Stories for 2022

Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:41 UTC
Platinum Jubilee Trooping the Color will be held on Thursday June 2nd

Trooping the Color is a ceremonial celebration of the Queen's birthday, also known as the Queen's Birthday Parade. This year, Trooping the Color will hold special status at the start of a long weekend of official events to mark the monarch's platinum jubilee.
Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:29 UTC
Royal Navy and US Coast Guard will work together in areas of strategic interest

The Royal Navy has announced it will work more closely with the and US Coast Guard to fight crime and protect the planet. The two services already combine to stop drugs traffickers in the Caribbean and Middle East, assist each other with operations in the polar regions, run exchange programs for sailors and frequently work and train side-by-side around the globe.
Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:19 UTC
Brazil: Lula ties the knot for the third time in his life

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday married sociologist Rosángela da Silva in Sao Paulo, under strict security measures. The celebration was attended by politicians and artists who were not allowed to bring their cell phones with them.
Thursday, May 19th 2022 - 08:12 UTC
Argentina completes Census Day without any major setbacks

Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) Wednesday completed -at least in theory- the 2022 survey to determine the country's population and other data pertaining thereto, such as living conditions and demographic inputs.
Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 22:18 UTC
Bolsonaro files STF complaint against Justice De Moraes

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has filed a complaint against Justice Alexandre de Moraes before the very Federal Supreme Court (STF) of which the magistrate is a member for the way he has handled the case known as “digital militias” in which the head of state is under investigation for his alleged involvement in the dissemination of fake news.
Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 21:44 UTC
Chile's Lower House passes controversial bill for “menstruating persons”

A bill passed Monday by Chile's Lower House using the expression “menstruating person” to refer to biologically female individuals regardless of their own gender perception has sparked controversy nationwide and across the region on social media, it was reported.
Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 21:37 UTC
Chile back to state of exception in southern provinces

Despite its reluctance to resort to the same constitutional mechanisms adopted by the Sebastián Piñera administration, the Chilean Government of leftwing President Gabriel Boric Font Wednesday announced a state of exception to address violence in the indigenous southern zones.
Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Taiana: UK “cynical” when it supports Ukrainian territorial integrity and denies Argentina’s over Malvinas

Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana again accused the British government of being “cynical” since it has a double yardstick, on the one hand, they support Ukrainian sovereignty and on the other, they deny Argentine legitimate rights over Falklands/Malvinas islands sovereignty
Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:18 UTC
Argentina's society outraged as President “buys his way out of lockdown”

Argentina's society was outraged Tuesday after it was announced that President Alberto Fernández and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez were let off the hook for violating the lockdown he had himself decreed during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
NATO membership has changed over the years: from 12 founding members to an alliance of 30

In 1949, the primary aim of the creation of NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was to have a pact of mutual assistance in response to the threat from the Soviet Union. The principle of collective defense is at the heart of NATO´s founding treaty binding together its 30 member countries.