International

Wednesday, May 22nd 2024 - 15:36 UTC
UK: Rishi Sunak calls surprise General Election for july in a bid to stabilize Tory support

In an unexpected move, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a snap general election for July, senior sources revealed to The Guardian. This announcement comes amidst claims that inflation is under control and the economy is showing signs of improvement.
Wednesday, May 22nd 2024 - 10:59 UTC
MLAs to UN C24 conference: “Falklands have a lot to give the world in fisheries and science”

The Falkland Islands lawmakers, MLA Teslyn Barkman and MLA Gavin Short will represent the Falkland Islands at the upcoming United Nations Decolonization Committee or C-24 conference in New York at the beginning of June.
Wednesday, May 22nd 2024 - 10:15 UTC
USS George Washington arrives in Rio de Janeiro

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) arrived this week in Rio de Janeiro as a part of her Southern Seas 2024 campaign.
Wednesday, May 22nd 2024 - 09:52 UTC
World hunger discussed in Brazil ahead of G20 Summit in Rio

Specialists from the entire planet are discussing this week in the Brazilian city of Teresina a series of suggestions to tackle world hunger to be put forward during the Group's Summit later this year in Rio de Janeiro, Agencia Brasil reported.
Tuesday, May 21st 2024 - 23:41 UTC
Spain pulls ambassador from Buenos Aires permanently

The Government of Spain announced Tuesday that it would be pulling Ambassador María Jesús Alonso Jiménez from Buenos Aires on a permanent basis after Argentine President Javier Milei's derogatory comments about Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez during the weekend in Madrid.
Tuesday, May 21st 2024 - 20:38 UTC
Taiwanese company gets deal to build electric buses in Paraguay

Paraguayan authorities signed a memorandum of understanding with Taiwan's Master Transportation to produce electric buses for the South American country. The arrangements were made during President Santiago Peña's tour of the Island with Industry and Commerce Minister Javier Giménez, who signed on behalf of the visiting delegation. Company President Ting-Fa Wu represented the producers of the DMIT e-Bus.
Tuesday, May 21st 2024 - 20:03 UTC
One passenger killed and 30 injured as Singapore Airlines flight hits heavy turbulence

A British national died and 30 other people were injured when a Singapore Airlines flight home from London's Heathrow Airport hit “heavy turbulence” forcing an emergency landing in Bangkok, Thailand. “We confirm that there were injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER. In total, there were 211 passengers and 18 crew on board,” the airline said on Facebook.
Tuesday, May 21st 2024 - 12:25 UTC
Brexit and UK's rising costs of implementing customs to EU imports

The UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016 but remained in the bloc's single market and customs union until 2021. When UK withdrew from the EU customs union a new RU/UK Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA) went into effect.
Tuesday, May 21st 2024 - 10:50 UTC
France and Germany split over the EU–Mercosur trade pact

By Oliver Pieper - The free trade deal between the European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur could become the world's largest agreement, involving a market of a total of 780 million people. But in late March, French President Emmanuel Macron not only described it as “a very bad agreement,” he even suggested it should be “left behind” and called for “a new agreement.”
Tuesday, May 21st 2024 - 10:24 UTC
No May Pact, but celebrations in Córdoba still on

Argentine President Javier Milei confirmed Monday upon his return from Spain that there will be no May Pact as he had planned because the so-called Omnibus Law -officially known as the Bases Law- has not yet been approved by the Senate.