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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:24 UTC
Rich Chinese beef consumers are becoming more aware of traceability and Amazon deforestation

A survey conducted in Beijing and Shanghai between two renowned academic groups in China and Brazil, revealed that some Chinese consumers are willing to pay more for beef, provided it is not linked to deforestation in the Amazon and have a budding interest in traceability.
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 18:52 UTC
No diplomatic conflict between Argentina and Spain following Minister's remarks about Milei

Spain's Government Monday ruled out any diplomatic conflict with Argentina after Transport Minister Oscar Puente's derogatory remarks last week against Javier Milei, whose spokesman Manuel Adorni said in Buenos Aires that “for us, it is a settled issue.”
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 08:34 UTC
Legendary Argentine football coach César Menotti dies aged 85

César Luis Menotti, the man who coached Argentina to their first World Cup title in 1978 at home and was in charge of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) management that put together the team that won the Qatar 2022 version, died Sunday in Buenos Aires, aged 85. Menotti had been hospitalized weeks ago with a severe anemia but was discharged days later.
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 08:04 UTC
Milei lands in LA for gathering with world personalities

Argentine President Javier Milei arrived in Los Angeles Sunday to participate at Milken Institute's global conference too be staged Monday at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills bringing together a series of world political and business leaders. It is Milei's fourth trip to the United States since winning the elections and third since he took office.
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Sunday, May 5th 2024 - 11:23 UTC
IAATO appoints John McKeon as Executive Committee and Chair

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has appointed John McKeon as Executive Committee (EC) Chair and welcomed Brandon Harvey and Jørn Henriksen to the top team during this year’s annual meeting.
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Saturday, May 4th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Japanese PM discusses Mercosur FTA with Paraguay's President

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Friday in Asunción to strengthen bilateral ties as well as to further discuss a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). Peña, who holds the group's rotating presidency, expressed in a statement his “fervent desire” to “move forward with a free trade agreement between Mercosur and Japan.”
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Saturday, May 4th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Milei's Office condemns slanderous statements by Spanish official

The Government of Argentina was angered Friday after Spain's Transport Minister Oscar Puente said President Javier Milei was “ingesting substances.” Casa Rosada replied with a communiqué outlining the alleged involvement of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's wife in a case of corruption that nearly led to his resignation and insisted Madrid should remain focused on those affairs.
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Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Mondino says all Chinese people look the same and becomes social media laughingstock

Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino took heavy social media flak Thursday after her remarks in a newspaper interview that all Chinese people looked the same. Therefore nobody could know whether or not the staff at the controversial base in the Neuquén province were scientists.
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Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 09:48 UTC
World Press Freedom Day 2024: environmental journalism, an increasingly dangerous profession

The world is going through an unprecedented environmental emergency which poses an existential threat to this and future generations. People need to know about this – and journalists and media workers have a key role in informing and educating them.
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Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 10:16 UTC
Colombia breaks up with Israel over Gaza deployment

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Wednesday announced that his country would be severing diplomatic ties with Israel as of Thursday over the latter's military deployment in Gaza at the behest of its “genocidal” head of government. Petro also insisted that “if Palestine dies, humanity dies.”
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