International

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 14:19 UTC

  King Charles in Kenya addressed British colonial past and abuses

  

  King Charles is in Kenya in his first foreign visit as a monarch to a Commonwealth nation where he addressed the colonial past of British rule in East Africa, and abuses committed by colonial forces, especially in the 1950's during the Kenyan struggle for independence.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Chile recalls Ambassador to Israel as violence in Gaza grows

  

  President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday recalled Chile's Ambassador to Israel Jorge Carvajal for consultations given the “unacceptable violations of international humanitarian law” in the Gaza Strip, it was reported in Santiago after a statement released by the Foreign Ministry.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Bolivia severs diplomatic ties with Israel

  

  Bolivian Deputy Foreign Minister Freddy Mamani Machaca announced Tuesday that the South American country “condemns the aggressive and disproportionate Israeli military offensive being carried out in the Gaza Strip” and was thenceforth breaking diplomatic relations with Israel in “repudiation” of such acts. The Bolivian government made no mention of Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 08:58 UTC

  Brazil hopeful of de-globalization, as US/China technology clash escalates

  

  Brazil did not enjoy the globalization process that started in the 1980s to its fullest potential. Still, it may have a second chance now amid the current de-globalization process – essentially an adjustment of globalization.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 12:52 UTC

  Rutley in Chile to celebrate 200 years of bilateral relations and to sign an Antarctica cooperation protection Letter of Intent

  

  The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office’s Minister for the Americas and the Caribbean, David Rutley MP, arrives in Chile, from Peru, to strengthen collaboration between the UK and Chile, as both nations celebrate 200 years of bilateral relations. 

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Avian flu keeps killing seashore mammals along South Atlantic shores

  

  Health authorities in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina are increasingly concerned over the appearance of hundreds of dead sea lions presumably killed by avian flu, it was reported.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 10:42 UTC

  Brazilian FM critical of UN Security Council

  

  Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira was highly critical of the United Nations Security Council's performance regarding the ongoing war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. “We failed,” said the top diplomat of the country currently chairing the body, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 09:03 UTC

  ECB leaves interest rates unchanged for the first time since July 2022

  

  The European Central Bank, ECB left interests rates unchanged for the first time in more than a year at a meeting in Athens last Thursday. ECB said it would leave key rates unchanged at between 4 and 4.75%.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 08:56 UTC

  Scandal in Spain's Catholic Church: one in 200 Spaniards claim to have been sexually abused by priests

  

  A new scandal has erupted in Spain when more than one in 200 Spaniards claim they were sexually abused by the Catholic Church when they were minors, according to an official report published in Madrid.

• Monday, October 30th 2023 - 21:20 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade agreement expected to be signed next semester, with Belgium presiding EU Council

  

  Spain's acting Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism, Hector Gomez has anticipated that during this semester, in the framework of Spain's presidency of the European Union Council, some of the “main differences” in negotiations for the trade agreement with Mercosur are expected to be “closed”, but foundations will be solidly established, which means the signature of the accord will be delayed until the next semester