International

Thursday, April 27th 2023 - 10:55 UTC
Spanish PM promises Lula he will push for EU-Mercosur deal closure

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday insisted in Madrid on his unorthodox view regarding the war in Ukraine but the approval of the Mercosur-European Union (EU) deal signed in 2019 that still needs to be ratified looked closer following Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's comments.
Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 09:45 UTC
New strain of Covid-19 detected: Arcturus

Scientists in India have detected at least 3,000 daily cases of a new subvariant of Covid-19 which has been dubbed “Arcturus” and is a sublineage of the Omicron version. The new strain has been reported to spread fast and affect even the vaccinated population. It also produces unforeseen symptoms.
Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 09:42 UTC
Lula jeered by far-right groups during Carnation Revolution speech

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was jeered at by a group of far-right lawmakers before the South American while delivering a speech at Lisbon's Parliament to commemorate the Carnation Revolution on his fifth and last day in Portugal.
Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 03:45 UTC
Debate in UK Parliament on impacts of Brexit; request for a public inquest

Brexit and its consequences is not a closed issue and remains very much alive. Not only did Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar reject Brexit, but other Overseas Territories such as the Falkland Islands have suffered from the 2016 initiative.
Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 03:23 UTC
Germany divided on the idea of a four-day working week on full pay; ex communist landers and Free Democrats skeptical

Contrary to recent legislation in Chile and in other European countries, a survey found that 55% of people living in Germany do not consider four-day working weeks on full pay desirable, according to the results published on Tuesday. The four-day model, as opposed to the five-day workweek that is customary in most industrialized countries, has been the subject of many trials in recent times.
Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 01:57 UTC
Falklands' population ensures access to the best of British TV and Radio content

The Falkland Islands Government has announced that they have signed a new agreement with BFBS Media Ltd for the continued provision of Television, Radio and MiPlayer Services for the Falkland Islands.
Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 11:52 UTC
Lula wants partnerships with private companies in developments to come

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday told a group of businessmen in the Portuguese city of Porto that his country was not willing to sell any public company but it would nevertheless welcome private entrepreneurship “to partner with us in what we need to create anew.”
Monday, April 24th 2023 - 17:05 UTC
Worldwide military expenditure increased 3,7% in 2022, SIPRI report

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), a leading global security think tank, reported that countries around the world are spending record amounts of money in defense budgets. Some of the reasons for this new trend, inflation, the war in Ukraine, US efforts to outpace China.
Monday, April 24th 2023 - 16:32 UTC
Moscow warns Ukraine's Black Sea “export channel” conditioned by West obstacles to Russian trade

Moscow warned that the outlook for extending a deal beyond May 18 that allows the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer from several Ukrainian Black Sea ports was “not great” as Russia’s own such exports still faced obstacles.
Monday, April 24th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Brazilian official says Mercosur-EU deal may be closed this year

Márcio Elias, executive secretary of Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, said Sunday that the federal government intends to close the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union this year.