International

Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 15:50 UTC
Use of unauthorized suicide capsule sparks controversy in Switzerland

Authorities in the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen arrested a group of people Tuesday in connection with the first-time unsanctioned use of the assisted suicide capsule known as Sarco, with which a 64-year-old American woman took her own life. Although assisted suicide is permitted in the country under certain conditions, prosecutors fear that these requirements had not been met.
Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 10:35 UTC
Busy days for Falklands delegation at the stand in Labour's Conference Liverpool

A flurry of activity and visits at the Falkland Islands stand at the Labour Party Convention taking place in Liverpool with Members of the Legislative Assembly Leona Roberts and Mark Pollard as hosts with the support from staff of the Falklands Government Office in London.
Tuesday, September 24th 2024 - 09:59 UTC
Brazil condemns Israel's onslaught against Hezbollah in Lebanon

Brazil's Foreign Ministry condemned “in the strongest terms” Israel's deployment into parts of Lebanese territory Monday which left 492 people dead and 1,645 wounded. Itamaraty also deplored Tel Aviv's declarations in favor of the military operations urging “Lebanese civilians to evacuate their homes in those regions” as people fleeing southern Lebanon caused traffic jams.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:55 UTC
LNG project to go on with or without Petronas, YPF CEO says

Argentina's State-run oil company YPF CEO Horacio Marín admitted that the highly-announced US$ 30 billion joint Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) venture with Malaysia's Petronas in Patagonia would go ahead despite the Asian partner's alleged intention to withdraw from it.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:29 UTC
Bluetongue virus, BTV 3, has spread to the whole of South East England

As more cases were found temporary restriction zones have been brought in to help stem the spread of the bluetongue virus (BTV-3), some 95 cases, which now cover the whole of the South East England.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:16 UTC
UK Forces News, Armed Forces alert to the new kind of warfare

The triggering of hundreds of pagers to kill or maim members of the militant group Hezbollah has raised concerns about the UK's own military supply chain and the use of smart-phones.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:14 UTC
Exploding pagers, what do we know what really happened

By Gwynne Dyer

The exploding pagers that killed at least 12 people and injured 2 800 others in Lebanon and adjacent places on Tuesday were mostly just a new wrinkle on the exploding cell-phones that Israel has used to assassinate its opponents in the past, but there was one major innovation.
Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:02 UTC
HMS Protector involved in practicing boarding operations with navies from four countries

Ice Patrol HMS Protector has provided the perfect training platform during Exercise Unitas, the world's longest-running multinational maritime exercise. Teams from the UK, US, Chile, Mexico and Colombia used the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship for practicing boarding operations, where personnel move between vessels.
Saturday, September 21st 2024 - 10:28 UTC
X appoints legal representative in Brazil

Tycoon Elon Musk's social media network X appointed a legal representative in Brazil as requested by Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes just before the deadline 9.29 pm deadline, Agencia Brasil reported. The company chose Lawyer Rachel de Oliveira Villa Nova for the position.
Friday, September 20th 2024 - 23:00 UTC
Haitian gov't announces security measures for merchant ships sailing to and from Port-au-Prince

Haitian authorities have announced that merchant ships will be escorted then entering a leaving Port-au-Prince given the mounting insecurity in the Caribbean country. Interim Prime Minister Garry Conille made this decision after four ships left to avoid gang violence.