International

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  ARA Belgrano relatives will travel next October to the spot where she went down torpedoed in May 1982

  

  Relatives of the sailors who lost their lives when the sinking of the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano, during the Falklands' conflict will be travelling to the area where she went down, sometime in mid-October.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Former intelligence chief claims Maduro is head of criminal enterprise looting Venezuela

  

  Venezuela's former intelligence chief, Cristopher Figuera, who fled the country after backing a failed uprising against President Nicolas Maduro in April, has told the Washington Post the regime could still fall.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  OAS meets in Medellín and Maduro claims he derailed a coup sponsored by US, Chile and Colombia

  

  Venezuela's government said on Wednesday it had derailed a coup bid, claiming the United States, Colombia and Chile colluded in a military plot to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro and install a general and former defense minister in his place.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  First shipment of Argentine beef to the Japanese market

  

  The first-ever shipment of Argentine beef to Japan was sent on Wednesday, a significant achievement for both countries made possible through an effective and coordinated effort between health authorities, Agro-Industry Ministries, Foreign Ministries, and the respective embassies.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Macron says government will retain its stake in Renault

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday there was no need for the government to lower its stake in Renault and that he wanted the Renault-Nissan alliance to work on strengthening its synergies.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:08 UTC

  US and China seem willing to reach a trade deal next Saturday in Osaka

  

  United States president Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a trade deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping was possible this weekend but he is prepared to impose U.S. tariffs on virtually all remaining Chinese imports if the two countries continue to disagree.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 08:59 UTC

  Impersonation of Kim Jong-un and Trump dining ahead of the G20 summit

  

  The residents of Japan’s capital were treated to the extraordinary sight of Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un casually dining together, just days before the G20 summit in Osaka, only to realize the pair in question were uncanny lookalikes.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  Angela Merkel, despite Bayer anticipates the end of weed-killer glyphosate

  

  The use of Bayer's contested weed-killer glyphosate, the subject of more than 10,000 lawsuits in the US over claims it causes cancer, will eventually die out, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the country's lower house on Wednesday.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  
Spanish and Portuguese vessels overfishing sharks in the North Atlantic, claims Greenpeace

  

  Thousands of endangered sharks are killed each year in the North Atlantic due to a lack of protection against overfishing in international waters, Greenpeace said on Thursday .

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 19:21 UTC

  US$ 1.3 million found in a Venezuelan airplane in the Dominican Republic

  

  Dominican authorities found 1,378,178 million dollars inside a private plane with Venezuelan registration. It is being investigated if the confiscated money was the product of an international drug trafficking transaction.