Stories for April 2022

Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:35 UTC
Argentina takes delivery of the last of four French-built OPVs

Argentina has taken delivery of the new OPV ARA Contraalmirante Cordero built in France's shipyard in the city of Concarneau. It is the fourth and last unit from a contract signed in 2018.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:34 UTC
Russia urges Argentina, UK to resume sovereignty talks over Falkland Islands

Russia's Foreign Ministry has released a statement from Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova urging for the resumption of negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom regarding sovereignty over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:32 UTC
Germany to allow pride flag on certain occasions

Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has authorized the hoisting of the rainbow flag on public buildings, sparking an unprecedented controversy: how many more minority flags can fly next to the black-red-gold and also that of the European Union?
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:15 UTC
Food Security becomes global agencies priority challenge

The heads of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and WTO issued a joint statement on 13 April urging coordinated action to help vulnerable countries address growing threats to food security. The proposed actions include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households and countries, facilitating unhindered trade, and investing in sustainable food production and nutrition security.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:00 UTC
Colombian footballer Freddy Rincón dies aged 55

Colombia's football legend Freddy Rincón died early Thursday morning at the Cali clinic where he had been taking earlier this week following a car accident. He was 55.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 10:32 UTC
Brazil planning a second tariffs cut without Mercosur endorsement “to protect people's lives and health”

Brazil is considering a further reduction in import fees without having the endorsement of Mercosur country members, reports O Estado de Sao Paulo. The idea is to cut Import Tax rates by another 10% on most products traded with countries outside the bloc.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Drones give HMS Protector the cutting edge to punch through polar ice

Drone experts from Culdrose have given the Royal Navy’s Antarctic research ship ‘eyes in the sky’ to help Ice Patrol HMS Protector punch through the polar ice. Seventeen of the icebreaker’s crew are now qualified in operating drones from the deck of the ship, which has just completed her stint around the frozen continent for this season.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 10:28 UTC
Asylum seekers who arrive in UK on small boats will be sent to Rwanda, BBC

Some asylum seekers who arrive in the UK on small boats across the Channel will be given a one-way ticket to Rwanda, under new government plans, report BBC. Home Secretary Priti Patel is in the African nation to sign a deal for a £120m trial involving mostly single men arriving in Britain via boat crossings.
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Blinken highlights Uruguay's role in international forums

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Uruguay had “a strong voice” at the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS), “a voice that we really value.”
Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina's intelligence bureau to digitize State terrorism files

Argentina authorities have announced a plan to digitize over 250,000 documents on State terrorism carried out under various military regimes in the country's history, it was announced in Buenos Aires.