Stories for 2022

Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 22:36 UTC
Canada, Denmark agree on territorial dispute over Arctic island

Canada and Denmark have agreed on a mechanism to settle a sovereignty dispute over Hans' Island, an uninhabitable 1.2-square-kilometer territory in the Arctic Ocean which will be split into two roughly equal parts using a natural cleft in the rocky terrain as a reference.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
“People everywhere have a right to decide their own future,” PM Johnson at Falklands' Liberation ceremony

At a ceremony Tuesday morning held at Staffordshire's National Memorial Arboretum, British prime minister Boris Johnson praised the daring bravery of Veterans, recalling that on the very day, exactly forty years ago, British soldiers entered Stanley and liberated the Falkland Islands from foreign occupation. And since Liberation, the Falkland Islands have lived and thrived in peace and freedom looking into the future.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Uruguayan Defense Minister to be summoned over 747 case

Uruguayan lawmakers of the opposition Frente Amplio (FA - Broad Front) Tuesday announced they would summon Defense Minister Javier García before Congress' Defense Committee to explain why he had banned from national airspace the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 now held in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Gibraltar government officials meet with C24 Chair

Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, together with the Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia, met privately with the Chair of the United Nations Committee of 24, Ambassador Keisha McGuire, (Grenada), at the UN headquarters in New York.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Falklands ceremony and parade at Liberation Memorial on the 40th anniversary

Hundreds turned out in Stanley on Tuesday to follow events marking the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from the Argentine occupation in 1982.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Bolivia: UN Rapporteur says Áñez's conviction tinted with political meddling

Former Peruvian Foreign Minister Diego García-Sayán has said he saw politics had meddled in the judicial ruling whereby former Bolivian interim President Janine Àñez was sentenced to ten years in jail for crimes against the Constitution.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
“We reject any questions over the Falklands' right to self determination,” Foreign secretary Liz Truss

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss sent a strong message in support of the Falkland Islands people right to self determination on the fortieth anniversary of the Falklands Liberation, 14 June 1982, while at the same time recalling the effort and sacrifices of the troops sent to ensure that aggression could not succeed.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
World War III has been declared, Pope Francis says

Pope Francis last week told editors of the European cultural magazines of the Society of Jesus that, in his opinion, World War III had been declared, it was reported Tuesday by La Civilta Cattolica.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 09:36 UTC
WHO insists vaccination against monkeypox not good for everyone

The World Health Organization (WHO) Tuesday insisted on its recommendation not to vaccinate people against monkeypox en masse, despite the recent increase in the number of cases.
Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 09:28 UTC
Mexico to vaccinate children aged 5-11 against COVID-19

Mexican health authorities Tuesday announced vaccination against COVID-19 will reach children aged 5 to 11 in a country ranking 5th worldwide in the number of deaths due to this malady after the United States, Brazil, India, and Russia.