International

Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
HMS Forth on a routine visit to Gibraltar

HMS Forth arrived on Friday morning to Gibraltar Naval Base for a routine scheduled visit. The Portsmouth based ship is the first of the Royal Navy's next-generation of Offshore Patrol ships.
Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
African swine fever spreading in Bulgaria

Bulgarian veterinary authorities said on Friday they will cull 30,000 pigs after detecting an outbreak of African swine fever at a breeding farm in northern Bulgaria, the third industrial farm hit by the fast-spreading deadly virus.
Friday, July 26th 2019 - 11:00 UTC
Royal Navy begins escorting UK flagged ships sailing the Strait of Hormuz

Great Britain’s Ministry of Defense announced that British Royal Navy will protect UK-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions soar in the Persian Gulf over tanker detentions.
Friday, July 26th 2019 - 10:11 UTC
Northern Europe literally frying in all time high temperatures; train travelers told to delay trips

Paris on Thursday baked in an all-time high temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius as a ferocious heatwave smashed records across northern Europe, sparking concerns about public health and causing new misery for rail travellers.
Friday, July 26th 2019 - 10:06 UTC
China/Brazil meeting: “pragmatism will prevail” anticipate Bolsonaro hard liners

Brazil's foreign minister has made clear that there is no love lost for Beijing on his part, but when he sits down with his Chinese opposite for the first time on Thursday analysts expect pragmatism to prevail.
Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Brazil's highest court orders Petrobras to refuel two Iranian grain vessels

Brazil’s top court on Thursday ordered state-run oil company Petrobras to refuel two Iranian grain vessels stranded on the Brazilian coast due to U.S. sanctions holding up sales of fuel needed for their return trips.
Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
“City-killer asteroid” zoomed past the Earth with little previous detection

A large asteroid barely known to science zoomed past the Earth on Thursday, speeding by within 73,000km of the planet. That might sound far but it's about a fifth of the distance to the Moon, scientists said, and a pretty close call.
Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:25 UTC
Spain's socialist president Sánchez has two months to avoid a new election

Spain's caretaker socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez lost a crunch post-election vote of confidence on Thursday after coalition talks with the far-left failed, pushing the country closer to repeat polls.
Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:19 UTC
Uruguay/US lesbian couple's teenage attackers will face youth court in London

British police on Thursday charged four teenage boys over an alleged homophobic attack on a lesbian couple who refused to kiss in front of them on a London night bus.
Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 09:37 UTC
Johnson/Macri, a ten-year friendship since they were mayors of London and Buenos Aires

The Argentine media is pointing out that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Argentine president Mauricio Macri first met when they were mayors of London and Buenos Aires, --and full of ambitions--, and have since had a cordial standing personal relation. The first meeting took place at the Davos summit, Switzerland, in January 2009, and according to witnesses the chemistry was immediate.