International

Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Canada, Saudi Arabia resume full diplomatic ties after 5 years

Five years after Saudi Arabia expelled Canada's ambassador from Riyadh over Ottawa's remarks on women's rights activists, both countries agreed Wednesday to restore full diplomatic relations, Global Affairs Canada (Canada's foreign ministry - GAC) announced in a statement.
Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 09:07 UTC
UNHCHR joins condemnation of racist chants against Vinicius Jr

The United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Völker Türk Wednesday joined the list of those condemning Real Madrid Brazilian striker Vinicius Jr being called “a monkey” during a Spanish First Division clash with Valencia last weekend.
Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 08:47 UTC
The Nobel of Architecture, Pritzker Prize, for Sir David Chipperfield

The Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Japan Art Association's Praemium Imperiale, a knighthood in his native Britain, the list of international honors and awards is so long that it's surprising David Chipperfield had yet to receive the Pritzker Prize, considered the Nobel Prize of architecture.
Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 10:43 UTC
UK and Chile deepen political relations, highlighting 200 years of close people-to-people links

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and the Foreign Minister of Chile Alberto van Klaveren met on 22 May in Santiago for the UK-Chile High-Level Political Dialogue to deepen the UK and Chile’s diplomatic, economic, financial, trade, business, and defense links.
Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 10:17 UTC
WHO forecasts new pandemic, deadlier than Covid-19, is coming up

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Tuesday warned of a new pandemic coming up in the near future, which will be deadlier than Covid-19 and would be caused by ”another emerging pathogen with even more deadly potential.” It would be a Covid-19 variant, Tedros also explained.
Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 10:05 UTC
Lula says Zelensky stood him up

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said he was supposed to have met with his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelensky last weekend in Hiroshima but that the European leader must have had more important engagements. “I'm not disappointed, I'm upset,” Lula was quoted as saying while confirming the meeting had been arranged.
Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 09:59 UTC
China and Brazil reaffirm stronger partnership, Brazilian envoy in Beijing

Brazil and China are set to embrace a higher state of solid partnership, and the two sides have shown a strong commitment to bolstering bilateral trade, cooperation in aviation and high-tech sectors, and response to climate change, said the country's top envoy to Beijing.
Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 09:55 UTC
IMF improves UK economy forecast for this year but “inflation remains stubbornly high”

Improved prospects for the UK economy according to the latest report from the IMF. The Fund said UK is expected to avoid a recession this year, with the economy growing 0,4% in 2023, compared to the a previous forecast of a 0,3% contraction last year.
Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 08:57 UTC
Protestors storm shareholders meeting in London yelling “shut down Shell”

Protestors yelling “shut down Shell” stormed the oil corporation giant annual shareholders meeting in London with security having to step in to protect board members. Proceedings were delayed as the protesters ran to the front of the room where executives were sitting on stage, and some demonstrators had to be carried out of the building by security.
Wednesday, May 24th 2023 - 08:30 UTC
Clashes with police and arson in Cardiff following the death of two teenagers

Vehicles were set on fire and dozens of young people clashed with police in Wales in what authorities described as “large scale disorder” following a road accident with two teenagers killed in a motorcycle crash. The unrest broke out in the district of Ely in Cardiff Monday night.