International

• Thursday, June 13th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

  French snap election: Macron's strategy to erode a Marine Le Pen hard right government

  

  Even before the final results were in from all of the 27 European Union countries that voted in the EU elections last weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron had called for national elections in France for the end of this month.

• Thursday, June 13th 2024 - 10:11 UTC

  WHO Europe blames four industries for merchandising policies that kill millions

  

  WHO Europe called for strict regulation to curb industry power and promote public health following a report blaming tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, and fossil fuels for some 2,7 million deaths in the continent.

• Thursday, June 13th 2024 - 09:55 UTC

  Wreck of Quest, Shackleton's last ship, found 390 meters deep off Labrador

  

  The Royal Canadian Geographical Society is reporting that an international team has found the wreck of the last ship belonging to Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing.

• Thursday, June 13th 2024 - 00:13 UTC

  Getting Ready for the 2024 Día de Muertos Festivities

  

  Every year, Día de Muertos celebrations are held in countries up and down the Americas, bringing in vibrant colors, meals, and parades that joyously honor the deceased. In 2024, the Day of the Dead looks to be a particularly big one because the two days of the traditional holiday fall on a Friday and Saturday!

• Wednesday, June 12th 2024 - 14:21 UTC

  Bolivian President outlines scope of partnership with Russia

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora reviewed with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin the joint lithium and nuclear projects with which the South American country consolidates its position from a geopolitical and strategic viewpoint given the presence of Iranian facilities and equipment. Arce told reporters in La Paz Tuesday that all these matters were discussed during his recent meeting with the Russian leader in St. Petersburg on the occasion of the International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in the former imperial capital.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 11:55 UTC

  Chinese-Brazilian proposal on Ukraine gaining momentum

  

  Foreign Ministers Wang Yi of China and Mauro Vieira of Brazil discussed their countries' joint proposal for peace in Ukraine while attending a BRICS ministerial meeting in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  First female Gibraltar minister addresses UN Decolonization Committee

  

  Gibraltar Health and Care Minister, Gemma Arias Vasquez, speaking at United Nations headquarters in New York has told the Decolonization Committee of 24 it has failed to engage with Gibraltar for decades. The UN session started on Monday at 9.30 am in New York.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

  Argentina not endorsing WHO's Pandemic Treaty

  

  Argentina will not endorse the World Health Organization (WHO) sponsored Pandemic Treaty, Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni announced Monday.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2024 - 08:52 UTC

  Presidents Lula and Putin review ongoing world affairs over the telephone

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday received a call from his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin to discuss ongoing world affairs including the war in Ukraine and BRICS' possible role in solving that conflict.

• Monday, June 10th 2024 - 21:52 UTC

  Blinken starts Middle East tour to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Monday kicked off his new Middle East tour in Cairo. He is believed to be seeking a ceasefire in Gaza eight months into the conflict triggered by the terrorist group Hamas' invasion of Israel killing over a thousand people and taking some 250 others hostage, of whom about 50% have been either rescued or handed back over to their land. It is yet to be known how many of them are still alive. Blinken reportedly plans to broker their release.