of the Cretaceous era has been sold Thursday in a Sotheby's auction in New York for US$ 6.1 million to an anonymous bidder who also purchased the rights to name the fossilized creature at will, it was announced.
Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 22:03 UTC
Bolsonaro lashes back at DiCaprio over social media postings

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again aimed his cannons at US actor Leonardo DiCaprio for his denunciations of the devastation of the Amazon.
Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 22:00 UTC
China: Full lockdown reinstated in Wuhan area due to COVID-19

In line with their Zero-COVID policy, Chinese authorities have placed an entire district on the outskirts of Wuhan under strict lockdown for the first time since 2020, it was reported.
Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:15 UTC
UNWTO helping to promote tourism as a pillar of Paraguay's economic development

Paraguayan president Mario Abdo Benitez during the Renewable Energy and Sustainable Tourism event, welcomed this week UNWTO’s support as the county works to make tourism a central pillar of economic growth, social opportunity and jobs.
Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:11 UTC
The largest pink diamond in 300 years, was mined in Angola, “Rose of Lulo”

Australia's Lupaca Diamond Company has reported that miners in Angola have extracted a rare pure pink diamond, considered the largest to have been discovered in the world in 300 years. The 170-carat, 34 grams diamond has been dubbed “the Rose of Lulo”, after the mine in northeast Angola where it was extracted.
Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:03 UTC
Kiwi lawmakers want country's name changed to Aotearoa

A group of New Zealand lawmakers mooted for the country to be renamed Aotearoa, which would much better reflect its Maori ancestry, and the Wall Street Journal has picked up on their bid this week.
Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
“Brazil needs fertilizers to help feed the world, we can't condemn Russia” admits Bolsonaro

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro reiterated his opposition to economic sanctions against Russia and described the Brazilian government's position in the Ukrainian conflict as one of “equilibrium” since Brazil needs a steady supply of Russian fertilizers for its powerful agribusiness sector.
Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Lacalle Pou and Zelensky hold a telephone conversation: here's what they talked about

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on the telephone and conveyed to him the South American country's stance condemning Russia's invasion.