International

Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 06:28 UTC
Australia's flock growth has choked the world market for ovine meat

Australia is reporting a record sheep flock, 78 million head, which means the price of mutton has collapsed, as low as 80 US cents per kilo, and many farmers are culling or not mating their ewes to cut costs and implement a workable sustainable food/flock relation ahead of the dry season.
Tuesday, November 28th 2023 - 15:37 UTC
Hamas releases six Argentine hostages

Six Argentine nationals were among the 11 hostages released Monday by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas with assistance from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in another exchange with Israel for 30 prison inmates held by Tel Aviv. The humanitarian ceasefire for further swaps has been extended for another 48 hours, it was also reported.
Tuesday, November 28th 2023 - 11:05 UTC
Argentine president elect Milei is right about one thing: British sovereignty of the Falklands must end

By Simon Jenkins from The Guardian - The Conservatives’ stubborn stance on the Islands’ future is merely a refusal to let go of our last spark of military glory
Tuesday, November 28th 2023 - 10:56 UTC
Mercosur-EU deal said to be almost done

European Commission Vice President for Trade Valdis Dombrovskis said on Monday that the European Union (EU)-Mercosur trade deal was ready “for the final political push” after technical negotiations were completed.
Tuesday, November 28th 2023 - 10:20 UTC
Mercosur and UAE to begin trade negotiations in the first half of next year

Brazil currently the chair of Mercosur has opened a consultation period until December 18 on a possible trade agreement between the South American block and the United Arab Emirates. The idea is to reach and listen to the private sector, scholars, civil society, academics and other interested parties.
Monday, November 27th 2023 - 08:07 UTC
Brazilian drug gang goes global, The Economist reports

According to an article in The Economist last week, Brazil's largest drug gang now has links throughout Europe. The First Capital Command (PCC), a gang officially born after a deadly football match between prison inmates in São Paulo in August 1993, has grown to some 40,000 life members and another 60,000 “contractors,” which would make it one of the world's largest criminal groups.
Sunday, November 26th 2023 - 23:28 UTC
Second swap between Israel and Hamas successful

The pro-Palestinian terrorist group Hamas Saturday released another batch of hostages, consisting of 13 Israeli citizens and 4 Thais, in exchange for another 39 prison inmates held by Tel Aviv, matching the 1:3 ratio agreed upon for the duration of the humanitarian truce. The exchanges took longer than expected, it was reported.
Sunday, November 26th 2023 - 23:25 UTC
Peruvian pilots who helped Argentina in 1982 decorated

During a ceremony at the Argentine Embassy in Lima last week, a group of retired Peruvian Air Force (FAP) pilots were awarded the Argentine Air Force's (FAA) Order of Heroes of the Malvinas, in the grade of “Malvinas Medal for Contribution to the War Effort” in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with the United Kingdom.
Saturday, November 25th 2023 - 10:58 UTC
NGO warns Essequibo question might end up in war between Venezuela and Guyana

Control Ciudadano (Social Watch - CC) Chairwoman Rocío San Miguel said Guyanese President Irfaan Alí's recent statements regarding the military support of several countries to defend the Essequibo amounted to a “very strong warning for Venezuela,” which will hold a referendum on the matter on Dec. 3.
Saturday, November 25th 2023 - 10:49 UTC
International scientific team to research Antarctic ecosystems on RRS Sir David Attenborough

A team of international researchers set sail on the Falklands flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough last Monday, 20 November to answer some of the big questions about how Antarctic ecosystems and sea ice drive global ocean cycles of carbon and nutrients.