International

• Friday, September 6th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez pledges to honor debts as long as it doesn't harm Argentines

  

  Argentina's likely next president, opposition front-runner Alberto Fernandez, laid out his populist credentials during a visit to Madrid on Thursday, saying local Argentine interests would trump those of creditors and energy investors.

• Friday, September 6th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Major oil companies billions in investments incompatible with Paris climate accord, claims energy think-tank

  

  Major oil companies have approved US$50 billion of projects since last year that will not be economically viable if governments implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, think-tank Carbon Tracker said in a report published on Friday.

• Friday, September 6th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazilian minister iterates that Brigitte Macron is in effect “truly ugly”

  

  A Brazilian government minister said French first lady Brigitte Macron was “truly ugly” on Thursday, only days after the country's president appeared to endorse an attack on her appearance. Brazil's economy minister Paulo Guedes said he agreed with President Jair Bolsonaro's comments about Macron's looks.

• Friday, September 6th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Fed estimates US/China trade war could cost US$ 850bn in lost global trade

  

  Trade policy uncertainty driven by the Trump administration's escalating dispute with China means hundreds of billions of dollars in lost U.S. output and as much as US$850 billion lost globally through early next year, research published this week by the Federal Reserve suggests.

• Friday, September 6th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Desperate need for medicines, food and shelter in Bahamas ravaged by hurricane Dorian

  

  More than 76,000 people out of a population of 395.000, could require food and other aid in the Bahamas after the Caribbean nation was ravaged by Hurricane Dorian, the UN's World Food Program said on Thursday, with eight tons of supplies ready to arrive.

• Friday, September 6th 2019 - 07:50 UTC

  A “sheared” Johnson campaigns in Scotland; Monday he will insist again with a snap election

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson heads to Scotland on Friday in campaign mode despite failing to call an early election after MPs this week thwarted his hardline Brexit strategy.

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 20:23 UTC

  World cereal and sugar prices dip in August, but meat is up 12.3% in eight months

  

  Global food prices declined in August, driven by sharp falls in the prices of staple cereals and sugar, according to a report issued today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro accused Bachelet of meddling in Brazil´s affairs for condemning police violence

  

  Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused Chile's former leader Michelle Bachelet, now the United Nations human rights chief, of meddling in his country's affairs after she criticized a rise in police violence and an erosion of democracy.

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez under fire from Zion organization for comments on “oranges from Israel”

  

  Former president of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has come under fire from Argentina’s Jewish community after referring to fruit imports from Israel.

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  PM Johnson defeated: parliament reject early election and insist on delaying Brexit to January

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was left in limbo on Wednesday after MPs voted to derail his Brexit plan and rejected his call for an early election to break the political deadlock.