Land locked and Mercosur member Paraguay exports reached US$ 17,3 billion in 2023, according to the country's Central Bank International Trade Report. This represents a 24,8% increase in US dollars over a similar period a year before. The success is attributed to larger shipments of soybeans, rice and soy flour.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a crucial vote on his Rwanda bill this Wednesday, after two Conservative deputy chairmen and a ministerial aide resigned to rebel over the issue. BBC has reported that on Tuesday Lee Anderson, Brendan Clarke-Smith and Jane Stevenson stepped down to vote for changes they said would toughen up the legislation.
Germany has increased its vocabulary of “non words”, with the term “remigration”, quite extensive to the rest of the European Union combating illegal migration. However a jury of linguists in Marburg in Hessen, argue the term is being used as a “euphemistic cover vocabulary” by extreme right wing parties.
By Gwynne Dyer
Taiwan’s fate is as unknowable as usual, even though we know who the next president is, William Lai, vice-president under outgoing President Tsai Ing-Wen, mainly because the two opposition parties failed to agree on a joint candidate and ultimately split the slightly-less-anti-China vote between them.
The Uruguayan Navy's logistic ship ROU 4 General Artigas set sail this week from Montevideo to bring supplies to the South American country's Antarctica deployments as per this summer's campaign.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro Tuesday said during his appearance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, that oil- extracting in the Essequibo area held by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela should not go on. He also reckoned the dispute was on the verge of becoming a military conflict.
Active duty US Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Madison Marsh, who pilots F-16 fighter jets, was crowned Miss America 2024 this week in an unprecedented result for the storied beauty pageant, which has been held since 1920 and features one representative from each state.
The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) is prepared to take legal action against the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Daera) over its bovine TB (bTB) compensation policy. According to a report from the BBC, it follows the announcement of a consultation on compensation rates for animals removed after testing positive.
A Spanish pilot lost his life on Monday when the firefighting plane he was operating crashed in the central Maule region, as reported by the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf) of Chile.
Following the sitting of Executive Council on Tuesday 12 December 2023 a paper was approved to provide additional funding of £1 million to the Falkland Islands Meat Company (FIMCO). The paper was also approved at Standing Finance Committee.