International

Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 22:34 UTC
US State Department website advisories for travelers to Antarctica

The U.S. State Department has renewed two of its website Travel Advisories for Antarctica reminding travelers to “increase basically” their situational awareness in the area containing some of the edgiest and most volatile conditions. The advice, revised on 28 July 2025, warns of the dangers of the continent’s harsh and unpredictable weather, which can change at short notice and scupper travel plans. The advisory also cites the region’s lack of emergency medical care that could further endanger visitors.
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Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 21:26 UTC
Transformed St Helena veteran vessel will be visiting Falklands in 2026/2027

Falkland Islands residents, originally from the island of St. Helena, most probably during the next year, might see the revival of a vessel that for many decades was the only link with South Africa. However, this time refurbished, with different colors and as an exclusive boutique, at most 98 passengers, RMS St Helena, will be sailing the roaring forties and targeting Antarctica expeditions.
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Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Argentine Justice Minister under flak for hidden camera footage

Argentina's Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona is facing calls for his resignation after a video was leaked showing him offering to help former CIA agent Timothy Ballard clean up his public image. Ballard, who inspired the film Sound of Freedom, has been accused of sexual violence by former employees of his anti-trafficking organization, Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.).
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Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 09:00 UTC
Uruguayan court sentences Iranian traveling on a fake passport to 3 months in jail

An Iranian citizen has been sentenced to three months in prison in Uruguay for entering the country with a fake Israeli passport. The man had previously been deported from El Salvador, where he also used the forged document.
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Thursday, July 31st 2025 - 08:48 UTC
Group of Friends of Haiti discusses next steps at OAS

Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Albert Ramdin convened the first meeting of the Group of Friends of Haiti in Washington DC on Wednesday. This group serves as an informal platform for information sharing among stakeholders regarding the evolving situation in Haiti, aiming to improve coordination and alignment of efforts.
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Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 10:15 UTC
Tsunami warnings triggered all across Pacific Ocean

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami warnings and alerts across the Pacific. In Chile, the Navy's Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA) initially issued a preliminary tsunami warning for the Atacama, Coquimbo, and Valparaíso regions, with a “caution” for the rest of the coast.
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Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 10:11 UTC
Zambelli arrested in Italy, pending extradition to Brazil

Italian authorities in Rome Tuesday arrested Carla Zambelli, a far-right Brazilian congresswoman and staunch supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro. She had fled to Italy in May after being sentenced to ten years in prison in the South American country.
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Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 10:05 UTC
Products not grown in US might have zero tariffs, Lutnick hints

Amid the uproar surrounding the 50% tariffs on Brazilian products to be imported by the US administration of President Donald Trump, coffee producers saw some light at the end of the tunnel Tuesday when US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said in an interview with US network CNBC that some products not grown in the country could enter the United States without import tariffs.
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Tuesday, July 29th 2025 - 19:45 UTC
Paraguayan lawmaker suggests dropping Taiwan in favor of Mainland China

Paraguayan Congressman Hugo Meza has called for a national debate on recognizing mainland China and severing diplomatic ties with Taiwan, arguing that his country was “wasting time” with the island Beijing holds for a rogue province.
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Tuesday, July 29th 2025 - 19:24 UTC
Starmer to recognize Palestinian State unless Israel takes “substantial steps” towards peace

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that the United Kingdom would recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September “unless the Israeli government takes substantial steps to end the terrible situation in Gaza, reaches a ceasefire, makes clear that there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and commits to a long-term peace process that delivers a two-state solution.”
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