International

• 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.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  UK, US, EU discussing continuation of Black Sea Grain Deal with Russia

  

  UK Foreign Secretary, High Representative of the European Union, and US Secretary of State gave a statement on global food security and Russia sanctions. The statement follows on Russia's complaints that it saw no progress on easing its exports of fertilizers and grain – parts of the Black Sea grain deal that Moscow views as fundamental to extending the initiative beyond next week.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  South Korea and Brazil developing space rocket industry; first launch next month

  

  A South Korean space startup for small launch vehicles, Innospace has signed a commercial contract to launch a Brazilian military payload, a symbolic win for the burgeoning space exploration industry from the Asian country.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Alberto Fernández unable to appear before G20 due to low blood pressure

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández was unable to deliver his speech on the opening day of the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, after suffering from an episode of hypotension and dizziness due to gastritis.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  World recovery takes center stage as G20 Summit starts

  

  The 17th G20 Summit started Tuesday in Bali, Indonesia, as dignitaries from the world's largest economies gathered under the motto “Recover Together, Recover Stronger.”

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  World's largest meat producer slowdown begins to reflect in Mercosur cattle prices

  

  Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest meat producer reported last Friday that quarterly profit plunged 47.1%, with results still beating analysts’ estimates as higher revenues helped offset shrinking margins in its U.S. beef division.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 08:50 UTC

  Biden, Xi hold bilateral meeting in Bali for show

  

  Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Joseph Biden of the United States agreed on the need to avoid an armed conflict during their meeting in Bali, Indonesia, during the G20 Summit. It was the first face-to-face encounter between the two leaders since Biden was elected.