International

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:32 UTC

  International tax rules reform: 130 countries support minimum 15% rate on large multinationals’ profits

  

  Following two days of discussions hosted by Paris based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, 130 countries, representing more than 90% of global GDP, joined a new two-pillar plan to reform international taxation rules and ensure that multinational enterprises pay a fair share of tax wherever they operate. But Ireland and eight other countries decline to accept the agreement.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:04 UTC

  World Bank names new LatAm, Caribbean Chief Economist

  

  The Washington DC headquarters of the World Bank Thursday announced William Maloney has been appointed as of July 1 as its new Chief Economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 07:06 UTC

  Bezos flying to space with a woman pilot, 82, trained to be an astronaut

  

  Aerospace company Blue Origin's owner Jeff Bezos will go to space with an 82-year-old woman pilot, the firm said Thursday. Wally Funk was one of the first women trained to fly to space but was denied astronaut wings decades ago because of her gender.

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego approves bill banning salmon farming in its waters; Chilean environmentalist groups cheer the decision

  

  Tierra del Fuego lawmakers on Wednesday approved, unanimously the bill which bans salmon farming in the waters of the province. Sponsored by Pablo Villegas from the provincial party, Movimiento Popular Fueguino, the bill privileges the environment over such an industry, and according to its promoters places Argentina at the head of the green economy.

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Soybean rise to US $ 532 a ton in Chicago

  

  The price of soybeans sprang back to above US $ 500 in the Chicago market Wednesday after a US $ 33.2 rise fueled by a new report on stocks and planting from the Department of Agriculture of the United States (USDA).

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Brazil: Fudgy deal to purchase Indian covid-19 vaccine raises doubts about Bolsonaro's knowledge of the case

  

  The State Attorney's Office in Brasilia launched an enquiry into the alleged mishandlings by government officials regarding the acquisition of a supply of the Indian-made anticoronavirus Covaxin immunizer.

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  Argentine President Fernández joins Paris Equality Forum online after cancelling trip

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday promised to continue working to “guarantee more equality and more rights” to women, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people.

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 00:20 UTC

  Melt lakes: Scientists detect sudden large Antarctic water mass drains empty

  

  Scientists in Australia and the United States are reporting the sudden loss of a large ice-covered Antarctic lake covering an area of eleven square kilometres. The rare event occurred during the winter of 2019 on Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica and was noticed in satellite images the following summer by Dr Roland Warner from the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership at the University of Tasmania.

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 00:07 UTC

  Flying car lands successfully in Slovakia

  

  A Slovak-designed vehicle that can perform both as a car and an aeroplane completed an 80-kilometre stretch from Nitra to Bratislava and eventually left the airport into the streets of the country's capital.

• Wednesday, June 30th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Floods and droughts mean yearly losses worth US $ 1 billion for Argentina, says World Bank

  

  A new report titled “Impact of Climate Crisis on Poverty and the Argentine macroeconomy” points out the serious consequences of the impact of climate change on the Argentine economy, mainly due to losses caused by floods and droughts, the World Bank announced Tuesday.