International

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 18:34 UTC

  Venezuelan FM criticizes EU's decision to extend sanctions on gov't leaders

  

  Venezuela's Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia Thursday criticized the European Union's decision to uphold sanctions against over 50 officials of the Nicolás Maduro administration ahead of Sunday's elections.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 17:44 UTC

  Brazil hits COVID-19 infections low since May 2020

  

  Brazil has reached a new low in its rate of COVID-19 infections Wednesday, after only 9,335 new daily cases were detected over the past week, it was announced.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 15:46 UTC

  Argentine art collector pays US$ 35 million for an emblematic feminist icon painting

  

  Argentine businessman and art collector Eduardo Constantini paid 35 million dollars for an iconic painting of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo at Sotheby's in United States. The record-breaking sum for a Kahlo masterpiece is a self-portrait, “Diego and me”, was painted in 1949 and was dedicated “to Florence and Sam with love from Frida”.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  Macron praises Lula's bravery on ex-Brazilian president's European tour

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron Wednesday praised Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's “political courage,” as the former head of state (2003-2011) appears ready to return to power in next year's elections, although he denies having launched his candidacy.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Bolsonaro gov't wants Elon Musk to supply internet access to Amazon region

  

  Negotiations between Brazil's Government and entrepreneur Elon Musk to make the internet available to people in the Amazon region were announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Suspect in Haiti president's murder dies presumably of COVID-19

  

  A former Haitian policeman who had been arrested for his alleged involvement in the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has died presumably of COVID-19 while in custody, it was reported.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  German Chancellor says COVID-19 situation is critical

  

  Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday said the COVID-19 crisis in her country was reaching “dramatic” levels.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 03:42 UTC

  OPEC+ Raised Oil Production by more than 400,000 BPD in October

  

  By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com – Led by production increases in Saudi Arabia and Russia, the OPEC+ group raised its October oil output by 490,000 barrels per day (BPD), TASS news agency quoted the International Energy Agency as saying in its monthly report on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 23:37 UTC

  Lacalle ratifies Uruguay's stance regarding Mercosur opening up to the world

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou has insisted Mercosur needed modernizing and it is along those lines that his country was seeking one-on-one free-trade deals with the United States and China

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  RRS Sir Attenborough off to Antarctica; Falklands' call in three weeks and a half

  

  Britain’s new polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, departed the UK this week for its maiden voyage to Antarctica. She left Harwich on Tuesday, with 66 crew and personnel on board, for a short stop at Portsmouth to take on fuel before departing the UK by 18 November.