International

Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 10:27 UTC
Ronaldo finds successor as Portugal crush Switzerland in Qatar

In what seemed to be a generational transition, Portugal quashed Switzerland 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals at the Qatar 2022 football World Cup.
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Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Brazil behind in contributions to global agencies

The transition team leading Brazil from the current Jair Bolsonaro administration to the one headed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva due to take office on Jan. 1 Wednesday announced that the South American country was some US$ 1 billion behind with its payments to international organizations.
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Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Europe bans imports of products involving deforestation

The European Union Wednesday banned the import of products such as soy, meat, or wood that might involve deforestation in their processes. The measure also reached leather, furniture, palm oil, paper, cocoa, coffee, and rubber and their byproducts.
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Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 09:03 UTC
Dominica's PM retains power after snap elections

Dominica's incumbent Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit's party Tuesday scored yet another victory in the country's snap elections, according to preliminary results which showed the ruling DLP winning 15 of the 21 parliamentary seats at stake.
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Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
A 150,000 people petition urging the EU to protect the welfare of fish

A petition asking for new standards to protect the welfare of fish signed by more than 150,000 people, was handed on Monday to the European Commission. It comes ahead of a full revision of animal welfare legislation announced by the Commission in May 2020 as part of the EU farm and Fork strategy and Compassion in World Farming wants to ensure that farmed fish welfare standards are included.
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Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
“Goblin mode”, chose by the public as the Oxford word of the year

The first Oxford word of the year to be chosen by public vote has been announced and the winning word, “goblin mode”, is a slang term describing “unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy” behavior, reports the BBC.
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Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:00 UTC
Rishi Sunak’s daunting challenge, standing up to far right extremists

By Chris Patten - The United Kingdom’s new prime minister has inherited a mountain of economic problems, including runaway inflation and a shrinking GDP. To fix his predecessors’ blunders and avoid a humiliating electoral defeat, he must stand up to his party’s far-right extremists.
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Monday, December 5th 2022 - 23:21 UTC
South Korea no match for Brazil at Qatar 2022

Five-time champions Brazil Monday advanced to the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 football World Cup with a 4-1 rout of South Korea giving Uruguay some comfort that had they not been eliminated earlier they would have most likely had to endure a similar disgrace.
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Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Falklands tells MPs of its concern with registers of beneficial ownership

During the recent visit of members of the Falklands All-Party Parliamentary Group, a controversial and thorny issue came up at a media conference when Penguin News asked whether the Falklands and the effect on the Islands, were being considered amidst the requirement for British Overseas Territories (BOTs) to establish registers of beneficial ownership (*).
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Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
HMS Protector digs out snow covered Port Lockroy scientific base managed by four women

Ice Patrol HMS Protector's sailors and Royal Marines spent two days digging out the Port Lockroy scientific base in Antarctica which is home to a museum, gift shop and the world's most remote post office.
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