International

Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 10:50 UTC
Military build-up reported as tension between Venezuela and Guyana escalates

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Tuesday announced the creation of a military division for the Guiana Essequiba area, which the country claims as its own, particularly after Sunday's referendum, it was reported in Caracas. The Essequibo is home to 125,000 of Guyana's 800,000 citizens.
Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 10:47 UTC
Europol, Spain and Italy combating counterfeiting of virgin olive oil

The traditional olive harvests of Spain and to some extent in some areas of Italy has been far from satisfactory, which means among other consequences that the price of virgin olive oil, so demanding for Mediterranean gastronomy, has soared, and so have attempts to smuggle the produce from northern Africa as well as different methods to commercialize adulterated oil.
Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 10:44 UTC
Maduro to grant oil-drilling licenses in Essequibo

Although Venezuela does not have since 1899 the effective control of the Essequibo area disputed with Guyana, President Nicolás Maduro announced Tuesday that he planned to grant oil-drilling licenses after Sunday's referendum recognized the South American country's alleged rights over the territory.
Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 10:18 UTC
Encore of “tripledemic” feared in California

Health authorities in the US State of California have reported a surge in the number of cases of Covid-19, flu, and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). In response, residents have been urged to get vaccinated in a move to avoid the potential collapse of the sanitary network where an encore of last year's “tripledemic” is feared.
Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 08:56 UTC
UK and Rwanda sign new version of the asylum seekers policy

Britain and Rwanda signed an agreement on Tuesday to re-launch the UK asylum seekers policy, which is expected to be followed closely by other European countries facing similar challenges and interested in slashing migration.
Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC
Lula in Germany with Scholz trying to conclude Mercosur/EU trade deal before next Tuesday

The two leaders of the largest economies of Latin America and Europe met in Berlin on Monday to try and conclude a cooperation and free trade agreement between the South American block and the European Union which has been on the table for over two decades.
Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:40 UTC
RRS Sir David Attenborough meets mega iceberg A23a drifting towards South Georgia

Scientists aboard the Falklands flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough collected samples of seawater around the A23a mega iceberg, the largest iceberg in the world. New video footage shows the enormous iceberg, some 3,900km2 and 400m tall, twice the size of Greater London stretching out into the distance beyond the research vessel.
Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:39 UTC
Unforeseen changes unravel Argentine mystery ‘submarine’ expedition

In an unexpected turn of events, the highly anticipated expedition Eslabon Perdido / Ultra Mar Sur, aimed at unraveling the mysteries surrounding Argentine coastal 'submarine' wrecks, has encountered a twist of its own.
Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:07 UTC
Netanyahu praises Milei but Israel ups travel warnings for Argentina and Brazil

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday called Argentina's President-elect to invite him over to Jerusalem for the opening of the South American country's Embassy there after relocating it from Tel Aviv, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 09:54 UTC
Tougher rules to come and live and work in UK; 2022 net immigration reached 745,000 last year

Britain is changing some rules on who is allowed to come to the UK to live and work. Ministers have come under pressure to act on legal migration, after official figures showed that net migration in 2022 hit a record 745,000, and UK in undergoing a period of stalled economy, according to IMF prospects..