International

Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Macri holds a 'constructive meeting' with IMF, but no news about the pending tranche of a major loan

Argentine President Mauricio Macri met with his International Monetary Fund backers in New York on Tuesday, but there was little light shed on whether the body was likely to approve a key US$ 5.4 billion tranche of funds to the indebted country.
Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Falklands recognizes the twelve year service of HMS Clyde

A special service has been held at Christ Church Cathedral on the Falkland Islands to celebrate the work of a long-standing community member - HMS Clyde. The Royal Navy's River-class vessel is recognized as the Falklands patrol ship, having been dedicated to the South Atlantic for the last 12 years.
Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Trump's Twitter mocking Greta Thunberg backfires

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg shot back at on Tuesday at US President Donald Trump's attempt to mock her on Twitter by changing her profile on the social media site to reflect Trump's taunting remark.
Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:19 UTC
Facebook states it will not be the arbiter of acceptable speech in the political arena

Facebook on Tuesday said it would not take down politicians' posts that violate its community standards and will not label them as rival Twitter has promised, saying it should not be the arbiter of acceptable speech in the political arena.
Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:07 UTC
Landmark ruling by Europe highest court strikes a balance between privacy rights and freedom of speech

If you want your past to be forgotten on the internet, it might be best to move to Europe. Google will not have to apply Europe’s “right to be forgotten” law globally, the continent’s top court ruled on Tuesday in a landmark case that has pitted personal privacy rights against freedom of speech.
Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:04 UTC
Brazilian farmers face the challenge of African Swine Fever impact in China

Chinese commodities trader COFCO said it expects a sharp drop in the number of soybeans it will source for export from Brazil this year due to an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China that has hurt demand for animal feed.
Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 17:14 UTC
Supreme Court rules suspending Parliament “unlawful”; calls for Johnson to resign; PM insists with fresh election

Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a decision by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to suspend parliament in the run-up to Brexit was “unlawful”, saying it was “void and of no effect”. The 11 judges of the country's highest court were unanimous in their verdict, which they said meant parliament could now immediately reconvene.
Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 09:53 UTC
Argentine biggest bondholders to meet with Treasury Secretary Lacunza

A group of Argentina’s biggest bondholders will meet with the country’s treasury minister in New York this Monday to hear how Latin America’s third-largest economy plans to dig itself out of its latest debt crisis.
Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 09:52 UTC
OAS votes to use Rio Treaty to implement economic sanctions to the Maduro regime, but no military action

In a meeting convened by the Organization of American States, 16 of the 19 states party to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, a 1947 pact known as the Rio Treaty, backed using the pact to collaborate on law-enforcement operations and economic sanctions against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, and associates, accusing his regime of criminal activity including drug trafficking and money laundering.
Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Bachelet feels sorry for Brazil, “how I take things, depends on who is saying them...”

U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who earlier this month came under personal attack from Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, says she feels sorry for Brazil, according to a Chilean media report published on Sunday.