Stories for June 2024

Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 18:41 UTC
Paraguay enacts “linked towns” bill for residents of border locations

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña signed into law a bill providing for the creation of the so-called “linked towns” bordering Argentina and Brazil. The measure grants residents a preferential status in economic, labor, health, and cultural issues, it was explained.
Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 11:55 UTC
Chinese-Brazilian proposal on Ukraine gaining momentum

Foreign Ministers Wang Yi of China and Mauro Vieira of Brazil discussed their countries' joint proposal for peace in Ukraine while attending a BRICS ministerial meeting in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 10:44 UTC
First female Gibraltar minister addresses UN Decolonization Committee

Gibraltar Health and Care Minister, Gemma Arias Vasquez, speaking at United Nations headquarters in New York has told the Decolonization Committee of 24 it has failed to engage with Gibraltar for decades. The UN session started on Monday at 9.30 am in New York.
Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 09:11 UTC
Argentina not endorsing WHO's Pandemic Treaty

Argentina will not endorse the World Health Organization (WHO) sponsored Pandemic Treaty, Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni announced Monday.
Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 08:52 UTC
Presidents Lula and Putin review ongoing world affairs over the telephone

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday received a call from his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin to discuss ongoing world affairs including the war in Ukraine and BRICS' possible role in solving that conflict.
Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 07:17 UTC
Falklands to further improve fisheries surveillance and catch reporting

The Falkland Islands Government through its Fisheries Department will be implementing improvements to be made for fishing vessel surveillance and electronic catch reporting.
Monday, June 10th 2024 - 21:52 UTC
Blinken starts Middle East tour to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Monday kicked off his new Middle East tour in Cairo. He is believed to be seeking a ceasefire in Gaza eight months into the conflict triggered by the terrorist group Hamas' invasion of Israel killing over a thousand people and taking some 250 others hostage, of whom about 50% have been either rescued or handed back over to their land. It is yet to be known how many of them are still alive. Blinken reportedly plans to broker their release.
Monday, June 10th 2024 - 21:19 UTC
Gloomy future for SMEs in Argentina, studies find

According to a survey published by the Argentine Confederation of Medium-Sized Companies (CAME) report released Monday in Buenos Aires, retail sales in Argentina fell 7.3% year-on-year in May as President Javier Milei's chainsaw economic policies took a deeper toll on the purchasing power of the population.
Monday, June 10th 2024 - 19:00 UTC
Argentine Foreign Ministry highlights June 10 Malvinas Sovereignty Day

Argentina's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Monday on the 195th anniversary of the establishment of a garrison known as the Political and Military Command in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands in the name of the Province of Buenos Aires. The settlement remained there until it was displaced in 1833 by a stronger British force. The document reviewed Argentina's claims following that event.
Monday, June 10th 2024 - 10:21 UTC
European Parliament elections show continent switching rightwards

European Union citizens switched to the right en masse at Sunday's parliamentary polls dealing a severe blow to progressive administrations such as the ones in Belgium and France, resulting in the resignation of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and President Emmanuel Macron dissolving the National Assembly and calling snap elections, respectively.