International

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 07:41 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.

• Friday, October 8th 2021 - 00:30 UTC

  Uruguay off UK's Red List, but surprising FCDO comment on the country's Covid-19 situation

  

  From 4 am on Monday 11 October, Uruguay will no longer be on the Red List for entering England. As to UK citizens planning to travel to Uruguay, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advise against all but essential travel to the whole of Uruguay based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 23:51 UTC

  Entire Mercosur out of Britain's travel red group, which is now focused solely on other LatAm nations

  

  The United Kingdom has removed 47 destinations from its travel red list, which has been narrowed down to just seven nations, all of them within Latin America and four from South America, it was announced Thursday.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 21:12 UTC

  Israeli embassies worldwide on alert for possible terrorist attack

  

  The Israeli Government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett government has placed all of its embassies and diplomatic missions worldwide on alert in view of threats of attacks from Iran that were disclosed following the arrest of a suspect who allegedly planned to murder Israeli businessmen in Cyprus.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  IMF praises Uruguay's handling of the pandemic and forecasts 3,4% recovery this year

  

  The IMF elaborated and presented this month a preliminary statement on the situation of the Uruguayan economy based on Article IV mission findings.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  UK helping Brazil to tackle vaccine innovation and R&D policies

  

  As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, governments across the world are turning their eyes to the importance of having a strong national life sciences industry – one that is capable of conducting fast, quality research and develop new health technologies to tackle incoming global health security threats.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Falklands ends a great performance, as the Manchester curtain comes down

  

  The curtain came down in Manchester on Wednesday, putting an end to the 2021 main English political parties conferences, with the Falkland Islands delegates and stand performing an excellent campaign, ahead of the Climate Change summit to be held in Glasgow hosted by London, and the coming events of next year when the Falklands will be “Looking Forward at 40”.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  UN report foresees several water shortages worldwide

  

  Climate change is expected to take its toll soon in the form of floods, hurricanes and droughts which will result in spreading water shortages worldwide, the United Nations weather agency warned in a report.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  WTO predicts global merchandise trade volume growth of 10,8% this year

  

  The World Trade Organization, WTO, is now predicting global merchandise trade volume growth of 10.8% in 2021—up from 8.0% forecasted in March—followed by a 4.7% rise in 2022.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Argentina not invited to a “vaccinated only” World Rugby Classic in Bermuda

  

  A team of ex-players from Argentina's national team known worldwide as the Pumas Classic will not be participating in this year's edition of the World Rugby Classic to be played next month in Bermuda. This is because the World Rugby Classic event will be a “vaccinated only” event, pointed out John Kane, president of the WRC.