International

• 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.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Brazil rice exports in 2021 should reach 1,2 million tons

  

  Brazil's rice exports are expected to reach 1.2 million tons this year according to estimates from ABIARROZ (the Brazilian rice industry association), based on overseas sales between January and October which totalled 958,000 tons.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  “Tobacco industry used Covid-19 pandemic to build influence with governments”, WHO report

  

  The fourth WHO global tobacco trends report release shows that there are 1.30 billion tobacco users globally compared to 1.32 billion in 2015. This number is expected to drop to 1.27 billion by 2025. Sixty countries are now on track to achieving the voluntary global target of a 30% reduction in tobacco use between 2010 and 2025: two years ago only 32 countries were on track.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Aeroflot to serve Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro

  

  Russia's flag carrier Aeroflot has announced a series of new routes as COVID-19 travel restrictions are being lifted internationally.