International

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 19:16 UTC

  Nobel Economic 2021 Prize goes to US-based trio

  

  David Card, Joshua D Angrist, and Guido W. Imbens have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics Monday for their research “drawing conclusions from unexpected experiments” applied to labor market analysis.

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 07:37 UTC

  UK eyes Gulf countries for FTA following Brexit

  

  After leaving the European Union, the United Kingdom is out looking for new business associates and countries in the Persian Gulf seem to be the answer.

• Sunday, October 10th 2021 - 19:41 UTC

  US will not release strategic reserve and Brent oil climbs to US$ 83 the barrel

  

  By Julianne Geiger for Oilprice.com - The Unite States Department of Energy is walking back previous comments that it was considering a release of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and a ban on crude oil exports, Bloomberg’s Javier Blas reported on Twitter.

• Sunday, October 10th 2021 - 19:30 UTC

  World food prices rose 1,2% in September and 32,8% year to year, FAO

  

  World food commodity prices rose in September, led by tightening supply conditions and robust demand for staples such as wheat and palm oil, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported. FAO's Food Price Index averaged 130.0 points in September, up 1.2% from August and 32.8% higher than in September 2020. The index tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly traded food commodities.

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 22:17 UTC

  UN recognizes that a clean, healthy, sustainable environment is a human right

  

  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on States to take bold actions to give prompt and real effect to the right to a healthy environment, following a UN Human Rights Council’s landmark decision.

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 09:41 UTC

  Russia's Ambassador to Buenos Aires seeks to sell fighter jets

  

  Russia's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Dmitri Feoktiskov met with Defense Minister Jorge Taiana to convey yet again his country's interest in selling military equipment to the South American country, it was reported Friday.

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  Journalists advocate of freedom of the press awarded 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

  

  This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Russia's Dmitry Muratov.

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Uruguay will trade with the world, President Lacalle announces

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Friday told the America Business Forum in Punta del Este that his country was moving forward in trading with the world because it is what needs to be done.

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 04:35 UTC

  Argentina: Relatives of AMIA bombing victims to appeal court ruling dismissing charges against CFK

  

  Relatives of the victims of the 1994 bombing of the Israeli Social Welfare Association of Argentina (AMIA) Friday announced they would appeal a court ruling issued Thursday in which charges against former President and current Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) were dismissed.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 17:14 UTC

  Last Man Standing: A talk with the captain who spent 688 days on board a longliner

  

  688. That is the number of days that the captain of the FV Nordic Prince, Arvid Olai Mjønes, spent on board the vessel without returning home. On the final leg of the voyage, the Norwegian captain spoke to MercoPress on board the vessel in the port of Montevideo and shared his experience during the Patagonian Toothfish fishing season in the Ross Sea during the Covid-19 pandemic.