International

Thursday, October 12th 2023 - 07:57 UTC
Strong campaign in UK to stop farmers from overusing antibiotics in their animals

Hospital and school caterers are not doing enough to stop farmers from overusing antibiotics in their animals, according to United Kingdom campaign groups. Such overuse raises the risk of antibiotic resistance rendering key human medicines ineffective.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 21:37 UTC
BOTs Attorney Generals met in Montserrat to enhance cooperation and uphold rule of the law

Attorneys General of the British Overseas Territories met during three days in September, the first in-person conference since 2019, to enhance cooperation on a number of wide-ranging issues.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 19:52 UTC
Clock is ticking for the Big Meat “sunset industry”

By Gwynne Dyer -The French government has just published a decree banning the use of terms like “steak,” “spare ribs” and “ham” on plant-based foods. It’s not that the French are so stupid that they don’t know which is meat from dead cattle and which is “plant-based steak,” a label that has been used in French supermarkets for at least 40 years.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 19:41 UTC
Economics Nobel to Claudia Goldin for women's participation in the global labor market

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023 to Claudia Goldin, who has provided the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labor market participation through the centuries.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 10:15 UTC
Israel: Pets welcome on Brazilian evacuation flights

Brazilian authorities will nationals of the South American country to bring along their dogs and cats as they are evacuated from war-torn Israel, Agencia Brasil reported. The pets shall not be required to produce their International Veterinary Certificate (IVC), it was also explained. Such a document is usually needed in cases of pets coming from other countries.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 08:00 UTC
Uruguayan Air Force to rescue 77 people stranded in Israel

A Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Hercules C-130 aircraft was to leave for Israel Wednesday to rescue nationals of the South American country willing to leave the war-torn Middle East, Defense Minister Javier García explained Tuesday in Montevideo.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 07:23 UTC
Falkland Islands Government attend Party Conferences

The Falkland Islands Government attended both the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester (1st to 4th October) and the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool (8th to 11th October) and met with a number of senior politicians from both parties, including Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet Ministers, to discuss issues of importance to the Islands, alongside welcoming MPs, Councillors and Party Members to the Falkland Islands stand.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:53 UTC
Paraguay activates Mercosur cooperation to evacuate Israel

Paraguay's Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that a joint mechanism within Mercosur had been activated to rescue nationals of all member countries trapped in war-torn Israel.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:46 UTC
Scotland's First Minister parents in law “trapped” in Gaza during a family visit

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf says his parents-in-law are “trapped” in Gaza, as he unequivocally condemned the attacks by Hamas in Israel. Yousaf said his wife's parents, who live in Dundee, travelled to Gaza to see her father's sick mother.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:39 UTC
Gibraltar election on Thursday: wafer thin difference between GSLP/Liberals and GSD

Gibraltar Social Democrats GSD would form the government with nine MPs despite the GSLP/Liberals obtaining 1.6% more of the overall vote, according to a second poll by the Gibraltar Chronicle and GBC that echoed the results of a similar survey last week and underscored the likelihood of a knife-edge election on Thursday.