Stories for June 2023

Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Bangladesh files formal request to join BRICS

According to the Dhaka Tribune, the government of Bangladesh last week filed a note applying for membership to the BRICS bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The application from Bangladesh, currently recognized as a “Friend of BRICS,” is expected to be discussed at the group's summit in South Africa in August.
Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 09:08 UTC
Argentine Foreign Minister heads numerous delegation to the C 24 debate

Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero is heading the delegation to the United Nations to participate at the Special Committee on Decolonization or C24, which will address the Argentine dispute with UK over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands and is hopeful of a resolution calling on both sides, Argentina and UK, to begin sovereignty negotiations over what is identified as the Malvinas Islands question.
Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 08:55 UTC
Lula off on European tour this week

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is to embark on a European tour this week to meet French President Emmanuel Macron, Pope Francis, and other EU leaders, it was reported.
Monday, June 19th 2023 - 16:00 UTC
Submarine carrying tourists to Titanic Wreckage reported missing

A submarine transporting tourists to explore the remains of the Titanic, which sank in 1912, has disappeared off the coast of Terranova, Canada, according to the BBC. One crew member and four tourists are missing and a search operation has been launched, the U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed.
Monday, June 19th 2023 - 11:29 UTC
No dove of peace after all for battleship Graf Spee's eagle

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou had a change of mind Sunday regarding the bronze eagle from the Third Reich's battleship Admiral Graf Spee and announced it would not be turned into a dove of peace because “an overwhelming majority did not share” his decision. However, he did not specify what will happen to the piece.
Monday, June 19th 2023 - 11:14 UTC
Partygate: MPs will vote on Boris Johnson's political future on Monday

MPs will decide later whether to endorse a report that found Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties in No 10. A year-long inquiry from the Commons privileges committee said the former prime minister committed repeated offenses with his Partygate denials, according to a report from BBC.
Monday, June 19th 2023 - 10:46 UTC
Six crewmembers of sunken Brazilian fishing boat rescued alive

Six crewmembers of a fishing boat that sank off the southeastern State of Santa Catarina have been rescued alive, the Brazilian Navy said. The “BP Safadi Seif” with 8 people onboard lost contact with the port authority on Friday night relatively close to the resort town of Garopaba, it was reported.
Monday, June 19th 2023 - 10:33 UTC
US-China ties: Blinken, Qin try to keep dialogue channels open

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang for more than five hours Sunday to keep channels open as the two countries are -in Quin's words- “at their lowest point since the establishment of diplomatic relations.”
Monday, June 19th 2023 - 10:26 UTC
Bolsonaro aide's phone found to contain coup plans

The mobile telephone of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's aide-de-camp Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid was found to contain a series of WhatsApp messages with other military officers openly advocating a coup d'état after last year's elections, it was reported.
Monday, June 19th 2023 - 10:18 UTC
The Scotchmen football club tour of Argentina and Uruguay in 1923

One hundred years ago, a Scottish football club embarked on a controversial overseas tour to Argentina and Uruguay. “Are Third Lanark wise?” was the question as the Glasgow club set sail for a summer in South America.