Stories for June 2022

Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Why Commonwealth summit in Rwanda won't be the re-launch some were expecting

Leaders of some 54 countries – from Africa, Europe, Asia, and Southern America – have converged on Kigali, Rwanda, until 25 June for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Philip Murphy, a professor of Commonwealth history (School of Advanced Study) examines the expectations and limitations of the Kigali conference.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Airborne Forces remember the Falkland Islands' conflict at Aldershot

The sacrifices and successes of those who took part in Operation Corporate, the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from the Argentine military forty years ago, were both commemorated and celebrated in the ‘Home of the British Army’, Aldershot.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Armed Forces Week: Making the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran

An opinion piece by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, published in The Express to mark the start of Armed Forces Week. Cabinet Office for Veterans Affairs, Steve Barclay MP
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Argentine Army Panhard AML90 refurbished in time for Falklands 40th anniversary

A French built armored reconnaissance vehicle which saw service during the 1982 Falklands conflict by the Argentine Army has been painstakingly refurbished in time for the Falklands 40th Anniversary.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 09:24 UTC
German “Green” minister admits electricity coal burning plants will have to go back into production

Germany will have to increase the burning of coal for electricity production, because of the cut in gas supplies from Russia, economy minister Robert Habeck announced, despite his Greem party's policy favoring green energy and eliminating fossil fuel.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 09:21 UTC
Petrobras CEO Coelho bows to pressure and resigns

After barely 40 days on the job, José Mauro Coelho resigned as CEO of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras due to pressure from President Jair Bolsonaro and other politicians over a recent increase in the price of fuel, which drives inflation upwards ahead of the Oct. 2 elections. Bolsonaro had dubbed the price hike a “betrayal” of the Brazilian people.
Monday, June 20th 2022 - 20:42 UTC
Third suspect arrested, five others at large in Phillips/Araújo murder

Brazilian authorities have confirmed that following scientific assessments, British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira were killed in Amazonia “with typical hunting ammunition.” Forensic experts also completed the identification of Pereira's body.
Monday, June 20th 2022 - 20:40 UTC
EU diplomat warns Paraguay needs to avert becoming a narco-state

The European Union's Ambassador in Asunción Monday said he feared Paraguay could end up turning into a narco-state if proper measures are not taken.
Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Third-time lucky Petro to lead Colombia's turn to the left

Colombia elected a leftist government this Sunday for the first time after the second round of elections. Gustavo Petro, candidate of the Historical Pact coalition, will be the country's next president after a ballotage with good participation figures where he imposed over the right-wing populist Rodolfo Hernandez, who was a candidate of the League of Anti-Corruption Rulers.
Monday, June 20th 2022 - 10:54 UTC
Alberto Fernández accuses opposition of seeking political gain from 747 case

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday argued the opposition had tried to make a political gain out of the Venezuelan-Iranian aircraft scandal by linking it “with such painful events as the AMIA bombing.”