International

• 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..

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 09:02 UTC

  FAO launches the International Year of Camelids 2024 and their global impact

  

  The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) officially launched the International Year of Camelids 2024 on Monday at its Rome headquarters, to recognize and celebrate the vital contributions these animals make to livelihoods, food security, and nutrition.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 07:22 UTC

  “In a time of danger and uncertainty we must respond with strength, resilience and unity”

  

  Writing in The Sun on Sunday edition, 3 December, Foreign Secretary David Cameron outlined how the UK must build up defenses, stay close to partners, and reach out to new allies. ”In the last fortnight, I’ve stood in a bombed-out cathedral in one of Ukraine’s most beautiful cities and watched as brave Ukrainian soldiers kissed families goodbye as they left for the front to fight Putin’s illegal invasion. 

• Monday, December 4th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  EU-Mercosur deal slowly vanishing

  

  The European Union's Commissioner who was due to attend the Dec. 7 Mercosur Summit in Rio de Janeiro to sign the trade agreement between both blocs has canceled his trip, it was reported Sunday. According to the Financial Times, Valdis Dombrovskis shall not be attending the event, which in addition to announcements in Buenos Aires and Brasilia coupled with further negative statements from French President Emmanuel Macron, would amount to the end. at least for now, of the much-heralded agreement.

• Monday, December 4th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Oil companies' pledge deemed insufficient at COP28

  

  While 50 leading oil companies and more than 100 countries committed at the Conference of Parties (COP28) to reducing their methane emissions and up their energy efficiency, experts and activists claim these measures address the visible effects, but not the root of the problem.

• Monday, December 4th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  Venezuelans vote to annex Essequiba Guiana amid poor turnout

  

  Despite a poor turnout, Venezuelan authorities Sunday confirmed 95.93% of 10,554,320 voting Venezuelans replied “aye” in a non-binding referendum to the question of whether or not to annex the Essequiba Guiana, a 160,000 square-kilometer region the country claims as its own but which has been under Guyanan control for over a century.

• Monday, December 4th 2023 - 08:20 UTC

  UK leads action to protect rainforests committing £85 million funding at COP28

  

  The UK announced a multi-million pound package of measures to protect the world’s rainforests, encourage investment in clean energy technologies, and help developing countries cut their carbon emissions. 

• Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 20:46 UTC

  Some thoughts on climate change at the start of COP28 in Qatar

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - At the opening of the COP28 global climate summit in Qatar, here are some thoughts about the state of climate science. I have interviewed at least sixty leading climate scientists in a dozen countries over the past three years.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 11:38 UTC

  Foreign office minister Rutley in Falklands, “Islanders elected to belong to the British Family”

  

  David Rutley, Foreign Office Minister for the Americas, Caribbean and Overseas Territories, is currently in the Falkland Islands where he arrived on Thursday to show UK' determination in upholding the right of self determination for the Islanders and their democratic decision to belong to the British Family.