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  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Russian diplomats in Buenos Aires invoke immunity to skip breathalyzer tests

    Unaware of the concept of “diplomatic immunity,” the Buenos Aires City Traffic Police threatened to embargo the vehicles if the drivers did not acquiesce to testing

    The Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires filed a protest Wednesday before the Argentine Government of President Javier Milei after traffic police tried the test three members of the diplomatic mission for alcohol.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 09:41 UTC

    Ex IMF managing director to prison for the second time on tax fraud and corruption

    Rato also served as Spanish deputy prime minister and economy minister in Jose Maria Aznar's Popular Party (PP), conservative government from 1996 to 2004

    The former managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Spain's Conservative deputy prime minister, Rodrigo Rato was sentenced on Friday to four years and nine months in prison by the Madrid Provincial Court.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 09:31 UTC

    Falklands Men’s football team invited to the Orkney Games 2025

    It is summer time in the southern hemisphere and there is plenty of sports activity in the Falkland Islands. And not only has a cricket pitch been inaugurated as well as a club house, pavilion and bar, but also the first match against an MPC team was won by Stanley.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 09:09 UTC

    At least 29 survivors reported in Brazilian-built airliner crash

    There were contradicting versions as to the cause of the accident

    A Brazilian-built Embraer E-190 jet of Azerbaijan Airlines registration 4K-AZ65 carrying 67 people crashed near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau Wednesday, killing 38 people, while 29 others, including three children, were rushed to emergency services for treatment. The passengers included 37 Azerbaijanis, 16 Russians, 6 Kazakhstanis, and 3 Kyrgyzstan nationals.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 09:02 UTC

    German fascism on the rise, and is admired by Elon Musk

    Musk was born into a wealthy South African family, went to university in Canada, and only moved to the United States when he was 20

    By Gwynne Dyer - Alternativ fur Deutschland (AfD) means ‘The Alternative for Germany’ — and the alternative on offer is fascism. Not actual Nazism, but the AfD uses fascist rhetoric and tactics to attract German voters. It has also attracted some improbable foreign admirers.

  • Thursday, December 26th 2024 - 08:35 UTC

    Argentine meat exports to Philippines approved

    The two countries also agreed on a reciprocal control and certification scheme

    Argentina has been cleared to start poultry, pork, beef cuts on the bone, and gibblets to the Philippines through an agreement also contemplating reciprocity between the two countries' control and certification systems, which will speed future approvals, it was announced in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, December 24th 2024 - 18:29 UTC

    Happy New Year to all our readers!

    As 2024 draws to a close, all of us at MercoPress.com extend our warmest wishes to our subscribers and readers around the globe. May this holiday season bring joy, peace, and meaningful moments shared with loved ones.

  • Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 22:19 UTC

    Nissan and Honda sign MOU toward merger by 2026

    ”It is necessary to make a bolder change than a collaboration in specific areas,” Mibe said

    It was more than rumors that Japanese automotive giants Nissan and Honda were eyeing a merger by 2026 which would revolutionize the industry with the appearance of what in Reuters' view would be the third-largest auto group worldwide. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding whereby discussions about integration via a joint holding company would go on during 2025, it was announced. Earlier this month, Nissan's CEO Makoto Uchida admitted that the company's situation was “severe.”

  • Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Venezuela steps up Essequibo deployment amid dispute with Guyana

    Guyanese President Irfaan Ali called the construction of a bridge on Ankoko Island an “illegitimate claim”

    Venezuela's Bolivarian regime has built a bridge reaffirming its sovereignty claims over Guyana Essequiba. The provisional structure will allow the arrival of heavier machinery for the definitive bridge, it was explained. Last Thursday, a fixed bridge over the Cuyuní River on the island of Anacoco was inaugurated as part of the Venezuelan government's efforts to reaffirm its sovereignty over that disputed region. Attending the ceremony were Defense Minister Vladímir Padrino López and Transport Minister Ramón Velásquez Araguayán, among other high-ranking officials and military commanders.

  • Monday, December 23rd 2024 - 08:57 UTC

    MMO celebrates £30 million in support provided to UK fishing and seafood industry in 2024

    Fishing boats at the entrance to the harbour at Lyme Regis Dorset England

    The Marine Management Organization (MMO) is proud to celebrate its extensive support to the UK’s fishing and seafood industry in 2024 through various administered grant schemes.