International

• Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 10:06 UTC

  BB, World Bank team up to finance greener economy in Brazil

  

  The World Bank's Board of Directors Friday approved a US$ 500 million financing project for actions in Brazil linked to sustainability and the carbon credit market. The project was approved today (23), in Washington, by the World Bank Board of Directors. Joining the initiative to create a one-stop shop is Banco do Brasil (BB).

• Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Five options for restoring global biodiversity after the UN agreement

  

  By Henrik Svedäng (*) – To slow and reverse the fastest loss of Earth’s living things since the dinosaurs, almost 200 countries have signed an agreement in Montreal, Canada, promising to live in harmony with nature by 2050. The Kunming-Montreal agreement is not legally binding but it will require signatories to report their progress towards meeting targets such as the protection of 30% of Earth’s surface by 2030 and the restoration of degraded habitats.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 18:21 UTC

  Argentina's Central Bank reserves up after IMF disbursements

  

  Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) reserves went up this week after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to disburse nearly US$ 6 billion following a successful review of the South American country's third-quarter targets. Thus, the BCRA reserves went up from US$ 39.052 billion to US$ 43.263 billion in the last 24 hours.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 14:18 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego creates a Protected Natural Area, covering 500,000 hectares of land and sea

  

  The provincial Executive of Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of Argentina, signed into law the bill creating the Protected Natural Area, Peninsula Mitre, unanimously sanctioned in early December by the local Legislative Assembly and covering some 500.000 hectares, 300.000 on land and the rest at sea.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 14:11 UTC

  UK economy contracts more than expected in the third quarter

  

  The UK economy heading for recession, contracted more than expected in the third quarter with GDP falling 0.3% against an estimated 0.2%, according to the Office for National Statistics.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 20:24 UTC

  Message from the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, to the people of the Falkland Islands

  

  Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, addressed the following message: “Hello everybody! This has been an extraordinary year. From Stanley to Portsmouth, we honored those who fought to keep the Falklands free 40 years ago. We remembered those who lost their lives, we celebrated the moment when the Union Jack was raised at Government House once again, and we pledged our continued commitment to your self-determination.”

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 18:53 UTC

  Russian gov't claims US-Ukraine “new” flag has shown its true colors

  

  While Ukraine's envoy to the United Nations Sergey Kyslytsya posted on Twitter an image of the United States flag turned blue and yellow to symbolize solidarity between the two countries, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova insisted Thursday it actually Kyiv's subordinate status.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Food banks and now “warm banks” in UK as recession deepens

  

  Food banks in a UK plunged in recession and industrial action have mushroomed to help feed people struggling with low incomes. Now, as the cost of living balloons, so-called warm banks have opened to cater to people unable to heat their homes due to skyrocketing energy bills.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  EU and US satellites together with BAS calibrating ice at Weddell Sea

  

  An ambitious flying campaign out of British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station over the Weddell Sea this month (December) aims to calibrate the data collected from two important satellites that monitor Antarctic sea ice.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Zelenski tells Biden formula for peace needed without compromising sovereignty

  

  Presidents Joseph Biden and Volodymyr Zelenski Wednesday discussed at the White House concrete steps to achieve peace with Russia without compromising Ukraine's sovereignty.