International

• Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Argentina seeks to become steady supplier of food to Italy

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Friday met in Rome with his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio to broker a deal to make the South American country a steady supplier of food.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth's first broadcast in October 1940 on Children's Hour during Second World War

  

  Queen Elizabeth celebrated this week her 96th birthday this. It was in October 1940, then Princess Elizabeth, who delivered a broadcast on Children’s Hour during the Second World War. The 14-year-old royal, joined by her sister Princess Margaret at Windsor Castle, called on evacuated youngsters to have courage, telling them she and Margaret knew what it was like to be separated from those they loved.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 18:56 UTC

  PAHO says some countries not meeting vaccination targets despite proper supply

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Friday reported that over two-thirds of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean is already vaccinated against COVID-19, although certain countries have yet to reach even half of their population.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 18:31 UTC

  Johnson and his “special friend” Modi advance bilateral ties between UK, India

  

  India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Boris Johnson Friday discussed in New Delhi a possible Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries, in addition to other matters concerning defense, trade, climate, and energy.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil's Economy Minister says Europe keen on Mercosur deal

  

  Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Thursday said he had heard from European representatives a renewed interest in closing a trade deal with Mercosur.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Economic sanctions “destroy bridges” and stimulate “economic wars”, minister Guedes

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro Economy minister, Paulo Guedes said that Brazil clearly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine but is point blank against imposing economic sanctions on Moscow, a close BRICS partner.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Earl of Wessex to skip Grenada stop during Caribbean tour

  

  The trip to Grenada the Earl and Countess of Wessex were planning to make this year marking the Queen's Jubilee has been called off as a precautionary measure, it was announced in London on Thursday.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 21:00 UTC

  “Inspirational” Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 96th birthday

  

  Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 96th birthday in a private ceremony surrounded by her closest relatives at Sandringham Estate in eastern England.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  IMF: inflation is Argentina's main threat

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Wednesday said the greatest risk facing Argentina was inflation. She made those remarks during a speech at the Joint Assembly of the IMF and the World Bank in Washington, DC.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Brazilian port exporters feeling the pinch of less Chinese purchases

  

  Brazilian pork exporters are facing a tight situation following the fall in shipments to China, which seems to have recovered the hog herd faster than expected, following the outbreak of African Swine Fever, ASF, a couple of years ago.