International

• Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Defense minister Lord Coaker visits Chile and Brazil to strengthen defense relations

  

  Defense Minister Lord Coaker's recent visit to Chile and Brazil focused on supporting global security and tackling increasing threats. There, he held talks with his counterparts and industry as the UK strengthens relations with partners around the world.

• Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Fears of illegal goods trading as China’s takes control of Latin American ports along the Pacific

  

  A report by the Washington-based think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) indicates strong concern with the increasing number of Chinese-operated ports in Latin America, fearing an increase in criminal networks and the trafficking of illicit goods and smuggling.

• Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

  Milei off to Italy once again this year

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei Thursday resumed his mileage accruing spree after departing for Rome to meet with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, among other engagements.

• Friday, December 13th 2024 - 07:33 UTC

  Falklands: final deadline for British Passport

  

  The Falkland Islands Customs and Immigration Service would like to advise the public that the last date for the submission of British passport applications for forwarding to the United Kingdom Passport Agency during 2024, is by no later than 11.30 am on Friday 20 December 2024.

• Thursday, December 12th 2024 - 22:29 UTC

  Argentina now reportedly redlights RRS James Cook mission

  

  Argentina's Foreign Ministry has been reported to have backtracked on the clearance previously given to the RRS James Cook to perform a scientific mission in the Argentine Sea. According to Buenos Aires' Clarín, Deputy Foreign Minister Eduardo Bustamante gave the order.

• Thursday, December 12th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

  Football: 2030 World Cup opening game to be played in Montevideo

  

  World football's governing body FIFA confirmed Wednesday that the opening game of the 2030 World Cup will be played at Montevideo's Centenario Stadium, which also hosted the 1930 edition that launched the series of one of the most successful events in contemporary history.

• Thursday, December 12th 2024 - 08:54 UTC

  Peña announces reopening of Paraguay's Embassy in Jerusalem

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Wednesday told Israel's Parliament (known as the Knesset) in Tel Aviv that his government's decision to relocate the Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem meant that the South American country “will not abandon Israel.” Peña plans to reopen the building on Thursday.

• Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

  Labour pledges 150 major infrastructure projects and 1.5 million homes, biggest building boom in half century

  

  The new Labour government in Britain is pledging more giga-factories, solar farms, roads, and railway lines are set to be green-lighted in the next five years, adding billions to the economy, as part of stretching new milestones.

• Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 09:01 UTC

  November FAO Food Price Index, highest since April 2023, boosted by dairy and vegetable oils

  

  The FAO Food Price Index, FFPI, averaged 127.5 points in November 2024, up 0.5 percent from the October level and reaching its highest value since April 2023. The increase was driven by higher price quotations for dairy products and vegetable oils, which slightly outweighed declines in the meat, cereals, and sugar quotations. Compared to historical levels, the FFPI in November was 5.7 percent higher than its corresponding value a year ago but remained 20.4 percent below its peak of 160.2 points reached in March 2022.

• Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 13:25 UTC

  The atomization of Syria, following the collapse of 53 years of Assads dictatorship

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - Take a moment, first, to celebrate the fall of a regime of surpassing evil even by the demanding standards of the Middle East. Father and son, the Assad regime oppressed and abused the Syrian people for 53 years, and now it is gone in a week. Even the American-backed regime in Afghanistan did not fall that fast.