International

Friday, December 29th 2023 - 10:50 UTC
When FIC tried to buy Peninsula Valdes and land in Tierra del Fuego

The history section of daily “Diario del Fin del Mundo”, edited in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, extreme south of Argentina, recalls that almost a century and a half ago, more precisely December 1881, the Falkland Islands Company, FIC, “at the time with total control over the Falklands economy”, approached the Argentine government offering to buy the total of Peninsula Valdes, Chubut province and an area in Tierra del Fuego next to San Sebastian Bay, and its surrounding 160 leguas (league) for the rearing of sheep.
Friday, December 29th 2023 - 10:45 UTC
Essequibo crisis: Venezuela launches defensive military operation

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ordered preventive measures be taken as the Royal Navy's HMS Trent was reaching the area to side with Guyana amid tensions over the disputed oil-rich Essequibo area.
Thursday, December 28th 2023 - 08:37 UTC
Antisemitism case against Roger Waters admitted in Buenos Aires

An Argentine court has agreed to review an antisemitism complaint filed by Shoah survivor Carlos Zigelbaum and his son Sergio Zigelbaum against British pop musician Roger Waters, it was reported this week in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 10:29 UTC
Lowest rainfall in over 40 years affects Amazon basin rivers

A recent study from the European Union Science Center showed that rivers in the Amazon basin have been severely affected by historic poor rainfalls, Agencia Brasil reported. The region's biodiversity has also been hit by the meteorological conditions, particularly in the headwaters of the Solimões, Purus, Juruá, and Madeira rivers (Brazil's Amazonas state) and also in parts of Peruvian and Bolivian forests.
Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 08:51 UTC
English charity claims homelessness in rural areas has climbed 40% in past five years

British Countryside Charity, formerly Council for the Protection of Rural England, CPRE, claims that homelessness in rural England has increased 40% over the past five years, and illustrates with figures, 17,212 in 2018 o 24,143 this year.
Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 07:53 UTC
UK will keep the EU kilos and liters measuring systems, but pints are to prevail when it comes to wines

Despite Brexit, the United Kingdom is not planning to change metric laws inherited from the European Union, meaning traders can use Britain's traditional imperial weighing system only alongside the metric one. This follows a public consultation with nearly 99% of respondents saying they were happy with kilos and liters.
Tuesday, December 26th 2023 - 10:20 UTC
Tariffs on electric vehicles avoided as UK and EU extend trade rules

The UK and EU have agreed to extend trade rules on electric vehicles until the end of 2026 to keep costs down for manufacturers and consumers, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced.
Tuesday, December 26th 2023 - 10:12 UTC
Brazil not giving up rescuing people from war-torn Gaza

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Brazil was still willing to welcome anyone who wanted to return from the Gaza Strip, Agencia Brasil reported. The head of state made those remarks on Christmas Day over lunch with a group of people who had arrived from the war-torn area on Dec. 23.
Tuesday, December 26th 2023 - 08:47 UTC
US expands its EEZ by 385,000sq km off Alaska despite not been party of UNCLOS

With the stroke of a pen the US administration of president Joe Biden added nearly 250 million acres to its maritime claims, the largest administrative expansion since the establishment of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone in 1983.
Tuesday, December 26th 2023 - 08:20 UTC
Angola quitting OPEC over dispute about oil production quotas

Angolan official media have reported from Luanda that Angola is leaving OPEC, following a meeting of the Council of Ministers, let by the president of the country, Joao Lourenco.