Stories for November 2021

Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:14 UTC
US, China agree to fight climate change together

China and the United States and China Wednesday agreed to work together in the fight against climate change, an announcement which was welcomed at the UN's Climate COP26 Summit in Glasgow.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:07 UTC
Venezuelan workers demand better salaries

Venezuelan workers Wednesday took to the streets Wednesday to demand a change in the country's policies together with better pay for them and their families.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:01 UTC
UK pledges HGVs will be zero-emission by 2040; unveils new chargepoint design

The United Kingdom has announced all-new road vehicles in the country will be zero-emission within the next two decades, while charge points are to be the main focus to adapt to the EV revolution.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Sukey receives her OBE “for services to the people of the Falkland Islands”

Former Falkland Islands Government Representative at Falklands House in London, Sukey Cameron, received her OBE from HRH the Duke of Cambridge at Windsor Castle.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 08:55 UTC
Royal Navy's Type 83 destroyer project will enter concept phase early next year

The Royal Navy's Type 83 destroyer project, the replacement for the Type 45, will enter the concept phase early next year, it was announced in Parliament. Minister for Defence Procurement, Jeremy Quin was responding to being asked when the concept and assessment phase for the Type 83 destroyer would formally begin.
Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 20:31 UTC
Biden, AMLO and Trudeau to meet Nov. 18 in Washington

US President Joseph Biden, his Mexican colleague Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will get together Nov. 18 in Washington DC for the North American Leaders Summit, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 19:55 UTC
Singapore halts execution because the man to be hanged had COVID

Singapore's Judiciary has decided to halt the execution of a 33-year-old Malayan citizen who had been sentenced to death for drug smuggling after the inmate was diagnosed with COVID-19.
Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 19:43 UTC
Sustainable goals require funding, Brazilian minister tells Glasgow

Brazil's Environment Minister Joaquim Leite Wednesday demanded attendees at Glasgow's COP26 Summit that it was up to the wealthiest countries in the world to provide for the financing of the developing nations' clean development strategies.
Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:38 UTC
Bill allowing Chileans to withdraw yet another 10% of pension savings does not make it through the Senate

A bill authorizing Chileans to make a fourth withdrawal of pension funds to cope with economic shortcomings due to restrictive measures taken during the fight against COVID-19 has failed to make it through the Senate.
Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:34 UTC
Brazil's STF poised to terminating Bolsonaro's secret funds

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) looked poised Tuesday to bring the existence of confidential funds to an end. According to this mechanism dating back to 2020, a parliamentarian acts each year as “budget rapporteur,” suggesting federal agencies where and how to spend that money.