International

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 14:58 UTC

  Putin anticipates the price of crude could reach US$ 100 a barrel

  

  The price of crude could rise to US$ 100 per barrel in coming weeks, anticipated Russian president Vladimir Putin during the Energy Week conference held in Moscow.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 08:39 UTC

  Gibraltar welcomes cruise vessel MS Borealis on its inaugural visit

  

  Business and Tourism Minister Vijay Daryanani on Wednesday welcomed the MS Borealis cruise ship on its inaugural visit to Gibraltar. MS Borealis has been Sailing for Fred Olsen Cruise Lines since July 2021, which is a UK-based, Norwegian-owned cruise shipping line with four cruise ships.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Argentine Economy Minister and IMF Director hold meeting in Washington DC

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Martín Guzmán Tuesday met in Washington DC with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to further discuss renegotiations of the country's US $ 45 billion debt.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Charges filed against Brazil's President before ICC: “The Planet vs. Bolsonaro”

  

  Charges against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro have been filed before the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) for deforestation of the Amazon, it was announced Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  Glencore sells Bolivian zinc operations to a Canadian company

  

  Swiss corporation Glencore has agreed to sell its zinc businesses in Bolivia to the Canadian company Santa Cruz Silver Mining, it was announced Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  The Hague Court awards Somalia most of the territorial sea claimed also by Kenya

  

  The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Tuesday drew a new maritime legal border between Somalia and Kenya in the Indian Ocean after a bitter legal battle between the two countries over boundaries involving areas potentially rich in oil and gas, it was announced.

• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 07:55 UTC

  Northern Ireland protocol: UK/EU on collision course heading for a trade war?

  

  The question of Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trading arrangements, better known as the EU/UK Trade and Cooperation Treaty, has the United Kingdom and the European Union on a collision course.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 20:50 UTC

  Low-Income Country debt rises to record US$860 billion in 2020

  

  Governments around the world responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with massive fiscal, monetary, and financial stimulus packages. While these measures were aimed at addressing the health emergency, cushioning the impact of the pandemic on the poor and vulnerable and putting countries on a path to recovery, the resulting debt burden of the world’s low-income countries rose 12% to a record US$860 billion in 2020, according to a new World Bank report.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 15:25 UTC

  WHO/COP26 Special report on Climate Change and Health for Glasgow climate summit

  

  Countries must set ambitious national climate commitments if they are to sustain a healthy and green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2021 - 15:10 UTC

  Gibraltar Police officers awarded Guardia Civil Order of Merit by Spain

  

  Spain's Guardia Civil honored two members of the Royal Gibraltar Police for cross-frontier work in helping combat money laundering and drug trafficking operations.