International

• Monday, January 6th 2025 - 09:28 UTC

  Brazilian nun becomes oldest person alive after death of Japanese woman

  

  A Japanese woman considered to be the world's longest-lived person died on Dec. 29 at 116 years old at a nursing home in the city of Ashiya in the Hyogo Prefecture, it was reported Saturday. A Brazilian nun is now the oldest person alive.

• Monday, January 6th 2025 - 09:16 UTC

  Israeli soldier vacationing in Brazil flees to Argentina to avoid arrest for Gaza war crimes

  

  An Israeli national who was vacationing in Brazil had to flee in a rush to Argentina to avoid being prosecuted there for alleged war crimes committed while deployed in Gaza as a member of the Kfir Brigade.

• Monday, January 6th 2025 - 08:30 UTC

  Meloni pays visit to Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence

  

  US President-elect Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni met at the former's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida after their encounter was arranged in the utmost secrecy. The gathering consisted of a private dinner, the screening of a documentary, and an exchange of views on bilateral matters.

• Friday, January 3rd 2025 - 10:16 UTC

  Boric South Pole bound after weather problems ruled out

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font's trip to the South Pole was confirmed Thursday by the La Moneda Palace in Santiago after its feasibility had been questioned due to poor weather. The journey between Jan. 2 and 4, will include other officials as well as a scientific team to tour the Union Glacier Joint Scientific Polar Station and the Amundsen-Scott Base.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2025 - 10:41 UTC

  Brazil takes over BRICS rotating presidency

  

  Brazil took over Wednesday the rotating presidency of the BRICS bloc which now features at least nine new members. It is the fourth time the South American country has held that position, Agência Brasil noted.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2025 - 07:29 UTC

  Chinese meat industry and farmers complaining about surging Mercosur imports

  

  Chinese farmers and meat industry associations are complaining about the surge in foreign beef imports and the Ministry of Commerce has promised an investigation into the situation, according to Beijing government sources.

• Tuesday, December 31st 2024 - 14:23 UTC

  Journal bought for Falklands Museum gives first-hand account of 1914 Battle

  

  A journal recently acquired at auction by the Friends of the Falklands Museum and Archives (FIMA Friends) gives a remarkable personal account of the 1914 Battle of the Falklands. The unique manuscript, illustrated with contemporary newspaper cuttings, reveals that, despite the appalling carnage, a strong sentiment of mutual respect survived.

• Tuesday, December 31st 2024 - 09:43 UTC

  Five suspects arraigned in death of former One Direction's Liam Payne

  

  Argentine prosecutors Monday arraigned 5 people in connection with the Oct.16 death of former One Direction's British singer Liam Payne in Buenos Aires, which was ruled not a suicide.

• Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

  Azerbaijan Airlines E-190's back boxes sent to Brazil

  

  Authorities said that the black boxes of the Brazilian-built Embraer 190 Azerbaijan Airlines jet that crashed on Wednesday in Kazakhstan will be sent to the manufacturing country's aviation watchdog to further investigate the causes of the accident near Aktau, a port on the Caspian Sea in western Kazakhstan, far from the aircraft's planned route.

• Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

  BYD EV manufacturer clashes and apologizes to one of its main markets due to slavery-like conditions

  

  The Chinese BYD electric car factory construction in northern Brazil has turned out into a dispute between Chinese investors and Brazilian authorities who accused the Chinese contractor of having Brazilian labor working in slavery-like conditions that allegedly entered the country with temporary labor visas.