International

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 12:52 UTC

  Rutley in Chile to celebrate 200 years of bilateral relations and to sign an Antarctica cooperation protection Letter of Intent

  

  The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office’s Minister for the Americas and the Caribbean, David Rutley MP, arrives in Chile, from Peru, to strengthen collaboration between the UK and Chile, as both nations celebrate 200 years of bilateral relations. 

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Avian flu keeps killing seashore mammals along South Atlantic shores

  

  Health authorities in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina are increasingly concerned over the appearance of hundreds of dead sea lions presumably killed by avian flu, it was reported.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 10:42 UTC

  Brazilian FM critical of UN Security Council

  

  Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira was highly critical of the United Nations Security Council's performance regarding the ongoing war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas. “We failed,” said the top diplomat of the country currently chairing the body, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 09:03 UTC

  ECB leaves interest rates unchanged for the first time since July 2022

  

  The European Central Bank, ECB left interests rates unchanged for the first time in more than a year at a meeting in Athens last Thursday. ECB said it would leave key rates unchanged at between 4 and 4.75%.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 08:56 UTC

  Scandal in Spain's Catholic Church: one in 200 Spaniards claim to have been sexually abused by priests

  

  A new scandal has erupted in Spain when more than one in 200 Spaniards claim they were sexually abused by the Catholic Church when they were minors, according to an official report published in Madrid.

• Monday, October 30th 2023 - 21:20 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade agreement expected to be signed next semester, with Belgium presiding EU Council

  

  Spain's acting Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Tourism, Hector Gomez has anticipated that during this semester, in the framework of Spain's presidency of the European Union Council, some of the “main differences” in negotiations for the trade agreement with Mercosur are expected to be “closed”, but foundations will be solidly established, which means the signature of the accord will be delayed until the next semester

• Monday, October 30th 2023 - 21:13 UTC

  Minister Rutley in Peru, “Falklands people right to self determination must be respected”

  

  “What we want is for the rights of the people of the Falklands to be respected, and one of the main democratic principles is their right to self-determination. We are asking our friends to respect their wishes”, said David Rutley, Foreign Office minister for the Americas and Caribbean during a recent visit to Peru.

• Monday, October 30th 2023 - 17:36 UTC

  The Wavertree and the Endurance; talk at South Street Seaport Museum, New York

  

  On Tuesday, September 26th, at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York, Falkland Islander, Mensun Bound gave a lecture followed by a book signing of The Ship Beneath the Ice – The Discovery of Shackleton’s Endurance. The event occurred onboard the Wavertree, an old square rigger condemned at Port Stanley in 1910. This gathering was the culmination of a year-long book tour spanning the UK, USA, Canada, and parts of Europe and Scandinavia, during which time the book rose to Number 2 in the UK Best-Seller List.

• Monday, October 30th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

  Lula tells Pedro Sanchez to make a last effort on EU-Mercosur deal

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez during a telephone conversation last week that he was keen on finalizing the trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur.

• Monday, October 30th 2023 - 08:37 UTC

  South Africa Wins Fourth Rugby World Cup Title

  

  Despite being defending champions, South Africa went into Saturday's Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand at the Stade de France in Paris as underdogs, having last beaten the All Blacks in 1999. However, a cliffhanger 12-11 victory this time around earned the Springboks their fourth trophy, following previous successes in 1995, 2007, and 2019.