Stories for April 10th 2023

Monday, April 10th 2023 - 12:59 UTC
The defense of the Falkland Islands with the Quick Reaction Alert Typhoons

During the Easter holiday period, the RAF detachment in the Falkland Islands continued to deliver air operations in the South Atlantic. One element of the air operations is a Quick Reaction Alert response carried out by the Typhoons of 1435 Flight.
Monday, April 10th 2023 - 12:54 UTC
More dramatic estimates from Argentine agriculture and soy crop

The Safras & Mercado consultancy revised Argentina's soybeans production estimate for 2022/2023 of some 24.8 million tons, dramatically down from the previous forecast in March of 31.4 million tons.
Monday, April 10th 2023 - 12:45 UTC
Biden visit to Ulster and Ireland to remember the Good Friday peace agreement

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has praised the “bravery, perseverance and political imagination” shown by the leaders who shaped Northern Ireland's peace deal, the 1998 Good Friday Agreement which ended Northern Ireland's decades-long violent conflict known as the Troubles, reports BBC.
Monday, April 10th 2023 - 12:42 UTC
UK offshore Oil Workers anticipate biggest strike in a generation

Hundreds of oil and gas platforms will stage a 48-hour strike in a dispute over pay and other working conditions. Unite has warned that the standstill by the walkout has been planned for April 24. Industry experts agree that contractors and operators can afford to give the Unite members a decent pay rise.
Monday, April 10th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Mercosur, Canada to resume trade deal talks

Negotiations for an agreement between Mercosur and Canada to eliminate tariffs on industrial and agricultural goods, services, intellectual property, and government purchases are to resume after more than three years, CNN Brazil reported. The initiative had been halted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Monday, April 10th 2023 - 10:20 UTC
Russia says China has the right to respond to “provocations” with military exercises

Russia today considered that China has the right to respond with military maneuvers to the “provocations” taking place around Taiwan, exercises that Beijing successfully completed on Monday.
Monday, April 10th 2023 - 10:16 UTC
Petro OK with meeting former paramilitary leaders

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Sunday said he was willing to meet with former paramilitary leaders to discuss the peace process. The head of state, a former guerrilla fighter himself, insisted that those who have served their sentences and who have publicly expressed their willingness to meet should explain “to what extent” the “peace process ... can be finished and finalized.”
Monday, April 10th 2023 - 10:12 UTC
Golan Heights: Uruguayan peacekeepers near line of fire

Uruguay's Army Sunday reported that its peacekeeping troops in the Golan Heights were in good shape after missile attacks were recorded Saturday in the area they are patrolling. However, the group's mission was temporarily suspended.
Monday, April 10th 2023 - 10:08 UTC
Covid-19 cases on the rise in Peru

Peruvian health authorities are detecting a surge in the number of cases of Covid-19 nationwide. Health Minister Rosa Gutiérrez told reporters that the increase had been focused on Lima and in the northern parts of the country.
Monday, April 10th 2023 - 10:05 UTC
Brazil: Operation Safe Schools targets 270 Twitter accounts

Brazil's Justice Ministry (MJSP) requested the deletion of 270 Twitter accounts conveying hashtags related to attacks against schools nationwide, Agencia Brasil reported Sunday.