International

• Thursday, July 11th 2019 - 14:10 UTC

  Mariachis play as last Volkswagen Beetle ever rolls off Puebla assembly line

  

  Carmakers Volkswagen hosted a ceremony in Puebla, Mexico, Wednesday to mark the discontinuation of the famed Beetle or Bug model as the last unit ever rolled off the assembly line to a mariachi band and surrounded by proud factory workers, the company announced.

• Wednesday, July 10th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Guaidó justifies his dialogue strategy with the Maduro government

  

  The government of Nicolás Maduro and the Venezuelan opposition will sit down at the same table to negotiate an exit to the political, social and economic crisis that the country is experiencing, this time in Barbados, despite the little motivation that exists among the Venezuelans to consolidate an agreement and the unsuccessful attempts of the past.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Mercosur/EU trade agreement very positive for the Brazilian meat industry

  

  A trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc of countries could facilitate other agreements and open up new markets for Brazil’s massive beef-packing industry, a trade group said.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  Another serious cruise incident rattles Venice and questions large vessels' traffic in canals too close to the city

  

  A giant cruise ship very narrowly missed a yacht while being towed out of Venice late Sunday, just a month after a collision there renewed the controversy over the giant vessels. The 12-deck Costa Deliziosa, which is nearly 300 meters long and carries more than 3,800 passengers and crew, was being towed out in stormy conditions when the near-miss happened.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 10:10 UTC

  UK takes distance from Ambassador Darroch's leaked memos on Trump; “we're not big fans of the UK envoy” says US president

  

  US President Donald Trump hit back on Sunday and the UK launched an inquiry after leaked memos revealed Britain's ambassador in the US had described the president and his White House as “inept” and “uniquely dysfunctional”.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 08:39 UTC

  Deutsche Bank plans to cut one in five jobs, some 18.000 employees

  

  Deutsche Bank plans to cut 18,000 jobs in a sweeping, €7.4 billion overhaul designed to turn around Germany's struggling flagship lender The plan represents a major retreat from trading by Deutsche Bank, which for years had tried to compete as a major force on Wall Street.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  Guaidó announces new round of dialogue with Maduro in Barbados

  

  Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido said on Sunday a new dialogue between the opposition and President Nicolas Maduro's government would be held in Barbados. He did not specify a date for resumption of talks at the new venue, in the Caribbean, after earlier discussions stalled in Norway.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 08:08 UTC

  Unesco recognizes Australian aboriginal 6.000-year old sophisticated aquaculture

  

  An Aboriginal settlement older than the pyramids that provides evidence that indigenous Australians developed sophisticated aquaculture thousands of years ago has been granted World Heritage status, the UN has announced.

• Sunday, July 7th 2019 - 11:41 UTC

  Russia claims releases from “whale prison” have been successful: Greenpeace and scientists criticize

  

  Russian research scientists defended the way they released eight whales back into the wild last week and said on Thursday they would release scores more of the captive animals in the same way despite anger from environmental groups.

• Sunday, July 7th 2019 - 11:17 UTC

  WWF warns on “super fires” afflicting Europe and calls for forestry management

  

  Global conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned on Thursday of the risks from new faster-spreading “super fires” in the wake of heat waves and droughts that have been afflicting Europe in what many see as a symptom of climate change.