International

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  World Cup qualifier in Brazil halted due to presence of Argentine players from red-zoned England

  

  The football World Cup qualifying match between South American giants Brazil and Argentina in Sao Paulo was halted Sunday after just seven minutes by health authorities from the host country, claiming four of the visiting players had allegedly dodged quarantine and other COVID-19 measures.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 07:00 UTC

  Record order of containers to help relieve maritime traffic congestion

  

  Hapag-Lloyd AG, the German international shipping and container transportation agency has announced it has ordered 75,000TEU containers, which will be manufactured in China and delivered within the fourth quarter of 2021.

• Sunday, September 5th 2021 - 07:24 UTC

  What’s the Mu variant? And will we keep seeing more concerning variants?

  

  By Paul Griffin (*) - This week the World Health Organization named a new “variant of interest” of the coronavirus, called the Mu variant. It was first found in Colombia in January 2021 and has been found in about 39 countries so far.

• Sunday, September 5th 2021 - 06:53 UTC

  Heathrow chaos: Huge crowds overwhelm understaffed airport

  

  Some Heathrow passengers were reporting absolutely absurd queue times due to a Border Force staff shortage which kept travelers waiting in lines for five hours.

• Sunday, September 5th 2021 - 06:46 UTC

  LATAM must reimburse boarding fees to travelers who did not fly

  

  LATAM will have to reimburse boarding fees to all those consumers who purchased air tickets and for different reasons were unable to travel. The decision is a Collective Voluntary Procedure from the Chilean National Consumer Service, Sernac and is estimated to benefit some 400,000 consumers involving some 600 million dollars.

• Sunday, September 5th 2021 - 05:17 UTC

  Google's fiber optic cable landed on St Helena

  

  Google’s new submarine cable system, Equiano, which will connect Africa and Europe, will make its first landfall later this week – on the remote island of St Helena in the South Atlantic.

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 12:05 UTC

  Falklands stand at Montevideo Show: as a matter of courtesy UK ambassador informed her Argentine peer

  

  As a “matter of courtesy” on Friday UK ambassador in Uruguay Faye O'Connor informed her Argentine peer, Alberto Iribarne that in the coming agribusiness show in Prado 2021 the Falkland Islands will have a stand.

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  French President against EU-Mercosur deal over environmental concerns

  

  France's President Emmanuel Macron Friday insisted his government would oppose the trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur due to “incompatible” differences regarding climate issues.

• Friday, September 3rd 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  IMF says Argentina needs to gradually lift currency exchange restrictions

  

  The International Monetary Fund Thursday called for a “credible and solid” plan on the part of Argentina and recommended the country gradually loosened all restrictions on foreign currency exchange.

• Friday, September 3rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  One third of Latin America, Caribbean forests under threat, study finds

  

  According to the Botanic Gardens Conservation International, “World Forestry Report” published Wednesday, one-third of the forest wealth in Latin America and the Caribbean is under threat of extinction.