International

Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:27 UTC
Canada picks first black House of Commons Speaker

Following last week's resignation of Anthony Rota after inviting and honoring the 98-year-old Nazi war veteran Yaroslav Hunka who had fought for the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, or the SS 14th Waffen Division, the Quebec Liberal lawmaker Greg Fergus has been appointed as the new Speaker of Canada's House of Commons.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 20:21 UTC
One in ten Scots living in “very deep poverty,” Rowntree Foundation

BBC published a report saying half a million people in Scotland are living in “very deep poverty”, an anti-poverty charity report has found. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRT) said poverty for working people was growing and 10% of employees were in locked in persistent low pay, with women and ethnic minorities most at risk, and 60% of children in poverty have at least one working parent.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 20:20 UTC
Avian flu, France planning to vaccinate some 60 million ducks

Some 60 million ducks are to be vaccinated in France over the next year as the country embarks on a campaign to combat bird flu and put an end to mass culls, which cost the poultry industry millions every year.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 20:18 UTC
PM Pedro Sánchez invited to form a new coalition, if he fails Spain will call a snap election January 14

Spanish political party leaders were called in for a new round of talks with King Felipe VI on Monday ahead of a fresh attempt to form a new government. After July's general election produced a strung parliament consisting of 350 legislators from 11 different parties, coalition-building has proven difficult.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 20:09 UTC
Despite Saudi Arabia's oil cut, OPEC+ production has increased boosted by Iran and Nigeria

Oil prices started to gradually recover during July, from a depressed second quarter, with the OPEC+ production cuts and the additional one million bpd reduction from the Saudi Arabia wells.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 10:20 UTC
China's weaker economy means problems for commodity supplier countries from Latin America

The World Bank cut its economic growth forecast for China for 2024, citing continued difficulties in the domestic market including the property crisis and a fading rebound from the re-opening this year.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 10:04 UTC
UN okays sending peacekeepers to Haiti

The United Nations Security Council Monday acquiesced to the sending of an international force to help Haiti’s authorities get the country back on track amid mounting gang violence. Thirteen of the 15 council members voted for the mission. China and Russia abstained.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 09:55 UTC
Buenos Aires says Cleverly's trip to Falkland Islands is an “unnecessary provocation”

After British Secretary James Cleverly announced Sunday that he would be traveling to the Falklands to show his support for the Islanders' self-determination, the Argentine government replied that it was an “unnecessary provocation.”
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 09:23 UTC
Brazil speaking for Mercosur supports Argentina's Falklands sovereignty claims at UN debate

The United Nations Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) began its general debate on decolonization and related items on Monday, with many speakers emphasizing the need to resolve the questions of the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, more than six decades after the General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The Falklands/Malvinas case was speared by Brazil in representation of Mercosur, while as usual the Spanish representative criticized the Gibraltar situation.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 08:47 UTC
Developers of mRNA technology win Medicine Nobel Prize

Scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissmann have been awarded the 2023 Medicine Nobel Prize for their development of the mRNA technology for the production of Covid-19 vaccines, it was announced Monday.