International

Friday, January 3rd 2025 - 10:16 UTC
Boric South Pole bound after weather problems ruled out

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font's trip to the South Pole was confirmed Thursday by the La Moneda Palace in Santiago after its feasibility had been questioned due to poor weather. The journey between Jan. 2 and 4, will include other officials as well as a scientific team to tour the Union Glacier Joint Scientific Polar Station and the Amundsen-Scott Base.
Thursday, January 2nd 2025 - 10:41 UTC
Brazil takes over BRICS rotating presidency

Brazil took over Wednesday the rotating presidency of the BRICS bloc which now features at least nine new members. It is the fourth time the South American country has held that position, Agência Brasil noted.
Thursday, January 2nd 2025 - 07:29 UTC
Chinese meat industry and farmers complaining about surging Mercosur imports

Chinese farmers and meat industry associations are complaining about the surge in foreign beef imports and the Ministry of Commerce has promised an investigation into the situation, according to Beijing government sources.
Tuesday, December 31st 2024 - 14:23 UTC
Journal bought for Falklands Museum gives first-hand account of 1914 Battle

A journal recently acquired at auction by the Friends of the Falklands Museum and Archives (FIMA Friends) gives a remarkable personal account of the 1914 Battle of the Falklands. The unique manuscript, illustrated with contemporary newspaper cuttings, reveals that, despite the appalling carnage, a strong sentiment of mutual respect survived.
Tuesday, December 31st 2024 - 09:43 UTC
Five suspects arraigned in death of former One Direction's Liam Payne

Argentine prosecutors Monday arraigned 5 people in connection with the Oct.16 death of former One Direction's British singer Liam Payne in Buenos Aires, which was ruled not a suicide.
Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:51 UTC
Azerbaijan Airlines E-190's back boxes sent to Brazil

Authorities said that the black boxes of the Brazilian-built Embraer 190 Azerbaijan Airlines jet that crashed on Wednesday in Kazakhstan will be sent to the manufacturing country's aviation watchdog to further investigate the causes of the accident near Aktau, a port on the Caspian Sea in western Kazakhstan, far from the aircraft's planned route.
Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:39 UTC
BYD EV manufacturer clashes and apologizes to one of its main markets due to slavery-like conditions

The Chinese BYD electric car factory construction in northern Brazil has turned out into a dispute between Chinese investors and Brazilian authorities who accused the Chinese contractor of having Brazilian labor working in slavery-like conditions that allegedly entered the country with temporary labor visas.
Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:22 UTC
Cadbury dropped from royal warrants, apparently for still operating in Russia

For the first time in 170 years, chocolate maker Cadbury has been dropped from the list of royal warrants. The Birmingham-based chocolatier was awarded its first royal warrant as a chocolate and cocoa manufacturer by Queen Victoria in 1854, but it lost its royal endorsement under King Charles.
Monday, December 30th 2024 - 09:36 UTC
Trump’s long late and lost attempt to take over Greenland

By Gwynne Dyer - From his purchase of New Jersey casinos to his proposed acquisition of Greenland, Donald Trump’s real estate deals have always been plagued by bad timing. The United States could probably have bought Greenland from Denmark in 1917 (when it did buy the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danes), but he’s a century too late now.
Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 10:41 UTC
Ancap and HIF Global sign agreement for green hydrogen plant in Uruguay

Uruguayan state-owned oil company Ancap, through Alcoholes del Uruguay (ALUR), signed an agreement with HIF Global to implement an ambitious green hydrogen and synthetic fuels project in Paysandú. The investment, estimated at US$6 billion, aims at producing 700,000 tons per year of renewable fuels, with a significant impact on the local and regional economy.