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  • Friday, July 21st 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Labour and Lib Dems thrash the ruling Conservatives in by elections

    PM Rishi Sunak was spared the prospect of being the first prime minister for 55 years to lose three by-elections in one night

    Elections can be rough and the dichotomy of frenzy results even worse. Something of this happened in England where the Conservatives on Thursday suffered two heavy defeats, but narrowly held on to former PM Boris Johnson's old Uxbridge seat, after a night of three dramatic by-election results.

  • Friday, July 21st 2023 - 08:36 UTC

    Falklands/Brize Norton air bridge will fly to Birmingham two weeks in August

    The Birmingham international airport

    BFSAI has been informed that due to unexpected repairs to the Brize Norton runway there will be changes to the South Atlantic Arbridge (SAA) to the Falkland Islands, between 14-28 Aug 2023.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 15:29 UTC

    The Falkland Islands remain clear on their name

    Deputy Chair of the Legislative Assembly, MLA Teslyn Barkman said: “Myself and the other Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly would like to be clear that this news from Brussels changes nothing. The EU themselves have issued a statement to say that they have not changed their views and positions concerning the Falklands.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    Argentina's Falklands claim at CELAC/EU summit, a midwinter dream

    Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said people of the Falklands have chosen to be British, belong to the British family and have the right to self determination, enshrined in the UN Charter

    The Argentine government's victory cheering and bragging about a joint declaration from two continents on the Falklands/Malvinas issue has turned out to be a brief midwinter dream. This was strongly confirmed by the British Foreign Office and the European Union.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 08:32 UTC

    Wheat prices soar as Russia bombs grain ships and Ukraine export infrastructure

    “From 00:00 Moscow time on 20 July 2023 [21:00 GMT, all vessels sailing on the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports will be regarded as potential carriers of military cargo,”

    Wheat prices have risen sharply on global markets after Russia said it would treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as potential military targets, BBC reported. Moscow pulled out of a deal this week that had guaranteed safe passage for grain shipments through the Black Sea.

  • Thursday, July 20th 2023 - 08:13 UTC

    By elections in England could be anticipating Labour victory next year

    Labour, led by Keir Starmer, won local council elections throughout swaths of England in early May, while Sunak’s Conservatives suffered significant losses

    Three by-elections are taking place this Thursday in England with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s ruling Conservatives bracing for defeat in all three as Britain’s economic difficulties bite.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    EU-Celac summit's final declaration: Falklands/Malvinas a territory under dispute

    The final document also condemns Russia's aggression against Ukraine<br />

    The final declaration of the two-day Summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) issued Tuesday in Brussels included in its 13th provision the Falkland/Malvinas Islands as a territory under dispute. The document also condemned Russia's military deployment in Ukraine with a footnote noting that one country (Nicaragua) would not adhere to that point.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

    Argentine team starts talks with IMF toward new deal

    If negotiations are successful, Massa might travel to the US by Friday

    Argentina's Economic Policy Secretary Adolfo Rubinstein; Chief Advisor Leonardo Madcur; and Central Bank (BCRA) Vice-President Lisandro Cleri started Tuesday in Washington DC a new round of negotiations with a technical team of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to finalize a new agreement ahead of this year's presidential elections, it was confirmed by an IMF spokesperson.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Uruguay signs green hydrogen deal with EU

    Lacalle stressed that he does not believe in “exacerbated protectionism”

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday signed a “Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Renewable Energies, Energy Efficiency, and Green Hydrogen” with the European Union to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and held one-on-one meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Prime Minister Georgia Meloni on the closing day of the EU-Celac summit in Brussels.

  • Wednesday, July 19th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    South Africa will not arrest Putin when he joins BRICS summit in Johannesburg

    President Cyril Ramaphosa made the warning weeks ahead of the international meeting of BRICS, in Johannesburg, to which the Russian president is invited.

    Any attempt to arrest Vladimir Putin when he visits South Africa would be a declaration of war against Russia, the country's president has said. Cyril Ramaphosa made the warning with weeks to go before the international meeting of BRICS, happens in Johannesburg, to which the Russian president is invited.