International

Saturday, July 3rd 2021 - 11:37 UTC
IATA warns Argentina may face grave consequences for banning international flights

International Air Transport Association (IATA)'s Regional Vice President for America Peter Cerda Friday said Argentina was doing just the opposite compared to the rest of the world regarding aviation services and that such mercurial management might entail unwanted consequences.
Saturday, July 3rd 2021 - 07:40 UTC
China launches three month squid fishing moratorium in South West Atlantic, official release

China officially launches its voluntary fishing moratorium on the high seas from July this year to preserve squid resources in open waters, according to a resolution from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on June 28 and reported by the Xinhua news agency.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC
New Bachelet report says abuse and torture still in force in Venezuela

A new report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) released Thursday has pointed out that the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro continues to apply systematic abuse and torture, particularly to political opponents.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Temperature record for Antarctica in 2020, 18,3` Celsius at Argentine station

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recognized a new record high temperature for the Antarctic continent of 18.3° Celsius on 6 February 2020 at the Argentine Esperanza station.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:56 UTC
Vaccine passport allows for reopening of Europe's internal borders as Delta variant sneaks in

The European Union has started using unanimously the so-called “vaccine passport” as a travel document that allows holders to cross through borders within the bloc.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:49 UTC
Uruguayan meat processing plant may resume shipments to China after labelling incident in April

The Uruguayan BPU meat processing plant has been cleared to resume exports to China as of July 1 after it was banned April 9 due to a mislabelled shipment, it was announced Thursday.
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Argentina elected to the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization

Argentina was chosen to represent the Americas block at the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization and will formally take the seat next October in Morocco for the next four years. Argentina's Tourism minister Matias Lammens participated in the 66th WTO commission for the Americas, virtual meeting, which was headed by WTO chairman Zurab Pololikashvili and the current president of the Council, Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica's tourism minister.
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.