International

• Sunday, December 1st 2024 - 23:21 UTC

  Argentina authorize RRS James Cook research missions in the Southwestern Atlantic

  

  The Argentine Federal Fisheries Council has agreed to grant authorization to Britain’s RRS James Cook belonging to the Natural Environment Research Council, NERC, to advance scientific research operations in Argentina’s EEZ, involving two main projects.

• Saturday, November 30th 2024 - 10:21 UTC

  Brazil successfully completes first phase of Operation Potiguar

  

  Brazil's Air Force confirmed Friday the successful launch of an unmanned rocket into space. The unit was built with 100% national technology, it was also explained at the Barreira do Inferno Center in Parnamirim, in the State of Rio Grande do Norte.

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 21:46 UTC

  Brazilian becomes oldest man alive

  

  Brazil's 112-year-old João Marinho Neto has been confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest man alive following the death on Nov. 25 of Briton John Alfred Tinniswood, who was also 112.

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:57 UTC

  France's Parliament gives thumbs down to EU-Mercosur FTA

  

  France's Parliament was unusually united this week in rejecting the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), thus yielding to protests from local farmers who fear unfair competition. The Senate gave its thumbs down Thursday, just one day after the Lower House did the same by 484 votes against 70.

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

  Falklands Argos Group receives freezer trawler to catch squid

  

  Just a few weeks after the delivery of Prion to its Spanish-Falklands joint venture owners, the Nodosa Shipyard in Marín has delivered a second 85-metre freezer trawler designed to catch squid in the South Atlantic.

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Colombia says more time needed for visas with UK

  

  Colombia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom Roy Barreras asked Home Secretary Yvette Cooper for a meeting to postpone the application of the visa requirement saying it was highly untimely to set it into force ahead of the Christmas Holidays.

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Schmidt Ocean Institute will explore South Atlantic Ocean in 2025

  

  The California based Schmidt Ocean Institute (*) has announced its 2025 expedition schedule will take it to the South Atlantic Ocean, including Antarctica, South Georgia, Patagonian shelf, Mar del Plata and Uruguay.

• Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 21:19 UTC

  De Moraes says there is no such thing as self-regulation of social media

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes said Thursday that the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising in the country's capital proved that self-regulation of social networks does not work as its defenders claim it does. The magistrate spoke of the system's “bankruptcy” as the STF resumed reviewing the liability of companies operating social networks for the content posted by users, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

  Latin American Forum of Ideas 2024 kicking off in Asunción

  

  Former Presidents and experts in various fields are to convene on Thursday and Friday at Asunción's Sheraton Hotel for the Latin American Ideas Forum (FLI) 2024, a space for innovation and international cooperation under the motto “Connecting the present with the future of Latin America”.

• Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 00:12 UTC

  Online entertainment in France and its economic impacts

  

  Much has changed over the last decade regarding online entertainment in France. The growth of on-demand streaming, online gaming, video and music platforms, and the creation of digital content and virtual casinos have altered customer behavior and brought substantial value propositions. This review focuses on identifying the main trends promoting this shift, the role of these industries in France economy, France economy problems, and the legal framework.